The Shemwell Family

Calphernia Almira D MundayAge: 72 years18501923

Name
Calphernia Almira D Munday
Given names
Calphernia Almira D
Surname
Munday
Married name
Calphernia Almira D Phillips
Birth July 16, 1850
MarriageThomas J PhillipsView this family
unknown

Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 6 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 10 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 16 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 16 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 18 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
Clem Phillips
March 31, 1875 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 27 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 husbandThomas J Phillips
May 26, 1898 (Age 47 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 47 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
Marriage of a childClem PhillipsZelpha Blanche HarrisView this family
calculated 1903 (Age 52 years)

Birth of a grandson
#1
Esbon Layton Phillips
August 11, 1905 (Age 55 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
Olaf Clayton Phillips
November 5, 1906 (Age 56 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#3
Artie Iola Phillips
February 21, 1909 (Age 58 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#4
Iva Mae Phillips
October 12, 1910 (Age 60 years)
Birth of a grandson
#5
Norman Mendral Phillips
September 5, 1913 (Age 63 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#6
Zelpha Adaline Phillips
June 7, 1915 (Age 64 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 65 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a grandson
#7
Milburn Lee Phillips
October 18, 1917 (Age 67 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 66 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 67 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 granddaughter
#8
Mary Magdalene Phillips
May 7, 1919 (Age 68 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#9
Zula Phillips
January 22, 1922 (Age 71 years)
Death January 31, 1923 (Age 72 years)
Family with Thomas J Phillips - View this family
husband
Thomas J Phillips
Birth: October 1, 1849Sumner, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 26, 1898Todd, Kentucky, United States
herself
Calphernia Almira D Munday
Birth: July 16, 1850Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 31, 1923Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States
Marriage:
son