The Shemwell Family

Lucy Angelina ParkeAge: 67 years18481916

Name
Lucy Angelina Parke
Given names
Lucy Angelina
Surname
Parke
Married name
Lucy Angelina Hedrick
Married name
Lucy Angelina Allen
Birth December 3, 1848 35 32
MarriageSevier Hawkins HedrickView this family
unknown

MarriageWilliam L AllenView this family
unknown

Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848
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 21, 1850 (Age 22 months)
Birth of a brotherElbert Parke
January 1851 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 8 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Census July 10, 1860 (Age 11 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 12 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 18 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 18 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 20 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
Birth of a son
#1
William Louis Hedrick
December 15, 1870 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 29 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Census June 17, 1880 (Age 31 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Cary R Allen
October 1888 (Age 39 years)
Death of a fatherOliver H P “Perry” Parke
October 19, 1892 (Age 43 years)
Death of a motherMary Logsdon
December 20, 1893 (Age 45 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 49 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 of a sisterTelitha Parke
December 9, 1907 (Age 59 years)
Death of a sisterEmily A Parke
July 15, 1909 (Age 60 years)
Death of a brotherOverton Parke
June 7, 1914 (Age 65 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 67 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death January 8, 1916 (Age 67 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: October 24, 1838
15 months
elder brother
William James Parke
Birth: February 3, 1840 26 23Illinois, United States
Death: 1917Longmont, Boulder, Colorado, United States
20 months
elder brother
Overton Parke
Birth: October 8, 1841 27 25Schuyler, Illinois, United States
Death: June 7, 1914Woodstock, Schuyler, Illinois, United States
22 months
elder sister
Emily A Parke
Birth: July 27, 1843 29 27Bainbridge, Schuyler, Illinois, United States
Death: July 15, 1909Woodstock, Schuyler, Illinois, United States
21 months
elder sister
Telitha Parke
Birth: May 4, 1845 31 28Schuyler, Illinois, United States
Death: December 9, 1907Rushville, Schuyler, Illinois, United States
2 years
elder sister
Elizabeth Parke
Birth: May 4, 1847 33 30Schuyler, Illinois, United States
Death: October 1, 1928Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, United States
19 months
herself
Lucy Angelina Parke
Birth: December 3, 1848 35 32Schuyler, Illinois, United States
Death: January 8, 1916Washington, Rushville, Illinois, United States
2 years
younger brother
Elbert Parke
Birth: January 1851 37 34Schuyler, Illinois, United States
Death: 1930Riverside, Riverside, California, United States
Family with Sevier Hawkins Hedrick - View this family
husband
Sevier Hawkins Hedrick
Birth: September 18, 1847Preble, Ohio, United States
Death: September 24, 1925Great Bend, Barton, Kansas, United States
herself
Lucy Angelina Parke
Birth: December 3, 1848 35 32Schuyler, Illinois, United States
Death: January 8, 1916Washington, Rushville, Illinois, United States
Marriage:
son
William Louis Hedrick
Birth: December 15, 1870 23 22Cooperstown, Brown, Illinois, United States
Death: December 10, 1950Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, United States
Family with William L Allen - View this family
husband
herself
Lucy Angelina Parke
Birth: December 3, 1848 35 32Schuyler, Illinois, United States
Death: January 8, 1916Washington, Rushville, Illinois, United States
Marriage:
daughter

Census1850 United States - Census transcript - Oliver H P “Perry” Parke - Household

Bainbridge, Schuyler, Illinois

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
Oliver H Parkehead36MWFarmerKY
Mary Parkewife35FWKY
William J Parkeson10MWIL
Overton Parkeson7MWIL
Emily Parkedaughter6FWIL
Telitha Parkedaughter4FWIL
Elizabeth Parkedaughter3FWIL
Lucy A Parkedaughter1FWIL

Census1860 United States - Census transcript - Oliver H P “Perry” Parke - Household

Woodstock, Schuyler, Illinois

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
H P Parkehead46MWFarmerKY
Mary Parkewife45FWKY
William J Parkeson20MWFarm LaborerIL
Overton Parkeson18MWIL
Emily A Parkedaughter16FWIL
Telitha Parkedaughter15FWIL
Elizabeth Parkedaughter13FWIL
Lucy A Parkedaughter11FWIL
Elbert Parkeson9MWIL

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Oliver H P “Perry” Parke - Household

Woodstock, Schuyler, Illinois

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Parke, O HWM66headMFarmerKYNCMD
Parke, MaryWF64wifeMKeeping HouseKYKYKY
Parke, EmilyWF35daughterSILKYKY
Hedrick, LucyWF28daughterDHouse KeeperILILKY
Hedrick, WilliamWM9grand sonSILILIL