The Shemwell Family

James W VermillionAge: 76 years18431919

Name
James W Vermillion
Given names
James W
Surname
Vermillion
Birth October 1843
Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 2 years)
Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 13 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Military
Andersonville Prisoners of War
June 20, 1864 (Age 20 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 17 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 23 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 23 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 25 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
MarriageMatilda Jane LybargerView this family
December 7, 1873 (Age 30 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Henry Vermillion
November 7, 1876 (Age 33 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Laura Maud Vermillion
February 2, 1878 (Age 34 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 34 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
#3
Frank Vermillion
about 1880 (Age 36 years)
Marriage of a childNathaniel Alexander ThompsonLaura Maud VermillionView this family
May 22, 1896 (Age 52 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Ruby Marie Thompson
February 21, 1897 (Age 53 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 54 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
Census June 13, 1900 (Age 56 years)
Death of a granddaughterRuby Marie Thompson
October 3, 1908 (Age 65 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Natalie Bernadine Thompson
April 21, 1912 (Age 68 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 72 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 73 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 74 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 December 5, 1919 (Age 76 years)

Family with Matilda Jane Lybarger - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: December 7, 1873Montgomery, Kansas, United States
3 years
son
Henry Vermillion
Birth: November 7, 1876 33 19Mt. Vernon, Lawrence, Missouri, United States
Death:
15 months
daughter
3 years
son
Augustus Arthur Burger + Matilda Jane Lybarger - View this family
wife’s husband
Augustus Arthur Burger
Birth: January 9, 1851York, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: May 28, 1916Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States
wife
Marriage: October 22, 1906Independence, Montgomery, Kansas, United States

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Census1900 United States - Census transcript - James W Vermillion - Household

508 Diqarro Avenue Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Vermillion, James WheadWMOct184356M25VAVAIrelandPolice Officer
Vermillion, Matilda JwifeWFMay185743M2552ILOHOH
Vermillion, HenrysonWMNov187623SMOVAILDay Laborer
Thompson, Nathanielson in lawWMAug187524M4MOMOMOP.H. Laborer
Thompson, LauradaughterWFFeb187832M411KSVAIL
Thompson, Rubygrand daughterWFFeb18973SKSMOKS