The Shemwell Family

Frances Rachel HollimanAge: 26 years18441871

Name
Frances Rachel Holliman
Given names
Frances Rachel
Surname
Holliman
Married name
Frances Rachel Shaw
Birth August 20, 1844
Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 16 months)
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 12 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 16 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
MarriageRobert Frank ShawView this family
about 1865 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Jeremiah J Shaw
August 1866 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 22 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 22 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Birth of a daughter
#2
Mary Elizabeth “Nancy” Shaw
April 8, 1868 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 24 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
Birth of a daughter
#3
Martha Palestine Shaw
July 1870 (Age 25 years)
Census September 1, 1870 (Age 26 years)
Death of a sonJeremiah J Shaw
January 14, 1871 (Age 26 years)
Death February 28, 1871 (Age 26 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Kapark Cemetery
Family with Robert Frank Shaw - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: about 1865Alabama, United States
20 months
son
Jeremiah J Shaw
Birth: August 1866 27 21Alabama, United States
Death: January 14, 1871Newton, Arkansas, United States
20 months
daughter
2 years
daughter
Martha Palestine Shaw
Birth: July 1870 31 25Stockton, Cedar, Missouri, United States
Death: 1943Chandler, Comanche, Oklahoma, United States
Robert Frank Shaw + Nancy J Pruitt - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Nancy J Pruitt
Birth: April 8, 1850 29 38Arkansas, United States
Death: August 21, 1929Boone, Arkansas, United States
Marriage: 1871Newton, Arkansas, United States
3 years
step-son
2 years
step-daughter

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - Robert F Shaw - Household

Benton, Cedar, Missouri

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Shaw, Robert Fhead28MWFarm LaborerTN
Shaw, Rachelwife24FWAL
Shaw, Jeremiah Json3MWAL
Shaw, Mary Edaughter2FWAL
Shaw, Martha Pdaughter2mFWMO