The Shemwell Family

Lee Anna JacksonAge: 57 years18631920

Name
Lee Anna Jackson
Given names
Lee Anna
Surname
Jackson
Birth January 11, 1863 36 34

Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865

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 3 years)

Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 3 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 3 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 5 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 7 years)
Census June 1, 1870 (Age 7 years)
Death of a brotherJohn W Jackson
July 12, 1871 (Age 8 years)

Death of a paternal grandfatherSamuel W Jackson
1871 (Age 7 years)
Death of a motherMartha Lucinda Gamble
1871 (Age 7 years)
Marriage of a parentLee Roy JacksonNancy Caroline SmithView this family
September 24, 1872 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a half-brotherRobert Brooks Jackson
August 8, 1874 (Age 11 years)
Birth of a half-sisterEula Braxton Jackson
July 14, 1875 (Age 12 years)

Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 14 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Census June 1, 1880 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a half-sisterNannie Texonia Jackson
February 3, 1881 (Age 18 years)

Death of a half-sisterEula Braxton Jackson
July 7, 1891 (Age 28 years)

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 35 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 41 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 52 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 53 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 54 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 June 16, 1920 (Age 57 years)

Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: 1847Butts, Georgia, United States
13 months
elder sister
3 years
elder brother
4 years
elder sister
22 months
elder brother
3 years
elder brother
3 years
herself
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

Lee Anna 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

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Lee Roy Jackson - Household

Poplar Springs, Tallapoosa, Alabama

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Jackson, Lee RWM53headMGANCNC
Jackson, Nancy CWF43wifeMGA
Jackson, James RWM20sonSGASC
Jackson, Lee AWF17daughterSGASC
Jackson, Thomas SWM14sonSGASC
Jackson, Green WWM10sonSALGASC
Jackson, Brooks RWM6sonSGAGA
Jackson, Eula BWF4daughterSGAGA