The Shemwell Family

Nancy Jane PayneAge: 24 years18541878

Name
Nancy Jane Payne
Given names
Nancy Jane
Surname
Payne
Married name
Nancy Jane Case
Birth December 21, 1854
MarriageJames Leonard CaseView this family
unknown

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
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
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 daughter
#1
Nancy Helen Case
July 3, 1876 (Age 21 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
Death December 24, 1878 (Age 24 years)
Family with James Leonard Case - View this family
husband
James Leonard Case
Birth: December 10, 1850Dade, Georgia, United States
Death: March 12, 1905Jasper, Marion, Georgia, United States
herself
Nancy Jane Payne
Birth: December 21, 1854Dade, Georgia, United States
Death: December 24, 1878Dade, Georgia, United States
Marriage:
daughter