The Shemwell Family

Name
Levi Irvin Lipe
Given names
Levi Irvin
Surname
Lipe
Birth October 25, 1863
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
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 3 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 3 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 5 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 14 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Religious marriageNancy Ellen BurrageView this family
January 16, 1881 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Nannie Lipe
January 8, 1884 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Ella Lenora “Nora” Lipe
December 26, 1886 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Bessie Lipe
July 1889 (Age 25 years)
Birth of a son
#4
Levi Lipe
May 1894 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 34 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 childHarvey David SeymoreNannie LipeView this family
Type: Religious marriage
February 26, 1900 (Age 36 years)
Census June 6, 1900 (Age 36 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Ola M Williamson
1906 (Age 42 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
William J “Willie” Williamson
1908 (Age 44 years)
Census April 29, 1910 (Age 46 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#3
Elizabeth Williamson
1912 (Age 48 years)
Death August 17, 1913 (Age 49 years)
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