The Shemwell Family

Zachariah T MaxwellAge: 49 years18651914

Name
Zachariah T Maxwell
Given names
Zachariah T
Surname
Maxwell
Birth about 1865 28 24
MarriageMary E SpeerView this family
unknown

Birth of a sisterFlorria Jane Maxwell
January 11, 1865
Marriage of a parentHezekiah HarringtonBelfame “Bell” JohnsonView this family
Type: Civil marriage
February 8, 1867 (Age 2 years)
Death of a fatherJohn W Maxwell
about 1867 (Age 2 years)

Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 2 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 2 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Birth of a half-sisterMary Ann “Mollie” Harrington
December 1868 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 4 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
Census August 12, 1870 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a half-sisterBellzora A Harrington
July 1871 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a half-brotherDempsey Hezekiah Harrington
March 22, 1873 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a half-sisterNellie Eldora Harrington
October 20, 1875 (Age 10 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 13 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Birth of a half-brotherElbert Morley Harrington
October 10, 1882 (Age 17 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherAnna McGehee
about 1884 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 33 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 motherBelfame “Bell” Johnson
1900 (Age 35 years)
Death October 29, 1914 (Age 49 years)

Military Pension
Mary E Speer - Remarried Widows Index to Pension Application
October 27, 1927 (12 years after death)

Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: August 20, 1857Conway, Arkansas, United States
19 months
elder sister
3 years
elder brother
Pinkney Maxwell
Birth: about 1861 24 20Conway, Arkansas, United States
Death:
17 months
elder brother
3 years
sister
Florria Jane Maxwell
Birth: January 11, 1865 28 24Conway, Arkansas, United States
Death: June 20, 1915Conway, Arkansas, United States
1 year
himself
Mother’s family with Hezekiah Harrington - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage: February 8, 1867Conway, Arkansas, United States
23 months
half-sister
3 years
half-sister
21 months
half-brother
3 years
half-sister
7 years
half-brother
Family with Mary E Speer - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage:

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - Hezekiah Harrington - Household

Union, Conway, Arkansas

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Harrington, Hhead46MWFarmerTN
Harrington, Bellfimewife30FWKeeping HouseMO
Maxwell, Alfare11FWAt HomeARXX
Maxwell, Pinkney9MWAt HomeAR
Maxwell, Thomas7MWAt HomeAR
Maxwell, Zachariah5MWAt HomeAR
Maxwell, Jane5FWAt HomeAR
Harrington, Marydaughter1FWAt HomeAR

All kids listed as Herringtons - Only Mary is his. -b