The Shemwell Family

Events of close relatives Historical facts
Birth	August 27, 1855 49 Illinois, United States
Historical Event	Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 16 months) 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 5 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 11 years) Alaska, USA 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 11 years) New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Historical Event	Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 13 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
Religious marriage	Susan Ellen Holland — View this family April 3, 1878 (Age 22 years) Williamson, Illinois, United States
Historical Event	Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 22 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 father	Schuyler Stone Bascom July 10, 1880 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a daughter #1	Edith Surprise Bascom September 10, 1886 (Age 31 years) Howell, Missouri, United States
Death of a daughter	Edith Surprise Bascom October 11, 1886 (Age 31 years) South Fork, Howell, Missouri, United States
Death of a wife	Susan Ellen Holland November 25, 1886 (Age 31 years) Howell, Missouri, United States Cause: Complications of Diseases
Historical Event	Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 42 years) Cuba 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
Historical Event	Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 60 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 61 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 62 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/
Historical Event	The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 74 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	1929 (Age 73 years) Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States Cause of death: Sarcoma Left Elbow

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Family with parents - View this family

father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Andrew Gaius Bascom Schuyler Stone Bascom Birth: April 22, 1806 Death: July 10, 1880
himself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Susan Ellen Holland Edith Surprise Bascom Andrew Gaius Bascom Birth: August 27, 1855 49 — Illinois, United States Death: 1929 — Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States

Family with Susan Ellen Holland - View this family

himself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Susan Ellen Holland Edith Surprise Bascom Andrew Gaius Bascom Birth: August 27, 1855 49 — Illinois, United States Death: 1929 — Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
wife	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Andrew Gaius Bascom Edith Surprise Bascom Susan Ellen Holland Birth: May 15, 1858 30 30 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: November 25, 1886 — Howell, Missouri, United States
	Marriage: April 3, 1878 — Williamson, Illinois, United States
8 years daughter	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Edith Surprise Bascom Birth: September 10, 1886 31 28 — Howell, Missouri, United States Death: October 11, 1886 — South Fork, Howell, Missouri, United States

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Family with parents
father Parents (unknown)	Schuyler Stone Bascom 1806–1880
himself Family Susan Ellen Holland Edith Surprise Bascom	Andrew Gaius Bascom 1855–1929
Family with Susan Ellen Holland
himself Parents Schuyler Stone Bascom	Andrew Gaius Bascom 1855–1929
wife Parents Nathaniel Walker Holland Agnes Ellen Wimpey	Susan Ellen Holland 1858–1886
daughter Family (none)	Edith Surprise Bascom 1886–1886