The Shemwell Family

Julia Ann JacksonAge: 82 years18541937

Name
Julia Ann Jackson
Given names
Julia Ann
Surname
Jackson
Birth July 31, 1854 27 25

Birth of a brotherGeorge Washington Jackson
June 8, 1856 (Age 22 months)

Death of a maternal grandfatherJames Anderson Gamble
1856 (Age 17 months)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMary “Polly” Bennet
1856 (Age 17 months)
Birth of a brotherJames Robert Jackson
October 6, 1859 (Age 5 years)

Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 2 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Death of a paternal grandmotherLavinia Malone
1862 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a sisterLee Anna Jackson
January 11, 1863 (Age 8 years)

Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 6 years)

Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War
Birth of a brotherThomas Stonewall Jackson
May 15, 1866 (Age 11 years)

Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 12 years)
Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic
1867 (Age 12 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 14 years)

Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad
Birth of a brotherGreen White Jackson
May 27, 1870 (Age 15 years)
Census June 1, 1870 (Age 15 years)
Death of a brotherJohn W Jackson
July 12, 1871 (Age 16 years)

Death of a paternal grandfatherSamuel W Jackson
1871 (Age 16 years)
Death of a motherMartha Lucinda Gamble
1871 (Age 16 years)
Marriage of a parentLee Roy JacksonNancy Caroline SmithView this family
September 24, 1872 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a half-brotherRobert Brooks Jackson
August 8, 1874 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a half-sisterEula Braxton Jackson
July 14, 1875 (Age 20 years)

Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 23 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Birth of a half-sisterNannie Texonia Jackson
February 3, 1881 (Age 26 years)

Death of a half-sisterEula Braxton Jackson
July 7, 1891 (Age 36 years)

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 43 years)
Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War
Death of a fatherLee Roy Jackson
March 19, 1904 (Age 49 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 61 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 62 years)

Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I
Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 63 years)

Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/
Death of a sisterLee Anna Jackson
June 16, 1920 (Age 65 years)

Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 75 years)

Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression
Death of a sisterMary Elizabeth Jackson
October 8, 1931 (Age 77 years)

Death July 17, 1937 (Age 82 years)

Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: 1847Butts, Georgia, United States
13 months
elder sister
3 years
elder brother
4 years
herself
22 months
younger brother
3 years
younger brother
3 years
younger sister
3 years
younger brother
4 years
younger brother
Father’s family with Nancy Caroline Smith - View this family
father
step-mother
Nancy Caroline Smith
Birth: July 28, 1836Lowndesville, Lowndes, Georgia, United States
Death: February 9, 1904Tallapoosa, Alabama, United States
Marriage: September 24, 1872Tallapoosa, Alabama, United States
22 months
half-brother
Robert Brooks Jackson
Birth: August 8, 1874 47 38Abbotsford, Troup, Georgia, United States
Death: November 8, 1962Fosheeton, Tallapoosa, Alabama, United States
11 months
half-sister
6 years
half-sister

Julia Ann Jackson has 0 first cousins recorded

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Census1870 United States - Census transcript - Lee Roy Jackson - Household

Chambers, Alabama

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Jackson, Lee Rhead43MWGA
Jackson, Martha Lwife41FWSCY
Jackson, John Wson19MW
Jackson, George Wson13MW
Jackson, James Rson10MW
Jackson, Lee Adaughter7FW
Jackson, Thomas Sson4MW
Jackson, Green Wson0MWALMay
Jackson, Mary Edaughter22FW
Bassett, Isaac N25MWGA
Bassett, William L2MWY
Jackson, Julia Adaughter15FW