The Shemwell Family

Emma A OvermanAge: 56 years18531910

Name
Emma A Overman
Given names
Emma A
Surname
Overman
Married name
Emma A Parke
Birth February 1853
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 3 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 8 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 13 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 13 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 15 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
MarriageElbert Taylor Parke Jr.View this family
August 22, 1878 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 24 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 29, 1880 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 45 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 after 1910 (Age 56 years)
Family with Elbert Taylor Parke Jr. - View this family
husband
Elbert Taylor Parke Jr.
Birth: March 31, 1848 38 30Tazewell, Illinois, United States
Death: May 12, 1916Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
herself
Emma A Overman
Birth: February 1853Wayne, Henry, Indiana, United States
Death: after 1910Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
Marriage: August 22, 1878Henry, Rush, Indiana, United States

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Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Elbert Taylor Parke Jr. - Household

Linn, Kansas

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Parke, Elbert TWM32headMClerk in Drug StoreILKYKY
Parke, EmmaWF26wifeMINNCNC