The Shemwell Family

Cynthia Arminta HallAge: 84 years18361921

Name
Cynthia Arminta Hall
Given names
Cynthia Arminta
Surname
Hall
Married name
Cynthia Arminta Roper
Birth April 30, 1836
Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 9 years)
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 20 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 24 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 30 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 30 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
MarriageWilliam Washington Roper Sr.View this family
1868 (Age 31 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 32 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
James Burton Roper
April 10, 1877 (Age 40 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 41 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 61 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
Birth of a grandson
#1
Lester Lee Roper
November 25, 1901 (Age 65 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Pearl Inez Roper
October 16, 1907 (Age 71 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#3
Fern Gladys Roper
August 5, 1910 (Age 74 years)
Death of a husbandWilliam Washington Roper Sr.
January 8, 1916 (Age 79 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 79 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 80 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 81 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/
Birth of a grandson
#4
LaRoy Raymond Roper
October 13, 1919 (Age 83 years)
Death March 3, 1921 (Age 84 years)
Family with William Washington Roper Sr. - View this family
husband
William Washington Roper Sr.
Birth: September 19, 1844Burke, North Carolina, United States
Death: January 8, 1916Siloam Springs, Howell, Missouri, United States
herself
Cynthia Arminta Hall
Birth: April 30, 1836Murphy, Cherokee, North Carolina, United States
Death: March 3, 1921Siloam Springs, Howell, Missouri, United States
Marriage: 1868North Carolina, United States
9 years
son

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