The Shemwell Family

Rebecca Henrietta King1839

Name
Rebecca Henrietta King
Given names
Rebecca Henrietta
Surname
King
Birth about 1839 23 20
Marriage of a parentRobert Patton LockridgeElizabeth Virginia DavisView this family
September 2, 1844 (Age 5 years)
Death of a fatherKing
before 1845 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a half-sisterAmanda Virginia “Jennie” Lockridge
about 1845 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a half-brotherJames Sterling Lockridge
December 1846 (Age 7 years)
Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 7 years)
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
Marriage of a parentLemuel SuttonElizabeth Virginia DavisView this family
March 12, 1850 (Age 11 years)
Census November 6, 1850 (Age 11 years)
Birth of a half-sisterElizabeth Sutton
about 1852 (Age 13 years)
Birth of a half-brotherWilliam Wesley Sutton
about 1854 (Age 15 years)
Birth of a half-sisterEllenor Levonia “Ella” Sutton
February 11, 1856 (Age 17 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherSterling Davis
about 1856 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a half-sisterAda L Sutton
April 10, 1858 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 18 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Birth of a half-brotherWilliam B Sutton
August 1860 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 22 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 28 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 28 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 30 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
Death of a motherElizabeth Virginia Davis
March 15, 1870 (Age 31 years)
Death of a half-brotherWilliam B Sutton
January 8, 1871 (Age 32 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 39 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 59 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 half-brotherJames Sterling Lockridge
March 1, 1910 (Age 71 years)
Note: http://history-sites.com/cgi-bin/bbs62x/mscwmb/webbbs_config.pl?md=read;id=16258
Death of a half-sisterAda L Sutton
April 25, 1912 (Age 73 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 77 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 78 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 79 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 half-sisterEllenor Levonia “Ella” Sutton
July 13, 1921 (Age 82 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 90 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 102 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 107 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
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Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: estimated 1836
2 years
elder sister
Catherine King
Birth: about 1837 21 18Williamson, Tennessee, United States
Death:
3 years
herself
Mother’s family with Robert Patton Lockridge - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage: September 2, 1844Williamson, Tennessee, United States
16 months
half-sister
2 years
half-brother
James Sterling Lockridge
Birth: December 1846 51 27Mississippi, United States
Death: March 1, 1910Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
Mother’s family with Lemuel Sutton - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage: March 12, 1850Marshall, Mississippi, United States
3 years
half-sister
3 years
half-brother
William Wesley Sutton
Birth: about 1854 61 35Marshall, Mississippi, United States
Death:
2 years
half-sister
Ellenor Levonia “Ella” Sutton
Birth: February 11, 1856 63 37Marshall, Mississippi, United States
Death: July 13, 1921Marshall, Mississippi, United States
2 years
half-sister
Ada L Sutton
Birth: April 10, 1858 65 39Marshall, Mississippi, United States
Death: April 25, 1912Marshall, Mississippi, United States
2 years
half-brother
William B Sutton
Birth: August 1860 67 41Marshall, Mississippi, United States
Death: January 8, 1871Mississippi, United States

Census1850 United States - Census transcript - Lemuel Sutton - Household

Marshall, Mississippi

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
Lemuel Suttonhead56MWFarmerMDY
Elizabeth V Suttonwife31FWTNY
Catherine King13FWTN
Rebecca King11FWMS
Amanda V Lockridge5FWMS
James S Lockridge3MWMS
Samuel Sorrels23MWStudentIN