The Shemwell Family

Alfred Glover StewartAge: 76 years18551932

Name
Alfred Glover Stewart
Given names
Alfred Glover
Surname
Stewart
Birth September 13, 1855 38 34
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 15 months)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Death of a fatherSamuel Smith Stewart
after 1860 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a sisterMissouri Frances Stewart
August 22, 1861 (Age 5 years)

Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 5 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 11 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 11 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 13 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
MarriageSarah Elizabeth StackView this family
January 13, 1878 (Age 22 years)

Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 22 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
Edgar T Stewart
November 1879 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Marion Smith “Richard” Stewart
April 9, 1881 (Age 25 years)
Death of a motherLouisa Eliza Wynn
about 1889 (Age 33 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Lannie Wright Stewart
November 4, 1890 (Age 35 years)
Death of a sisterMissouri Frances Stewart
about 1892 (Age 36 years)

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 42 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 sonEdgar T Stewart
November 18, 1907 (Age 52 years)

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 60 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 61 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 62 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 of a wifeSarah Elizabeth Stack
March 1, 1922 (Age 66 years)
Burial of a wifeSarah Elizabeth Stack
March 4, 1922 (Age 66 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Beechwood Cemetery
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 74 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
Death August 15, 1932 (Age 76 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Sterling Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: about 1839Robertson, Tennessee, United States
23 years
younger sister
-6 years
himself
Alfred Glover Stewart
Birth: September 13, 1855 38 34Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 15, 1932Carterville, Jasper, Missouri, United States
Family with Sarah Elizabeth Stack - View this family
himself
Alfred Glover Stewart
Birth: September 13, 1855 38 34Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 15, 1932Carterville, Jasper, Missouri, United States
wife
Marriage: January 13, 1878
23 months
son
Edgar T Stewart
Birth: November 1879 24 18Tennessee, United States
Death: November 18, 1907
17 months
son
Marion Smith “Richard” Stewart
Birth: April 9, 1881 25 19Tennessee, United States
Death: November 6, 1945White Mills, Hardin, Kentucky, United States
10 years
son
Lannie Wright Stewart
Birth: November 4, 1890 35 29Tennessee, United States
Death: May 26, 1936Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States