The Shemwell Family

Sarah Ann PendletonAge: 60 years18531913

Name
Sarah Ann Pendleton
Given names
Sarah Ann
Surname
Pendleton
Married name
Sarah Ann McGehee
Birth September 16, 1853
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 3 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 7 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 13 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 13 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 15 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
MarriageHenry Louis McGeheeView this family
June 16, 1870 (Age 16 years)
Debt
Henry Louis McGehee and Sarah Pendleton Loan from Henry Sherrod 1872
January 4, 1872 (Age 18 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 24 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 44 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 December 18, 1913 (Age 60 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Oakwood Cemetery
Family with Henry Louis McGehee - View this family
husband
Henry Louis McGehee
Birth: June 15, 1851 29 25Franklin, North Carolina, United States
Death: August 18, 1918Franklin, North Carolina, United States
herself
Sarah Ann Pendleton
Birth: September 16, 1853Warren, North Carolina, United States
Death: December 18, 1913Youngsville, Franklin, North Carolina, United States
Marriage: June 16, 1870North Carolina, United States

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