The Shemwell Family

W Calvin HardcastleAge: 24 years18631887

Name
W Calvin Hardcastle
Given names
W Calvin
Surname
Hardcastle
Birth about 1863

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 4 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 4 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 6 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
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 15 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageSarah E TatumView this family
November 21, 1883 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Olivia Hardcastle
1884 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Eva L Hardcastle
1886 (Age 23 years)
Death 1887 (Age 24 years)

Family with Sarah E Tatum - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: November 21, 1883Lafayette, Arkansas, United States
13 months
daughter
3 years
daughter
John Ira Connor + Sarah E Tatum - View this family
wife’s husband
wife
Marriage: February 22, 1891Lafayette, Arkansas, United States
3 years
step-son
2 months
step-daughter
Merle Connor
Birth: November 17, 1893 25 26Cotton Belt, Greene, Arkansas, United States
Death: July 2, 1967Washington, District of Columbia, United States
2 years
step-son
Zoie Fred Connor
Birth: December 12, 1895 27 28Stamps, Lafayette, Arkansas, United States
Death: May 21, 1964Houston, Harris, Texas, United States
E B Suggs + Sarah E Tatum - View this family
wife’s husband
wife
Marriage: October 10, 1890Lafayette, Arkansas, United States

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