The Shemwell Family

Nancy MikealAge: 79 years18681947

Name
Nancy Mikeal
Given names
Nancy
Surname
Mikeal
Married name
Nancy Triplett
Married name
Nancy Cates
Birth March 15, 1868 28 22
Birth of a brotherJames Solomon Mikeal
November 22, 1869 (Age 20 months)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 9 months)

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 5 years)
Birth of a sisterTempey Malinda Mikeal
August 14, 1878 (Age 10 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 9 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 13 years)
Birth of a sisterMary Mikeal
January 1882 (Age 13 years)
MarriageLewis William TriplettView this family
August 19, 1890 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Silas Edward Triplett
October 7, 1892 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Celia Carrie Triplett
July 1893 (Age 25 years)
Birth of a son
#3
James Jacob Triplett
June 7, 1894 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a son
#4
Eliga Riley Triplett
June 7, 1895 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a daughter
#5
Martha A Triplett
November 1896 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 30 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 son
#6
Louis Isaac Triplett
January 23, 1899 (Age 30 years)
Birth of a son
#7
James Bradley Triplett
January 22, 1900 (Age 31 years)
Death of a sisterMary Mikeal
about 1900 (Age 31 years)
Death of a sisterMartha Clemma Mikeal
before 1903 (Age 34 years)

Death of a maternal grandmotherMabel Malinda “Linda” Watson
August 10, 1909 (Age 41 years)
Death of a husbandLewis William Triplett
May 1, 1911 (Age 43 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJohn Riley Greene
January 13, 1915 (Age 46 years)
MarriageWilliam Thomas CatesView this family
January 12, 1916 (Age 47 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 47 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death of a sonEliga Riley Triplett
September 29, 1918 (Age 50 years)

Death of a fatherIsaac Mikeal
between 1910 and 1920 (Age 41 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 48 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 49 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 53 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 61 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 63 years)
Death of a sisterRachel Mikeal
August 20, 1941 (Age 73 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 73 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 77 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 July 27, 1947 (Age 79 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: about 1861North Carolina, United States
3 years
elder sister
13 months
elder brother
4 years
herself
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 Lewis William Triplett - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: August 19, 1890Bryan, Surry, North Carolina, United States
2 years
son
Silas Edward Triplett
Birth: October 7, 1892 46 24North Carolina, United States
Death: March 3, 1973Timberlake, Person, North Carolina, United States
10 months
daughter
Celia Carrie Triplett
Birth: July 1893 46 25Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death:
11 months
son
James Jacob Triplett
Birth: June 7, 1894 47 26North Carolina, United States
Death: May 21, 1973South Carolina, United States
1 year
son
Eliga Riley Triplett
Birth: June 7, 1895 48 27Surry, North Carolina, United States
Death: September 29, 1918
18 months
daughter
Martha A Triplett
Birth: November 1896 50 28North Carolina, United States
Death:
2 years
son
Louis Isaac Triplett
Birth: January 23, 1899 52 30Mount Airy, Surry, North Carolina, United States
Death: April 13, 1983Durham, North Carolina, United States
1 year
son
James Bradley Triplett
Birth: January 22, 1900 53 31Yadkin, North Carolina, United States
Death: July 14, 1973Durham, Durham, North Carolina, United States
Family with William Thomas Cates - View this family
husband
William Thomas Cates
Birth: September 7, 1879Orange, North Carolina, United States
Death: January 17, 1962Durham, Durham, North Carolina, United States
herself
Marriage: January 12, 1916Danville, Virginia, United States