The Shemwell Family

Charles M Shutt1866

Name
Charles M Shutt
Given names
Charles M
Surname
Shutt
Birth 1866 22 20
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 12 months)
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 12 months)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 3 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
Census June 11, 1870 (Age 4 years)
Death of a motherMatilda C Bivin
May 14, 1878 (Age 12 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 12 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Marriage of a parentJames McHenry ShuttMary Francis “Fanny” ShemwellView this family
May 27, 1879 (Age 13 years)
Census June 8, 1880 (Age 14 years)
Birth of a half-sisterBuella Todd Shutt
April 24, 1882 (Age 16 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 32 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 of a sisterLaura A Shutt
January 11, 1901 (Age 35 years)
Death of a fatherJames McHenry Shutt
October 24, 1902 (Age 36 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 50 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 51 years)

Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I
Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 52 years)

Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 63 years)

Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 75 years)

Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 84 years)
Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 80 years)
Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
Deathunknown

Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Matilda C Bivin
Birth: January 15, 1845Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 14, 1878Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Marriage: August 28, 1862Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
14 months
elder sister
3 years
himself
Charles M Shutt
Birth: 1866 22 20Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death:
Father’s family with Mary Francis “Fanny” Shemwell - View this family
father
step-mother
Mary Francis “Fanny” Shemwell
Birth: April 13, 1844 33 27Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: 1929Monticello, Wayne, Kentucky, United States
Marriage: May 27, 1879Todd, Kentucky, United States
3 years
half-sister

Charles M Shutt has 0 first cousins recorded

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Census1870 United States - Census transcript - James McHenry Shutt - Household

Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Shutt, J Mhead26MWfarmerKY
Shutt, Matilda Cwife25FWkeeping houseKY
Shutt, Laura Adaughter6FWKY
Shutt, Charles Mson4MWKY

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - James McHenry Shutt - Household

Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Shutt, James MWM36headMfarmingKY
Shutt, FannieWF36wifeMkeeping houseKYKYKY
Shutt, Laura AWF16daughterS
Shutt, Charles MWM14sonSKYKYKY