The Shemwell Family

Daniel Wesley DavisAge: 78 years18491927

Name
Daniel Wesley Davis
Given names
Daniel Wesley
Surname
Davis
Birth 1849
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 8 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 12 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 18 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 18 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 20 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
MarriageMartha Elizabeth SissellView this family
February 17, 1870 (Age 21 years)
Census July 15, 1870 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Bertha E Davis
February 9, 1871 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 29 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Census July 6, 1880 (Age 31 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Paul Swan Davis
August 26, 1886 (Age 37 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Florence Marguerite “Flossie” Casad
August 27, 1889 (Age 40 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 49 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
MarriageTessie Margaret PhippsView this family
November 6, 1905 (Age 56 years)
Marriage of a childCarl Emil HonoreBertha E DavisView this family
1907 (Age 58 years)

Death of a wifeTessie Margaret Phipps
1913 (Age 64 years)

Death of a daughterBertha E Davis
April 11, 1915 (Age 66 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 67 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 68 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 69 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 April 12, 1927 (Age 78 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Laurel Hill Cemetery
Family with Martha Elizabeth Sissell - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: February 17, 1870Iowa, United States
1 year
daughter
son
son
daughter
son
Paul Swan Davis
Birth: August 26, 1886 37 31Concordia, Cloud, Kansas, United States
Death: January 12, 1946Cuba, Republic, Kansas, United States
Family with Tessie Margaret Phipps - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: November 6, 1905Albia, Monroe, Iowa, United States

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Census1870 United States - Census transcript - Daniel Webster Davis - Household

Liberty Twp, Marion, Iowa, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Davis, Daniel Whead21MWfarm laborerIAFeb
Davis, Martha Ewife16FWIAFeb

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Daniel Webster Davis - Household

Red Oak, Montgomery, Iowa, United States

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Davis, Daniel WWM31headMlaborerIAKYPA
Davis, Martha EWF26wifeMIATNTN
Davis, Bertha EWF9daughterSIAIAIA