The Shemwell Family

William Price BinghamAge: 36 years18361872

Name
William Price Bingham
Given names
William Price
Surname
Bingham
Birth about 1836 41 30
Death of a fatherJohn Bingham
November 5, 1838 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 10 years)
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
Census October 31, 1850 (Age 14 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 21 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Death of a sisterMargaret Bingham
1859 (Age 23 years)
Census August 1, 1860 (Age 24 years)
MarriageColanne WhipsView this family
November 23, 1860 (Age 24 years)
Death of a motherMary “Polly” Harshberger
after 1860 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Harvey Harry Bingham
1862 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a son
#2
John Sylvester Bingham
1864 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 25 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 31 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 31 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Birth of a son
#3
Ove W Bingham
September 8, 1868 (Age 32 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 33 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 10, 1870 (Age 34 years)
Death August 1872 (Age 36 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: August 22, 1816Albemarle, Virginia, United States
4 years
elder brother
Jacob Bingham
Birth: February 17, 1820 25 14Virginia, United States
Death: July 26, 1908Saline, Missouri, United States
5 years
elder brother
3 years
elder sister
3 years
elder sister
Harriett Bingham
Birth: about 1829 34 23Missouri, United States
Death: after 1880
2 years
elder sister
6 years
himself
Family with Colanne Whips - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: November 23, 1860Saline, Missouri, United States
2 years
son
3 years
son
John Sylvester Bingham
Birth: 1864 28 21Missouri, United States
Death: January 8, 1888Missouri, United States
5 years
son
Ove W Bingham
Birth: September 8, 1868 32 25Saline, Missouri, United States
Death: September 20, 1931Carthage, Jasper, Missouri, United States
James W Blakely + Colanne Whips - View this family
wife’s husband
James W Blakely
Birth: 1837Missouri, United States
Death: May 18, 1883Denison, Grayson, Texas, United States
wife
Marriage: 1874Marshall, Saline, Missouri, United States
2 years
step-daughter
3 years
step-daughter

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Census1850 United States - Census transcript - Mary Harshberger - Household

Saline, Missouri

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
Mary I Binghamhead44FWVA
Jacob Binghamson28MWFarmerVA
Harriett Binghamdaughter21FWMO
William Binghamson14MWMO
George Binghamson25MWCarder?VA
Daniel Watt33MWPlastererKY
Julia Wattdaughter18FWMO

Census1860 United States - Census transcript - Daniel Lucas Watts - Household

Saline, Missouri, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
Daniel L Wattshead43MWM MasonOH
Julia Wattswife30FWMO
Orren Wattsson7MWMO
James Wattsson5MWMO
William Wattsson2MWMO
Lester Wattsson6 monthsMWMO
William Binghambrother in law23MWwagon makerMO

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - William P Bingham - Household

Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Bingham, Williamhead35MWfarmerMO
Bingham, Cora Annawife27FWIL
Bingham, Harvey Hson8MWMO
Bingham, Sylvesterson6MWMO
Bingham, Oveson2MWMO