The Shemwell Family

Sevier Hawkins HedrickAge: 78 years1847–1925

Name: Sevier Hawkins Hedrick

Given names: Sevier Hawkins

Surname: Hedrick

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Birth	September 18, 1847 Preble, Ohio, United States
Marriage	Lucy Angelina Parke — View this family unknown
Historical Event	Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 Texas, USA 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
Historical Event	Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 9 years) 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 13 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 19 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 19 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 21 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 23 years) Cooperstown, Brown, Illinois, United States
Historical Event	Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 30 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 50 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
Death of a wife	Lucy Angelina Parke January 8, 1916 (Age 68 years) Washington, Rushville, Illinois, United States
Historical Event	Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 68 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 69 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 70 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/
Death	September 24, 1925 (Age 78 years) Great Bend, Barton, Kansas, United States

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Family with Lucy Angelina Parke - View this family

himself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Lucy Angelina Parke William Louis Hedrick Sevier Hawkins Hedrick Birth: September 18, 1847 — Preble, Ohio, United States Death: September 24, 1925 — Great Bend, Barton, Kansas, United States
wife	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Sevier Hawkins Hedrick William Louis Hedrick Family with spouse William L Allen Cary R Allen Lucy Angelina Parke Birth: December 3, 1848 35 32 — Schuyler, Illinois, United States Death: January 8, 1916 — Washington, Rushville, Illinois, United States
	Marriage: —
son	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree William Louis Hedrick Birth: December 15, 1870 23 22 — Cooperstown, Brown, Illinois, United States Death: December 10, 1950 — Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, United States

William L Allen + Lucy Angelina Parke - View this family

wife’s husband	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Lucy Angelina Parke Cary R Allen William L Allen Birth: June 1843 — Illinois, United States Death:
wife	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Sevier Hawkins Hedrick William Louis Hedrick Family with spouse William L Allen Cary R Allen Lucy Angelina Parke Birth: December 3, 1848 35 32 — Schuyler, Illinois, United States Death: January 8, 1916 — Washington, Rushville, Illinois, United States
	Marriage: —
step-daughter	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Cary R Allen Birth: October 1888 45 39 — Illinois, United States Death: