The Shemwell Family

Cynthia Ann SandersAge: 79 years18501929

Name
Cynthia Ann Sanders
Given names
Cynthia Ann
Surname
Sanders
Married name
Cynthia Ann Carter
Married name
Cynthia Ann Ferrell
Married name
Cynthia Ann Culver
Married name
Cynthia Ann Elliott
Birth February 21, 1850
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 11 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
MarriageThomas G CarterView this family
September 4, 1866 (Age 16 years)

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
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 48 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 husbandThomas G Carter
December 6, 1899 (Age 49 years)
MarriageFelix Newton FerrellView this family
January 12, 1903 (Age 52 years)
MarriageMorris CulverView this family
October 7, 1904 (Age 54 years)
MarriageJohn Daniel ElliottView this family
June 25, 1908 (Age 58 years)
Death of a husbandFelix Newton Ferrell
August 18, 1916 (Age 66 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 65 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 66 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 67 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/
Death July 17, 1929 (Age 79 years)
Family with Felix Newton Ferrell - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: January 12, 1903Edmonson, Kentucky, United States
Family with Thomas G Carter - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: September 4, 1866
Family with Morris Culver - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: October 7, 1904Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States
Family with John Daniel Elliott - View this family
husband
John Daniel Elliott
Birth: November 22, 1845Ohio, United States
Death: May 29, 1932Edmonson, Kentucky, United States
herself
Marriage: June 25, 1908Ada, Idaho, United States
Felix Newton Ferrell + Nancy Bly Johnson - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage: December 22, 1870Edmonson, Kentucky, United States
8 months
step-son
William Christopher Ferrell
Birth: August 25, 1871 23 20Rocky Hill, Edmonson, Kentucky, United States
Death: June 25, 1953Caldwell, Canyon, Idaho, United States
8 months
step-daughter
Katie Elizabeth Ferrell
Birth: April 17, 1872 23 21Edmonson, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 4, 1957Greer, Clearwater, Idaho, United States
5 years
step-son
Henry Jackson Ferrell
Birth: February 18, 1877 28 26Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States
Death: March 13, 1946Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States
3 years
step-daughter
Estella Maud Ferrell
Birth: June 25, 1880 32 29Emporia, Lyon, Kansas, United States
Death: August 6, 1966Yakima, Yakima, Washington, United States
2 years
step-daughter
Ella May Ferrell
Birth: July 25, 1882 34 31Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States
Death: January 12, 1953Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States
2 years
step-daughter
Zoola Ferrell
Birth: September 16, 1884 36 33Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States
Death: August 18, 1959Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States
21 months
step-daughter
3 years
step-son
James Glendor Ferrell
Birth: March 9, 1889 40 38Ashland, Clark, Kansas, United States
Death: January 22, 1945Medford, Jackson, Oregon, United States
3 years
step-daughter
Nellie Bly Ferrell
Birth: February 28, 1892 43 41Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States
Death: October 1, 1971Fruitland, Payette, Idaho, United States
2 years
step-son
Fay Newton Ferrell
Birth: April 28, 1894 45 43Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States
Death: December 26, 1974Klamath Falls, Klamath, Oregon, United States
Felix Newton Ferrell + Arena Johnson - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage: May 9, 1911Edmonson, Kentucky, United States

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