The Shemwell Family

Pinkney Maxwell1861

Name
Pinkney Maxwell
Given names
Pinkney
Surname
Maxwell
Also known as
Pinkney Harrington
Birth about 1861 24 20
Birth of a brotherThomas Jefferson “Tom Jack” Maxwell
June 10, 1862 (Age 17 months)
Birth of a sisterFlorria Jane Maxwell
January 11, 1865 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865

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
Birth of a brotherZachariah T Maxwell
about 1865 (Age 4 years)
Marriage of a parentHezekiah HarringtonBelfame “Bell” JohnsonView this family
Type: Civil marriage
February 8, 1867 (Age 6 years)
Death of a fatherJohn W Maxwell
about 1867 (Age 6 years)

Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 6 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 6 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 7 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 8 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 9 years)
Birth of a half-sisterBellzora A Harrington
July 1871 (Age 10 years)
Birth of a half-brotherDempsey Hezekiah Harrington
March 22, 1873 (Age 12 years)
Birth of a half-sisterNellie Eldora Harrington
October 20, 1875 (Age 14 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 17 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 10, 1880 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a half-brotherElbert Morley Harrington
October 10, 1882 (Age 21 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherAnna McGehee
about 1884 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 37 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 39 years)
Death of a brotherZachariah T Maxwell
October 29, 1914 (Age 53 years)

Death of a sisterFlorria Jane Maxwell
June 20, 1915 (Age 54 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 55 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death of a half-sisterNellie Eldora Harrington
October 30, 1917 (Age 56 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 56 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 57 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 of a brotherThomas Jefferson “Tom Jack” Maxwell
February 1, 1927 (Age 66 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 68 years)

Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression
Death of a sisterAlifair Elphine “Katie” Maxwell
about 1930 (Age 69 years)
Death of a half-sisterMary Ann “Mollie” Harrington
March 14, 1936 (Age 75 years)
Death of a half-sisterBellzora A Harrington
March 14, 1936 (Age 75 years)
Death of a half-brotherDempsey Hezekiah Harrington
March 24, 1941 (Age 80 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 80 years)

Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 89 years)
Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
Death of a half-brotherElbert Morley Harrington
September 13, 1961 (Age 100 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 85 years)
Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
Deathunknown

Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: August 20, 1857Conway, Arkansas, United States
19 months
elder sister
3 years
himself
Pinkney Maxwell
Birth: about 1861 24 20Conway, Arkansas, United States
Death:
17 months
younger brother
3 years
younger sister
Florria Jane Maxwell
Birth: January 11, 1865 28 24Conway, Arkansas, United States
Death: June 20, 1915Conway, Arkansas, United States
1 year
younger brother
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

Pinkney Maxwell has 7 first cousins recorded

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

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Pinkney Maxwell - Household

ED 39 Washington, Conway, Arkansas, United States

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
P. HarringtonWM21lodgerSWorks on FarmARNCMO
William F AtkinsonWM38headMFarmerGANCNC