The Shemwell Family

Imogene DoniganAge: 39 years18581898

Name
Imogene Donigan
Given names
Imogene
Surname
Donigan
Married name
Imogene Jessup
Birth March 21, 1858 46 33
MarriageJames Madison JessupView this family
unknown

Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 3 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
Birth of a sisterMary “Mollie” Donigan
1867 (Age 8 years)
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 8 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 8 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 10 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 19 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 40 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 about 1898 (Age 39 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Eleanor Gravely
Birth: about 1825North Carolina, United States
Death: October 23, 1905Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States
Marriage:
herself
Imogene Donigan
Birth: March 21, 1858 46 33Leatherwood, Henry, Virginia, United States
Death: about 1898Forsyth, North Carolina, United States
10 years
younger sister
Family with James Madison Jessup - View this family
husband
James Madison Jessup
Birth: October 17, 1858Surry, North Carolina, United States
Death: January 24, 1936Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States
herself
Imogene Donigan
Birth: March 21, 1858 46 33Leatherwood, Henry, Virginia, United States
Death: about 1898Forsyth, North Carolina, United States
Marriage:

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