The Shemwell Family

Name
Emily Winifred Gross
Given names
Emily Winifred
Surname
Gross
Married name
Emily Winifred Weaks
Birth December 19, 1841
Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 4 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
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 15 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
MarriageAllen Levi WeaksView this family
October 24, 1860 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Mark Monroe Weaks
January 2, 1862 (Age 20 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 19 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 daughter
#2
Nancy Freedona Weaks
March 7, 1866 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 25 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 25 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Birth of a daughter
#3
Ida Lee Weaks
August 22, 1868 (Age 26 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 27 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
#4
James Frederick “Jim” Weaks
October 6, 1875 (Age 33 years)
Birth of a daughter
#5
Sally Weaks
January 5, 1878 (Age 36 years)
Marriage of a childMark Monroe WeaksGeorgia Ann ShemwellView this family
October 2, 1878 (Age 36 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 36 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Ruth Weaks
July 19, 1880 (Age 38 years)

Birth of a daughter
#6
Lottie J Weaks
January 4, 1881 (Age 39 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Lillian Izora Weaks
December 25, 1881 (Age 40 years)
Birth of a grandson
#3
Lurton Edgar Weaks
1884 (Age 42 years)
Address: Erin, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Birth of a granddaughter
#4
Zula Ann Weaks
March 22, 1886 (Age 44 years)
Address: Erin, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Birth of a grandson
#5
Murray Levi Chadwick
January 20, 1888 (Age 46 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#6
Alpha Omega Weaks
June 14, 1888 (Age 46 years)
Birth of a grandson
#7
Johnny Frederick Weaks
April 11, 1890 (Age 48 years)
Death of a grandsonJohnny Frederick Weaks
April 26, 1891 (Age 49 years)
Death of a granddaughterAlpha Omega Weaks
May 9, 1891 (Age 49 years)
Birth of a grandson
#8
William Preston Weaks
February 20, 1892 (Age 50 years)
Birth of a grandson
#9
Robert Herman Weaks
December 30, 1893 (Age 52 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 56 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 April 30, 1898 (Age 56 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Weaks Cemetery
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