The Shemwell Family

John A Carrick1859

Name
John A Carrick
Given names
John A
Surname
Carrick
Birth 1859 45 30
Census July 28, 1860 (Age 18 months)
Birth of a brotherJeremiah Carrick
1862 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherBennett Carrick
October 11, 1863 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 2 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 8 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 8 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Birth of a brotherLorenza R “Lowe” Carrick
February 28, 1868 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 10 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
Census August 12, 1870 (Age 11 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 19 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Census June 15, 1880 (Age 21 years)
Death of a motherLucinda “Lucy” Nooe
October 17, 1887 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 39 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 fatherJohn Henry Carrick Jr
October 4, 1898 (Age 39 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 57 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 58 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 59 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 of a sisterOllia Carrick
November 22, 1926 (Age 67 years)
Death of a sisterSarah Ellen “Sallie” Carrick
April 2, 1927 (Age 68 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 70 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
Death of a brotherBennett Carrick
February 17, 1933 (Age 74 years)
Death of a brotherThomas Carrick
May 22, 1935 (Age 76 years)
Death of a brotherLorenza R “Lowe” Carrick
January 27, 1938 (Age 79 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 82 years)

Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 91 years)
Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 87 years)
Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
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father
mother
Marriage: February 4, 1848Davidson, North Carolina, United States
10 months
elder sister
16 months
elder brother
Thomas Carrick
Birth: April 11, 1850 36 22Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: May 22, 1935High Point, Guilford, North Carolina, United States
3 years
elder brother
22 months
elder sister
Ollia Carrick
Birth: November 15, 1853 40 25Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: November 22, 1926Healing Springs, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
4 years
elder brother
3 years
himself
4 years
younger brother
Jeremiah Carrick
Birth: 1862 48 33Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death:
21 months
younger brother
Bennett Carrick
Birth: October 11, 1863 50 35Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: February 17, 1933Siler City, Chatham, North Carolina, United States
4 years
younger brother
Lorenza R “Lowe” Carrick
Birth: February 28, 1868 54 40Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: January 27, 1938Healing Spring, Davidson, North Carolina, United States

John A Carrick has 32 first cousins recorded

Census1860 United States - Census transcript - John Henry Carrick - Household

Davidson, North Carolina, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
John Carrickhead46MWfarmerNC
Lucy Carrickwife32FWNC
Polly Carrickdaughter12FWNC
Thomas Carrickson10MWNC
Columbus Carrickson8MWNC
Ally Carrickdaughter6FWNC
William S Carrickson3MWNC
John A Carrickson10 monthsMWNC

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - John Henry Carrick - Household

Davidson, North Carolina, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Carrick, John Jrhead57MWfarmerNC
Carrick, Lucywife45FWNC
Carrick, Thomasson15MWfarm laborerNC
Carrick, Columbusson18MWfarm laborerNC
Carrick, Olliedaughter16MWNC
Carrick, William son14MWNC
Carrick, Johnson10MWNC
Carrick, Jeremiahson8MWNC
Carrick, Bennettson6MWNC
Carrick, Lorenzadaughter4FWNC

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - John Henry Carrick - Household

Healing Springs, Davidson, North Carolina,

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Carrick, John WM65headMfarmerNCNCNC
Carrick, LucyWF56wifeMNCNCNC
Carrick, StokesWM23sonSNCNCNC
Carrick, OllieWF22daughterSNCNCNC
Carrick, JohnWM20sonSNCNCNC
Carrick, BennettWM19sonSNCNCNC
Carrick, LoweWM15sonSNCNCNC