The Shemwell Family

Mary Elizabeth ReynoldsAge: 63 years18571921

Name
Mary Elizabeth Reynolds
Given names
Mary Elizabeth
Surname
Reynolds
Birth June 24, 1857 23 25
Death of a maternal grandfatherJohn Megee
about 1858 (Age 6 months)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Census June 24, 1860 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a sisterMartha Jane Reynolds
about 1863 (Age 5 years)
Note: Birth date/place based on 1870 Census
Death of a fatherJames Riley Reynolds
1863 (Age 5 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 3 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 9 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 9 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 11 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 July 5, 1870 (Age 13 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherRitta Ann “Ritter” White
after 1870 (Age 12 years)
Note: She was last listed in the 1870 Census
Marriage of a parentJohn P CrownoverMartha E “Patsy” MegeeView this family
about 1874 (Age 16 years)

Birth of a half-sisterMathilda C Crownover
about 1875 (Age 17 years)
Note: Birth date/place based on 1880 Census
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 20 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 40 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 brotherJohn Wesley Reynolds
May 3, 1916 (Age 58 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 58 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death of a motherMartha E “Patsy” Megee
1917 (Age 59 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 59 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 60 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 4, 1921 (Age 63 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Pilgrims Rest Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: about 1854
19 months
elder brother
John Wesley Reynolds
Birth: July 29, 1855 21 23Arkansas, United States
Death: May 3, 1916Monkey Run, Baxter, Arkansas, United States
23 months
herself
Mary Elizabeth Reynolds
Birth: June 24, 1857 23 25Arkansas, United States
Death: February 4, 1921Gassville, Baxter, Arkansas, United States
7 years
younger sister
Mother’s family with John P Crownover - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage: about 1874
2 years
half-sister
Mother’s family with Thomas Cunningham - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage: about 1852

Mary Elizabeth Reynolds has 55 first cousins recorded

Father's family (0)

Mother's family (55)

Parents Daniel White Megee + Mahala Louisa Dunbar
2Sarah E Megee18541904
Parents Daniel White Megee + Martha Jane Hurley
1John M Megee18561856
3Daniel H Megee18611861
Parents Byram Edward Crownover + Mary Ann “Polly” Megee
5John C Crownover18571917
Parents William Claude “Bill” Megee + Elizabeth Ann Cole
Parents William Claude “Bill” Megee + Edith “Eddie” Harris
4Almira Megee1872
5Mollie Megee1874
Parents Stephen Jackson Megee + Sarah Crownover
1William L Megee18491935
3Byron Maston Megee18541904
5John Daniel Megee18581917
6Martha Jane Megee18601952
8Lemuel Logan Megee18651910
9James Luther Megee18681914
11Marion Gene Megee18731880
Parents John Martin Megee + Francis Emeline Cunningham
1Mary Jane Megee18561917
Parents Alfred Earls + Melissa Jane Megee
3Rita Ann Earls18611948
4Sara Frances Earls18621948
Parents William Jasper Guinn + Rhoda Adeline Megee
Parents Abner Webster Cunningham Sr + Nancy Caroline Megee
Census1860 United States - Census transcript - James Riley Reynolds - Household

Whiteville, Marion, Arkansas, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
James Riley Reynoldshead26MWFarmer500600TN
Martha E “Patsy” Megeewife30FWTN
John Wesley Reynoldschild5MWAR
Mary Elizabeth Reynoldsdaughter3FWAR

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - Martha E “Patsy” Megee - Household

Whiteville, Marion, Arkansas, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Megee, Martha Ehead38FWKeeping House300200IL
Reynolds, John Wchild14MWAR1
Reynolds, Mary Edaughter13FWAR1
Reynolds, Martha Jdaughter7FWAR