The Shemwell Family

Grace T KeachAge: 25 years18651890

Name
Grace T Keach
Given names
Grace T
Surname
Keach
Married name
Grace T Farley
Birth 1865

MarriageJohn Edward FarleyView this family
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Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 2 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 2 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 4 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 13 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Death 1890 (Age 25 years)

Family with John Edward Farley - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage:
John Edward Farley + Margaret Susan “Sue” Lester - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Margaret Susan “Sue” Lester
Birth: April 29, 1875Henderson, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 3, 1953Henderson, Henderson, Kentucky, United States
Marriage: April 6, 1892Henderson, Tennessee, United States
22 years
step-son
3 years
step-son

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