The Shemwell Family

Margarette BlaylockAge: 48 years18611910

Name
Margarette Blaylock
Given names
Margarette
Surname
Blaylock
Married name
Margarette Spencer
Birth September 1861
MarriageLewis Jefferson Spencer SpencerView this family
unknown

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
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 5 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 5 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 7 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 16 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 daughter
#1
Dorenda Elizabeth “Dora” Spencer
November 12, 1886 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 36 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 grandson
#1
Calvis Albon Pringle
August 3, 1904 (Age 42 years)
Marriage of a childHenry Carson LewisDorenda Elizabeth “Dora” SpencerView this family
September 23, 1906 (Age 45 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Teula Jane Lewis
June 25, 1907 (Age 45 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#3
Geneva Lewis
September 10, 1909 (Age 48 years)
Death 1910 (Age 48 years)
Family with Lewis Jefferson Spencer Spencer - View this family
husband
Lewis Jefferson Spencer Spencer
Birth: February 15, 1861Maynard, Randolph, Arkansas, United States
Death: February 15, 1930Maynard, Randolph, Arkansas, United States
herself
Marriage:
daughter

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