The Shemwell Family

Thomas Frost1847

Name
Thomas Frost
Given names
Thomas
Surname
Frost
Birth about 1847 27 25
Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848
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
Birth of a brotherElijah Marion Frost
May 16, 1849 (Age 2 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherElijah Frost Sr.
June 30, 1850 (Age 3 years)
Cause: Cholera
Note: 1850 Census recorded after individual died
Census October 24, 1850 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a sisterMary Elizabeth “Lizzie” Frost
September 12, 1851 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a sisterEmilia Adeline “Milly” Frost
December 1854 (Age 7 years)
Death of a fatherMicajah Frost
February 15, 1855 (Age 8 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 10 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-sisterNancy Lucindy “Nannie” Patton
October 20, 1860 (Age 13 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJohn Fitch Greer
about 1861 (Age 14 years)

Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 14 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 20 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 20 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 22 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 paternal grandmotherAmelia Lonesome “Millie” Patterson
September 14, 1876 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 31 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 51 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 sisterEmilia Adeline “Milly” Frost
July 8, 1916 (Age 69 years)
Burial of a sisterEmilia Adeline “Milly” Frost
July 8, 1916 (Age 69 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Oakland and Fraternal Historic Cemetery Park
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 69 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 70 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 71 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 82 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 sisterMary Elizabeth “Lizzie” Frost
November 30, 1929 (Age 82 years)
Cause: Elremia
Burial of a sisterMary Elizabeth “Lizzie” Frost
December 2, 1929 (Age 82 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Oakland and Fraternal Historic Cemetery Park
Death of a brotherElijah Marion Frost
September 29, 1931 (Age 84 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 94 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 half-sisterNancy Lucindy “Nannie” Patton
May 31, 1947 (Age 100 years)
Burial of a half-sisterNancy Lucindy “Nannie” Patton
June 3, 1947 (Age 100 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Maple Hill Cemetery
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 103 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 99 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: January 26, 1845
3 years
himself
Thomas Frost
Birth: about 1847 27 25White, Tennessee, United States
Death:
2 years
younger brother
2 years
younger sister
3 years
younger sister
Mother’s family with Robert Patton Jr. - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage:
half-sister
Nancy Lucindy “Nannie” Patton
Birth: October 20, 1860 26 38Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 31, 1947Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States

Census1850 United States - Census transcript - Amelia Lonesome “Millie” Patterson - Household

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
Milley Frosthead49FW1000TNN
Micajah Frostson31MW25TN
Catherine Frostdaughter-in-law28FWTN
Thomas Frostson26MWFarming1000TN
Mathew Frostson24MW50TN
Nancy Ann Frostdaughter23FWTN
Mary A Frostdaughter20FWTN
Elizabeth J Frostdaughter18FWTNY
Rhoda P Frostdaughter16FWTNY
Sevier Frostson15MWTNY
White Frostson13MWTNY
Snow Frostson11MWTNY
Winter Frostson9MWTNY
Young Frostson8MWTNY
Thomas Frostgrandson4MWTN
Hiram J Frostson3MWTN
Elija Frostgrandson1MWTN
Milley Frost4FWTN
Elija Frosthusband53MWFarmingTN