The Shemwell Family

Larkin Roby GraggAge: 37 years18521889

Name
Larkin Roby Gragg
Given names
Larkin Roby
Surname
Gragg
Birth July 15, 1852 41 34
Birth of a brotherRichard Greene Gragg
January 4, 1855 (Age 2 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherWilliam Buchanan Gragg
about 1856 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 4 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Death of a brotherWilliam S Gragg
May 2, 1863 (Age 10 years)
Death of a sisterMary “Polly” Gragg
February 2, 1864 (Age 11 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherRichard Greene
May 28, 1864 (Age 11 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 8 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 14 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 14 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 16 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
MarriageSarah Elizabeth HayesView this family
September 24, 1872 (Age 20 years)

Death of a paternal grandmotherCelia Caroline Boone
October 29, 1874 (Age 22 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMary Shearer
January 9, 1877 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 25 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Death of a fatherWilliam M Gragg
May 3, 1885 (Age 32 years)
Death November 7, 1889 (Age 37 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: about 1833
22 months
elder sister
Louisa Gragg
Birth: October 1834 23 16Ashe, North Carolina, United States
Death: November 6, 1926Watauga, North Carolina, United States
2 years
elder sister
Mary “Polly” Gragg
Birth: March 13, 1837 25 19Ashe, North Carolina, United States
Death: February 2, 1864Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
3 years
elder sister
Celia Adeline Gragg
Birth: December 11, 1839 28 21Ashe, North Carolina, United States
Death: January 16, 1922Deep Gap, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
20 months
elder sister
4 years
elder brother
William S Gragg
Birth: about 1845 33 26Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: May 2, 1863Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States
3 years
elder brother
John Allen Gragg
Birth: June 13, 1848 37 30Ashe, North Carolina, United States
Death: May 17, 1924Watauga, North Carolina, United States
4 years
himself
Larkin Roby Gragg
Birth: July 15, 1852 41 34Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: November 7, 1889Viola, Latah, Idaho, United States
3 years
younger brother
Richard Greene Gragg
Birth: January 4, 1855 43 36Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: September 11, 1929Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Family with Sarah Elizabeth Hayes - View this family
himself
Larkin Roby Gragg
Birth: July 15, 1852 41 34Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: November 7, 1889Viola, Latah, Idaho, United States
wife
Marriage: September 24, 1872

Larkin Roby Gragg has 3 first cousins recorded

Father's family (0)

Mother's family (3)

Parents Larkin Greene + Mary Greene
1Richard C Green18471906
2Solomon Greene18491849