The Shemwell Family

Hanna Elizabeth McCallisterAge: 56 years18501907

Name
Hanna Elizabeth McCallister
Given names
Hanna Elizabeth
Surname
McCallister
Married name
Hanna Elizabeth McCutchen
Birth November 26, 1850
MarriageWilliam Wylie McCutchenView this family
unknown

Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 6 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 10 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 16 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 16 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 18 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 27 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 son
#1
William Madison McCutchen
July 24, 1885 (Age 34 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 47 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 March 16, 1907 (Age 56 years)
Family with William Wylie McCutchen - View this family
husband
William Wylie McCutchen
Birth: January 19, 1849Larkinsville, Jackson, Alabama, United States
Death: May 31, 1923Robert Lee, Coke, Texas, United States
herself
Hanna Elizabeth McCallister
Birth: November 26, 1850Limestone, Alabama, United States
Death: March 16, 1907Robert Lee, Coke, Texas, United States
Marriage:
son

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