The Shemwell Family

Lardner Clark SwinneyAge: 58 years18611919

Name
Lardner Clark Swinney
Given names
Lardner Clark
Surname
Swinney
Birth March 7, 1861
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 25 days)

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 5 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 5 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 7 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 16 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Civil marriageMargaret V “Maggie” BinghamView this family
December 22, 1891 (Age 30 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Kate Adelle Swinney
March 15, 1894 (Age 33 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Mary Emma Swinney
March 1896 (Age 34 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 37 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
Census June 12, 1900 (Age 39 years)
Death of a wifeMargaret V “Maggie” Bingham
1905 (Age 43 years)
Census April 28, 1910 (Age 49 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 54 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Marriage of a childAugust John NiemeierKate Adelle SwinneyView this family
before 1918 (Age 56 years)

Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 55 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 56 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/
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Mary Kathyrn Niemeier
September 10, 1919 (Age 58 years)
Death October 2, 1919 (Age 58 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Arrow Rock Cemetery
Family with Margaret V “Maggie” Bingham - View this family
himself
Lardner Clark Swinney
Birth: March 7, 1861Forsyth, Taney, Missouri, United States
Death: October 2, 1919Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States
wife
Margaret V “Maggie” Bingham
Birth: February 1865 40 32Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States
Death: 1905Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States
Marriage: December 22, 1891Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States
2 years
daughter
2 years
daughter

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Lardner Clark Swinney - Household

Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Swinney, ClarkheadWMMar186139M8MOVAINFarmer
Swinney, M VwifeWFFeb186535M822MOVAMD
Swinney, Kate AdaughterWFMar18946SMOMOMO
Swinney, Mary EdaughterWFMar18964SMOMOMO

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Lardner Clark Swinney - Household

Coal Bank Road Arrow Rock Road Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Swinney, Clark LheadMW49WdMOINTNFarmerFarming
Swinney, Kate AdelledaughterFW16SMOMOMO
Swinney, Mary EmmadaughterFW14SMOMOMO