The Shemwell Family

William Christy TurleyAge: 92 years18451938

Name
William Christy Turley
Given names
William Christy
Surname
Turley
Birth October 30, 1845 44 40
MarriageSusan M ReidView this family
unknown

Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 2 months)
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
Death of a sisterLucy A Turley
July 11, 1849 (Age 3 years)
Census September 18, 1850 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 11 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Census August 24, 1860 (Age 14 years)
Death of a fatherJesse B Turley
June 1861 (Age 15 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 15 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 21 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 21 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Birth of a daughter
#1
Mary Maud Turley
May 19, 1869 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 23 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 motherJulia Riddle
1873 (Age 27 years)
Death of a sisterMartha Jane Turley
January 11, 1875 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 32 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 wifeSusan M Reid
March 3, 1879 (Age 33 years)

Marriage of a childGeorge Herbert BinghamMary Maud TurleyView this family
October 17, 1893 (Age 47 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 52 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
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 70 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 brotherJohn Dade Turley
August 22, 1917 (Age 71 years)
Burial of a brotherJohn Dade Turley
August 24, 1917 (Age 71 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Old Lamine Cemetery
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 71 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 72 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 brotherTalton Barnes Turley
May 18, 1925 (Age 79 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 83 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 sisterTheodocia H “Docia” Turley
1936 (Age 90 years)

Death February 23, 1938 (Age 92 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: February 14, 1822Cooper, Missouri, United States
23 months
elder sister
Lucy A Turley
Birth: 1823 21 18Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: July 11, 1849Cooper, Missouri, United States
3 years
elder sister
22 months
elder sister
23 months
elder brother
John Dade Turley
Birth: December 3, 1829 28 24Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: August 22, 1917Cooper, Missouri, United States
3 years
elder brother
5 years
elder brother
2 years
elder sister
5 years
elder brother
3 years
elder sister
3 years
himself
William Christy Turley
Birth: October 30, 1845 44 40Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: February 23, 1938Los Angeles, California, United States
Family with Susan M Reid - View this family
himself
William Christy Turley
Birth: October 30, 1845 44 40Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: February 23, 1938Los Angeles, California, United States
wife
Marriage:
daughter
Mary Maud Turley
Birth: May 19, 1869 23 26Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States
Death: May 2, 1951Ramona, Washington, Oklahoma, United States

William Christy Turley has 0 first cousins recorded

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Census1850 United States - Census transcript - Jesse B Turley - Household

Cooper, Missouri, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
Jesse B Turleyhead49MWfarmerKY
Juliet A Turleywife46FWKY
John Dade Turleyson20MWfarmhandMO
Talton Barnes Turleyson18MWMO
Henry Turleyson16MWMO
Mary Ann Turleydaughter13FWMO
James Monroe Turleyson8MWMO
Theodocia Turleydaughter6FWMO
William Christy Turleyson4MWMO
Susan Riddle26FWKY

Census1860 United States - Census transcript - Jesse B Turley - Household

Cooper, Missouri, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
J B Turleyhead59MWtraderKY
Juliet A Turleywife54FWMD
John D Turleyson30MWfarmerMO
Talton B Turleyson28MWfarmerMO
Henry M Turleyson24MWfarmerMO
James Turleyson19MWfarmerMO
Theodocia Turleydaughter17FWMO
William C Turleyson15MWMO
Edmonia Tylerdaughter34FWMO
Francis Tylergranddaughter15FWMO
Laura Tylergranddaughter13FWMO
Alice Tylergranddaughter10FWMO
William Tylergrandson8MWMO
Susan Riddle43FWKY
Newton Riddle18MWMO