The Shemwell Family

Name
Emelia J Baker
Given names
Emelia J
Surname
Baker
Birth April 7, 1865 36 32
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
Marriage of a parentPvt Jeremiah “Jerry” GibsonElizabeth Jane FrostView this family
about 1866 (Age 8 months)

Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 20 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 20 months)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Birth of a half-brotherRaymond Sevier Gibson
February 22, 1868 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a half-brotherThomas Young Gibson Sr.
February 4, 1869 (Age 3 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
Census July 19, 1870 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a half-sisterAlice Lee Gibson
November 17, 1870 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a half-sisterHattie Gibson
October 23, 1873 (Age 8 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherAmelia Lonesome “Millie” Patterson
September 14, 1876 (Age 11 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
Marriage of a parentEdwin O “Edward” WolcottElizabeth Jane FrostView this family
about 1880 (Age 14 years)

Death of a paternal grandmotherMary “Polly” Johnson
March 24, 1880 (Age 14 years)
Census June 8, 1880 (Age 15 years)
Death September 28, 1884 (Age 19 years)

Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Crossville City Cemetery
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