The Shemwell Family

Jackson Lee “Jack” FrostAge: 64 years18661930

Name
Jackson Lee “Jack” Frost
Given names
Jackson Lee
Surname
Frost
Nickname
Jack
Birth about 1866 36 33
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 12 months)
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 12 months)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Birth of a sisterDeborah Verena “Birdie” Frost
September 9, 1868 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 3 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 10 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 12 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 sisterMahala Jane Frost
January 29, 1882 (Age 16 years)
Burial of a sisterMahala Jane Frost
February 1, 1882 (Age 16 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Turlock Memorial Park
Marriage of a parentGeorge Washington YocumDeborah AcordView this family
April 3, 1882 (Age 16 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 32 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 fatherJoseph Frost
April 6, 1908 (Age 42 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMahala Acord
November 3, 1909 (Age 43 years)
Death of a motherDeborah Acord
December 20, 1912 (Age 46 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 50 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 51 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 52 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 brotherElijah Marshall Frost
February 19, 1923 (Age 57 years)
Death of a brotherThomas Jefferson Frost
November 14, 1928 (Age 62 years)
Burial of a brotherThomas Jefferson Frost
November 15, 1928 (Age 62 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Oak Hill Cemetery
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 63 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 sisterAmelia Emily Frost
March 13, 1930 (Age 64 years)
Death October 20, 1930 (Age 64 years)
Burial October 23, 1930 (3 days after death)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Arbor Vitae Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: September 9, 1849Fremont, Iowa, United States
11 months
elder brother
22 months
elder brother
23 months
elder sister
Mahala Jane Frost
Birth: March 12, 1854 25 21Fremont, Iowa, United States
Death: January 29, 1882Turlock, Stanislaus, California, United States
3 years
elder sister
2 years
elder brother
John Wesley Frost
Birth: about 1858 28 25Nebraska, United States
Death: February 3, 1931Bakersfield, Kern, California, United States
3 years
elder sister
3 years
elder brother
Thomas Jefferson Frost
Birth: December 6, 1863 34 31Lassen, California, United States
Death: November 14, 1928Vina, Tehama, California, United States
3 years
himself
Jackson Lee “Jack” Frost
Birth: about 1866 36 33Douglas, Oregon, United States
Death: October 20, 1930Madera, California, United States
3 years
younger sister
Father’s family with Eliza J Anderson - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: February 5, 1848White, Tennessee, United States
Mother’s family with George Washington Yocum - View this family
step-father
George Washington Yocum
Birth: February 1842Kentucky, United States
Death: July 26, 1913Willows, Glenn, California, United States
mother
Marriage: April 3, 1882Colusa, California, United States