The Shemwell Family

Lydia Best Wheatley NoblesAge: 41 years17751817

Name
Lydia Best Wheatley Nobles
Given names
Lydia Best Wheatley
Surname
Nobles
Married name
Lydia Best Wheatley Ross
Birth July 12, 1775
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1775 and 1776

Note: In 1775, there was an epidemic of unknown cause in North America (especially New England,) followed in 1775-1776 by what is described as one of the worst worldwide influenza epidemics - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_epidemics
Historical Event
The American Revolution
from 1775 to 1783

Note: The Thirteen American Colonies broke from the British Empire and formed the independent nation, the United States of America - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolution
MarriageNathan Milton RossView this family
1792 (Age 16 years)

Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic
between 1793 and 1798 (Age 17 years)
Note: More than 4,000 Philadelphia residents died from yellow fever - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Fever_Epidemic_of_1793
Historical Event
The Louisiana Purchase
1803 (Age 27 years)

Note: Napoleon Bonaparte agrees to sell 828,000 square miles of land to the United States for $15 million - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_Purchase
Birth of a son
#1
William Ross
December 26, 1808 (Age 33 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Etna L Ross
about 1813 (Age 37 years)
Historical Event
War of 1812
between 1812 and 1815 (Age 36 years)

Note: War of 1812 between the Americans and the British. The Creek (or Red Stick) War in Alabama had different origins, but it coincided with the war of 1812, and the U.S. treated it as a part of the larger war, with Jackson and his forces also in charge of defeating the Creeks - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812
Death before 1817 (Age 41 years)
Family with Nathan Milton Ross - View this family
husband
Nathan Milton Ross
Birth: November 2, 1773Williamston, Martin, North Carolina, United States
Death: July 14, 1834Stewart, Tennessee, United States
herself
Lydia Best Wheatley Nobles
Birth: July 12, 1775Williamston, Martin, North Carolina, United States
Death: before 1817Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: 1792
17 years
son
William Ross
Birth: December 26, 1808 35 33Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 13, 1885Deasonville, Yazoo, Mississippi, United States
5 years
daughter