Jerusia Ellen DownsAge: 32 years1852–1884
- Name
- Jerusia Ellen Downs
- Given names
- Jerusia Ellen
- Surname
- Downs
- Married name
- Jerusia Ellen Shemwell
 Birth | about 1852 |
 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 |
 Marriage | Samuel M Shemwell — View this family December 31, 1879 (Age 27 years) |
 Census | June 10, 1880 (Age 28 years) |
 Death | before 1884 (Age 32 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Weir Cemetery |
| Family with Samuel M Shemwell |
| husband |
Samuel M Shemwell Birth: June 22, 1861 28 37 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: August 17, 1935 — Cleaton, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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Jerusia Ellen Downs Birth: about 1852 — Kentucky, United States Death: before 1884 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: December 31, 1879 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
| Samuel M Shemwell + Martha E “Mattie” O'Neal |
| husband |
Samuel M Shemwell Birth: June 22, 1861 28 37 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: August 17, 1935 — Cleaton, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
| husband’s wife |
Martha E “Mattie” O'Neal Birth: May 4, 1857 — Simpson, Kentucky, United States Death: |
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Marriage: August 21, 1884 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
| Samuel M Shemwell + Elizabeth Ellen “Eliza” Jarvis |
| husband |
Samuel M Shemwell Birth: June 22, 1861 28 37 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: August 17, 1935 — Cleaton, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
| husband’s wife |
Elizabeth Ellen “Eliza” Jarvis Birth: April 29, 1862 42 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: March 2, 1940 — Bellevue, Campbell, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: March 3, 1889 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years step-daughter |
Lettie V Shemwell Birth: June 21, 1892 30 30 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: January 23, 1922 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
No family available
| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Carter - Household
South Carrollton, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
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