The Shemwell Family

Pinkney Alexander HartmanAge: 72 years18441917

Name
Pinkney Alexander Hartman
Given names
Pinkney Alexander
Surname
Hartman
Birth November 11, 1844
MarriageMalinda Clementine EarnhardtView this family
unknown

Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 13 months)
Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 12 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 16 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 22 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 22 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 24 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
Annie Lousetta Hartman
January 27, 1877 (Age 32 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 33 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Marriage of a childWalter James LeonardAnnie Lousetta HartmanView this family
November 10, 1896 (Age 51 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 53 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 granddaughter
#1
Ola Ruth Leonard
November 20, 1898 (Age 54 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
Stahle Hartman Leonard
November 20, 1900 (Age 56 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#3
Thelma O Leonard
August 31, 1903 (Age 58 years)
Birth of a grandson
#4
Walter James Leonard Jr.
January 12, 1905 (Age 60 years)
Birth of a grandson
#5
Arthur Gregory Leonard
February 10, 1907 (Age 62 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#6
Mary Helen Leonard
January 16, 1910 (Age 65 years)
Death of a wifeMalinda Clementine Earnhardt
October 8, 1913 (Age 68 years)

Birth of a grandson
#7
Rupert Alexander Leonard
March 15, 1915 (Age 70 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 71 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 72 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
Death August 17, 1917 (Age 72 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Union Lutheran Church Cemetery
Family with Malinda Clementine Earnhardt - View this family
himself
Pinkney Alexander Hartman
Birth: November 11, 1844Rowan, North Carolina, United States
Death: August 17, 1917Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, United States
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Marriage:
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