The Shemwell Family

Jane Brooke HodnetteAge: 55 years17491804

Name
Jane Brooke Hodnette
Given names
Jane Brooke
Surname
Hodnette
Married name
Jane Brooke McGehee
Birth 1749
Historical Event
The French & Indian War
between 1754 and 1763 (Age 5 years)

Note: The French and Indian War is the American name for the North American theater of the Seven Years War, fought primarily between the colonies of British America and New France - http://goo.gl/SiIuNc
MarriageDaniel McGeheeView this family
1770 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1775 and 1776 (Age 26 years)

Note: In 1775, there was an epidemic of unknown cause in North America (especially New England,) followed in 1775-1776 by what is described as one of the worst worldwide influenza epidemics - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_epidemics
Historical Event
The American Revolution
from 1775 to 1783 (Age 26 years)

Note: The Thirteen American Colonies broke from the British Empire and formed the independent nation, the United States of America - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolution
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic
between 1793 and 1798 (Age 44 years)
Note: More than 4,000 Philadelphia residents died from yellow fever - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Fever_Epidemic_of_1793
Death of a husbandDaniel McGehee
February 12, 1802 (Age 53 years)
Historical Event
The Louisiana Purchase
1803 (Age 54 years)

Note: Napoleon Bonaparte agrees to sell 828,000 square miles of land to the United States for $15 million - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_Purchase
Death November 23, 1804 (Age 55 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Walker Cemetery
Family with Daniel McGehee - View this family
husband
Daniel McGehee
Birth: 1747 47 37Amelia, Virginia, United States
Death: February 12, 1802Augusta, Columbia, Georgia, United States
herself
Jane Brooke Hodnette
Birth: 1749Charlottesville, Albemarle, Virginia, United States
Death: November 23, 1804Augusta, Richmond, Georgia, United States
Marriage: 1770Goochland, Virginia, United States

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