The Shemwell Family

Letitia A WelbornAge: 42 years18511894

Name
Letitia A Welborn
Given names
Letitia A
Surname
Welborn
Married name
Letitia A Posey
Birth December 14, 1851

MarriageJohn A PoseyView this family
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Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 5 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 9 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 15 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 15 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 17 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 26 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 daughter
#1
Ermine Posey
January 1891 (Age 39 years)
Death June 5, 1894 (Age 42 years)

Family with John A Posey - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage:
daughter
John A Posey + Cordelia E Thornsberry - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Cordelia E Thornsberry
Birth: April 21, 1870 25 30Kentucky, United States
Death: December 24, 1944Todd, Kentucky, United States
Marriage: April 28, 1895Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States

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