Rachel YanceyAge: 61 years1859–1920
- Name
- Rachel Yancey
- Given names
- Rachel
- Surname
- Yancey
- Married name
- Rachel Popham
 Birth | April 25, 1859 |
 Marriage | George Popham — View this family unknown |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 23 months)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 |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 7 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 7 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 9 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 |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 18 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 38 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 |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Clara May Popham November 13, 1899 (Age 40 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 56 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Marriage of a child | Clarence Richard Shemwell — Clara May Popham — View this family February 19, 1917 (Age 57 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | George Richard Shemwell Sr. November 10, 1917 (Age 58 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 57 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 58 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/ |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Verlie Edith Shemwell April 18, 1919 (Age 59 years) |
 Death | June 1, 1920 (Age 61 years) |
| Family with George Popham |
| husband |
George Popham Birth: March 23, 1854 — Georgetown, Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales Death: February 14, 1927 — Herrin, Williamson, Illinois, United States |
| herself |
Rachel Yancey Birth: April 25, 1859 — Perry, Illinois, United States Death: June 1, 1920 — Herrin, Williamson, Illinois, United States |
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Marriage: — |
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| daughter |
Clara May Popham Birth: November 13, 1899 45 40 — Nettleton, Craighead, Arkansas, United States Death: October 27, 1967 — Herrin, Williamson, Illinois, United States |