The Shemwell Family

John Allen MichealAge: 86 years18641951

Name
John Allen Micheal
Given names
John Allen
Surname
Micheal
Birth August 19, 1864 24 18
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 2 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 2 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Birth of a sisterNancy Mikeal
March 15, 1868 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherJames Solomon Mikeal
November 22, 1869 (Age 5 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 4 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 brotherSmith Patrick Mikeal
June 1, 1873 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a sisterTempey Malinda Mikeal
August 14, 1878 (Age 13 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 13 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 sisterMartha Clemma Mikeal
January 1882 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a sisterMary Mikeal
January 1882 (Age 17 years)
MarriageRachel DayView this family
about 1888 (Age 23 years)

Birth of a daughter
#1
Channie Belle Mikeal
July 24, 1889 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a son
#2
George Washington Mikeal
December 1, 1890 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Dicey Louella Mikeal
March 27, 1892 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4
Katty Micheal
April 3, 1895 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 33 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
Death of a sisterMary Mikeal
about 1900 (Age 35 years)
Death of a sisterMartha Clemma Mikeal
before 1903 (Age 38 years)

Birth of a son
#5
Martin Lyhue Mikeal
December 27, 1904 (Age 40 years)
Death of a daughterKatty Micheal
March 18, 1905 (Age 40 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMabel Malinda “Linda” Watson
August 10, 1909 (Age 44 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJohn Riley Greene
January 13, 1915 (Age 50 years)
Death of a fatherIsaac Mikeal
between 1910 and 1920 (Age 45 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 51 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 52 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
Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 53 years)

Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/
Death of a motherCelia Greene
December 4, 1921 (Age 57 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 65 years)

Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression
Death of a brotherSmith Patrick Mikeal
April 4, 1931 (Age 66 years)
Death of a sisterRachel Mikeal
August 20, 1941 (Age 77 years)
Death of a wifeRachel Day
February 24, 1943 (Age 78 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 77 years)

Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
Death of a sisterNancy Mikeal
July 27, 1947 (Age 82 years)
Death of a sisterTempey Malinda Mikeal
February 7, 1948 (Age 83 years)
Burial of a sisterTempey Malinda Mikeal
February 9, 1948 (Age 83 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Stony Fork Baptist Church Cemetery
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 85 years)
Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 81 years)
Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
Death April 10, 1951 (Age 86 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: about 1861North Carolina, United States
3 years
elder sister
13 months
himself
4 years
younger sister
20 months
younger brother
James Solomon Mikeal
Birth: November 22, 1869 29 24Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: September 13, 1957Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
4 years
younger brother
5 years
younger sister
4 years
younger sister
1 month
younger sister
Mary Mikeal
Birth: January 1882 42 36North Carolina, United States
Death: about 1900Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Family with Rachel Day - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: about 1888
19 months
daughter
Channie Belle Mikeal
Birth: July 24, 1889 24 27Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Death: August 19, 1987Pasquotank, North Carolina, United States
16 months
son
George Washington Mikeal
Birth: December 1, 1890 26 29North Carolina, United States
Death: March 27, 1963Lenoir, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
16 months
daughter
Dicey Louella Mikeal
Birth: March 27, 1892 27 30Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: September 24, 1987Valdese, Burke, North Carolina, United States
3 years
daughter
Katty Micheal
Birth: April 3, 1895 30 33North Carolina, United States
Death: March 18, 1905North Carolina, United States
10 years
son
Martin Lyhue Mikeal
Birth: December 27, 1904 40 43Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: April 3, 1981Valdese, Burke, North Carolina, United States