The Shemwell Family

Mary Belle KnightAge: 61 years18671928

Name
Mary Belle Knight
Given names
Mary Belle
Surname
Knight
Married name
Mary Belle Weaver
Married name
Mary Belle Underwood
Birth January 4, 1867 32 33
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867
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
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 23 months)

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
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 10 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageWilliam M UnderwoodView this family
March 8, 1891 (Age 24 years)
Death of a husbandWilliam M Underwood
September 28, 1891 (Age 24 years)
MarriageGeorge Lee WeaverView this family
October 12, 1892 (Age 25 years)
Death of a sisterNancy Ann Knight
May 31, 1897 (Age 30 years)

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 31 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 motherElizabeth Ann Chambers
before 1900 (Age 32 years)
Death of a fatherWilliam John Riley Knight
February 23, 1915 (Age 48 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 48 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 49 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 50 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 January 12, 1928 (Age 61 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: April 20, 1858Christian, Kentucky, United States
-1 months
elder sister
Malissa Jane Knight
Birth: March 16, 1858 23 24Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: October 19, 1936Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
3 years
elder sister
3 years
elder brother
William Anderson Knight
Birth: August 6, 1862 27 28Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: June 11, 1930Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
2 years
elder sister
2 years
herself
Mary Belle Knight
Birth: January 4, 1867 32 33Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 12, 1928Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
Family with William M Underwood - View this family
husband
William M Underwood
Birth: August 19, 1866 45 26Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: September 28, 1891Christian, Kentucky, United States
herself
Mary Belle Knight
Birth: January 4, 1867 32 33Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 12, 1928Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
Marriage: March 8, 1891Christian, Kentucky, United States
Family with George Lee Weaver - View this family
husband
George Lee Weaver
Birth: October 19, 1872Kentucky, United States
Death: April 25, 1942Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
herself
Mary Belle Knight
Birth: January 4, 1867 32 33Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 12, 1928Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
Marriage: October 12, 1892Christian, Kentucky, United States

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