The Shemwell Family

Frederick Asael Smith1850

Name
Frederick Asael Smith
Given names
Frederick Asael
Surname
Smith
Birth January 24, 1850 27 23
Birth of a sisterMary Jane Smith
June 17, 1853 (Age 3 years)
Marriage of a parentSilas SmithSarah OrtonView this family
February 9, 1858 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a brotherPrince Henry Smith
October 20, 1858 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a half-brotherPrince William Smith
August 2, 1859 (Age 9 years)
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
Birth of a brotherFranklin D Smith
December 29, 1862 (Age 12 years)
Birth of a sisterVienna Smith
June 16, 1864 (Age 14 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 11 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
Birth of a half-brotherElias Smith
May 16, 1867 (Age 17 years)
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
Birth of a sisterMartha Eliza Smith
October 8, 1869 (Age 19 years)
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 half-brotherAlonzo Smith
April 5, 1871 (Age 21 years)
Death of a sisterVienna Smith
August 17, 1874 (Age 24 years)
Death of a sisterJulia Elizabeth Smith
October 28, 1878 (Age 28 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 fatherSilas Smith
June 11, 1892 (Age 42 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 48 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 brotherSilas Marion Smith
October 20, 1898 (Age 48 years)
Death of a motherElizabeth Orton
November 27, 1902 (Age 52 years)
Death of a half-brotherPrince William Smith
November 16, 1909 (Age 59 years)
Death of a brotherPrince Henry Smith
November 28, 1912 (Age 62 years)
Death of a half-brotherAlonzo Smith
January 24, 1916 (Age 66 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
Death of a sisterMary Jane Smith
January 5, 1917 (Age 66 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/
Death of a brotherFranklin D Smith
November 16, 1924 (Age 74 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 79 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 half-brotherElias Smith
September 18, 1942 (Age 92 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 91 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 99 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 sisterMartha Eliza Smith
July 19, 1956 (Age 106 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 95 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
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Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: February 9, 1844
14 months
elder brother
Silas Marion Smith
Birth: April 17, 1845 22 18Nashville, Lee, Iowa, United States
Death: October 20, 1898Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States
2 years
elder sister
Julia Elizabeth Smith
Birth: July 29, 1847 25 21Kanesville, Iowa, Iowa, United States
Death: October 28, 1878Leamington, Millard, Utah, United States
3 years
himself
Frederick Asael Smith
Birth: January 24, 1850 27 23Kanesville, Iowa, Iowa, United States
Death:
3 years
younger sister
Mary Jane Smith
Birth: June 17, 1853 31 27Provo, Utah, Utah, United States
Death: January 5, 1917Spring Glen, Carbon, Utah, United States
5 years
younger brother
Prince Henry Smith
Birth: October 20, 1858 36 32Provo, Utah, Utah, United States
Death: November 28, 1912Castle Gate, Carbon, Utah, United States
4 years
younger brother
18 months
younger sister
Vienna Smith
Birth: June 16, 1864 42 38Provo, Utah, Utah, United States
Death: August 17, 1874Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States
5 years
younger sister
Martha Eliza Smith
Birth: October 8, 1869 47 43Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States
Death: July 19, 1956Price, Carbon, Utah, United States
Father’s family with Sarah Orton - View this family
father
step-mother
Sarah Orton
Birth: May 12, 1830Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States
Death: December 1, 1912Fairview, Lincoln, Wyoming, United States
Marriage: February 9, 1858Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
18 months
half-brother
Prince William Smith
Birth: August 2, 1859 37 29Provo, Utah, Utah, United States
Death: November 16, 1909Fairview, Lincoln, Wyoming, United States
8 years
half-brother
Elias Smith
Birth: May 16, 1867 44 37Deseret, Millard, Utah, United States
Death: September 18, 1942Afton, Lincoln, Wyoming, United States
4 years
half-brother
Alonzo Smith
Birth: April 5, 1871 48 40Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States
Death: January 24, 1916Fairview, Lincoln, Wyoming, United States

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