The Shemwell Family

Nancy Ann BellAge: 50 years18601911

Name
Nancy Ann Bell
Given names
Nancy Ann
Surname
Bell
Married name
Nancy Ann Lancaster
Married name
Nancy Ann Rougemont
Birth March 1860
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 13 months)

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 6 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 6 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 8 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
MarriageFrank H RougemontView this family
December 19, 1877 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 17 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 38 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
Civil marriageJoseph Elijah LancasterView this family
October 18, 1900 (Age 40 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Lester Lancaster
1903 (Age 42 years)

Death 1911 (Age 50 years)
Family with Joseph Elijah Lancaster - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: October 18, 1900Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
3 years
son
Family with Frank H Rougemont - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: December 19, 1877Houston, Tennessee, United States
Joseph Elijah Lancaster + Susan Buckingham - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage:
step-son
4 years
step-son
John Lancaster
Birth: July 1883 27Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death:
3 years
step-son
5 years
step-son
Merton Clauson Lancaster
Birth: December 14, 1889 33Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 1967Stewart, Tennessee, United States

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