The Shemwell Family

Stephen McCabeAge: 75 years18431918

Name
Stephen McCabe
Given names
Stephen
Surname
McCabe
Birth 1843
Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 3 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 14 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 18 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 24 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 24 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 26 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 35 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageMary Ann SissellView this family
1897 (Age 54 years)

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 55 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 4, 1900 (Age 57 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 73 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 74 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 75 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 February 17, 1918 (Age 75 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Hubbell Cemetery
Family with Mary Ann Sissell - View this family
himself
Stephen McCabe
Birth: 1843Iowa, United States
Death: February 17, 1918Hubbell, Thayer, Nebraska, United States
wife
Marriage: 1897
Lewis Thompson Hendrix + Mary Ann Sissell - View this family
wife’s husband
wife
Marriage: November 9, 1867Marion, Iowa, United States
-22 months
step-son
5 years
step-son
2 years
step-daughter
Emma Grace Hendrix
Birth: January 20, 1871 29 18Iowa, United States
Death: October 8, 1949Orange, Florida, United States
4 years
step-daughter
5 years
step-daughter
5 years
step-daughter
3 years
step-daughter

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Stephen McCabe - Household

Hubbell, Thayer, Nebraska

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
McCabe, StephenheadWMJan185050M3IAIrelandIrelandSaloon Keeper
McCabe, Mary AwifeWFFeb185347M3IATNTN
Henricksen, Jessie JdaughterWFJul187623MIAINIA
Hendrix, Rena VdaughterWFOct188514SKSINIAAt School

Birth dates & ages wrong?? -b