The Shemwell Family

Events of close relatives Historical facts
Birth	May 29, 1855 Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Historical Event	Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 19 months) 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 5 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 11 years) Alaska, USA 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 11 years) New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Historical Event	Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 13 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
Marriage	Richard Greene Gragg — View this family March 25, 1873 (Age 17 years)
Death	August 3, 1875 (Age 20 years) Watauga, North Carolina, United States

Date differences

Family with Richard Greene Gragg - View this family

husband	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Mary A Lookabill Family with spouse Amanda Greene Richard Greene Gragg Birth: January 4, 1855 43 36 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: September 11, 1929 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States
herself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Richard Greene Gragg Mary A Lookabill Birth: May 29, 1855 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: August 3, 1875 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States
	Marriage: March 25, 1873 —

Richard Greene Gragg + Amanda Greene - View this family

husband	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Mary A Lookabill Family with spouse Amanda Greene Richard Greene Gragg Birth: January 4, 1855 43 36 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: September 11, 1929 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States
husband’s wife	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Richard Greene Gragg Amanda Greene Birth: February 26, 1859 33 33 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: December 20, 1917 — Hudson, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
	Marriage: February 9, 1877 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States

Family with Richard Greene Gragg
husband Parents William M Gragg Susannah Greene	Richard Greene Gragg 1855–1929
herself Parents (unknown)	Mary A Lookabill 1855–1875
Richard Greene Gragg + Amanda Greene
husband Parents William M Gragg Susannah Greene	Richard Greene Gragg 1855–1929
husband’s wife Parents Larkin Greene Lucinda Melissa Trivett	Amanda Greene 1859–1917