The Shemwell Family

James J Webb1833

Name
James J Webb
Given names
James J
Surname
Webb
Birth 1833 25
Birth of a sisterCornelia Webb
1835 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
The Texas Revolution
between October 1835 and April 1836 (Age 2 years)
Note: The Texas Revolution (or Texas War of Independence) was fought from October 2, 1835 to April 21, 1836 between Mexico and the Texas (Tejas) portion of the Mexican state of Coahuila y Tejas. The Texas Revolution erupted in 1836, after Texas declared its independence from Mexico. Mexico responded by invading Texas, where General Santa Anna won decisive victories in the battles of the Alamo and Goliad. The war ended at the Battle of San Jacinto (about 20 miles) east of modern day downtown Houston) where General Sam Houston led the Texas Army to victory in 18 minutes over a portion of the Mexican Army under Santa Anna, who was captured shortly after the battle. The conclusion of the war resulted in the creation of the Republic of Texas - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Revolution
Birth of a brotherBenjamin Webb
1840 (Age 7 years)

Death of a motherLucy Reddish
1842 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 13 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
Marriage of a parentStanard WebbJane PoshView this family
Type: Religious marriage
May 17, 1849 (Age 16 years)
Birth of a half-brotherEwing Madison Webb
March 27, 1850 (Age 17 years)
Census September 20, 1850 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a half-brotherHenry Stanard Webb
November 1852 (Age 19 years)

Birth of a half-brotherAlbert T Webb
March 1856 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 24 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 28 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 34 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 34 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 36 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
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 45 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Death of a half-brotherEwing Madison Webb
January 13, 1895 (Age 62 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 65 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 sisterCornelia Webb
1906 (Age 73 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 83 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 84 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 85 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 sisterMary Elizabeth Marguerite Webb
July 15, 1921 (Age 88 years)

Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 96 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 108 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
Deathunknown

Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: January 26, 1830Madison, Virginia, United States
3 years
elder sister
15 months
himself
3 years
younger sister
6 years
younger brother
Father’s family with Jane Posh - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: May 17, 1849Cooper, Missouri, United States
7 years
half-brother
-6 years
half-brother
3 years
half-brother

James J Webb has 0 first cousins recorded

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Census1850 United States - Census transcript - Stanard Webb - Household

Cooper, Missouri, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
Stanard Webbhead46MWfarmerVA
Jane P Webbwife34FWKY
William Wellsstepson18MWVA
James J Webbson18MWVA
John Wellsstepson16MWKY
Benjamin Wellsstepson14MWKY
Cornelia Webbdaughter14FWVA
Benjamin Webbson10MWMO
Yelverton Webbson5MWMO
Ewingson6 monthsMWMO