The Shemwell Family

Martin Van Buren LybargerAge: 83 years18511934

Name
Martin Van Buren Lybarger
Given names
Martin Van Buren
Surname
Lybarger
Birth July 29, 1851 30 19
Birth of a sisterMatilda Jane Lybarger
May 19, 1857 (Age 5 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 5 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 9 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 15 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 15 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 17 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 26 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Death of a fatherSimon Lybarger
July 3, 1896 (Age 44 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 46 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 motherLaura Lorain Foote
July 18, 1909 (Age 57 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 64 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 65 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 66 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 78 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
Census April 16, 1930 (Age 78 years)
Death of a sisterMatilda Jane Lybarger
November 16, 1932 (Age 81 years)
Death October 10, 1934 (Age 83 years)
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father
Simon Lybarger
Birth: April 1, 1821Knox, Ohio, United States
Death: July 3, 1896Cherryvale, Montgomery, Kansas, United States
mother
Laura Lorain Foote
Birth: June 10, 1832Vermont, United States
Death: July 18, 1909Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States
Marriage:
himself
Martin Van Buren Lybarger
Birth: July 29, 1851 30 19Indiana, United States
Death: October 10, 1934Wyandotte, Kansas, United States
6 years
younger sister

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Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Martin Van Buren Lybarger - Household

2212 Lathrop Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Lybarger, MartinheadMW80SINOHILLanitorRailroad
Burger, Matildayounger sisterFW73WdILOHIL
Vermillion, HenrynephewMW45SMOINILTruckerPacking House
Thompson, LauraneiceFW52M17KSWVIL
Thompson, Nataliegrand nieceFW17SKSMOKSInspectorDepartment Store