The Shemwell Family

Daniel Webster CrownoverAge: 83 years18541937

Name
Daniel Webster Crownover
Given names
Daniel Webster
Surname
Crownover
Birth January 10, 1854 32 29
Birth of a brotherJohn C Crownover
April 1, 1857 (Age 3 years)
Death of a motherMary Ann “Polly” Megee
about 1857 (Age 2 years)

Death of a maternal grandfatherJohn Megee
about 1858 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 2 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 7 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 12 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 12 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 14 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
Death of a maternal grandmotherRitta Ann “Ritter” White
after 1870 (Age 15 years)
Note: She was last listed in the 1870 Census
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 23 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Death of a sisterSarah Jane Crownover
1887 (Age 32 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 44 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 fatherByram Edward Crownover
September 28, 1899 (Age 45 years)
Death of a sisterMahala Elizabeth Crownover
March 10, 1904 (Age 50 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 61 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 brotherJohn C Crownover
April 4, 1917 (Age 63 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 62 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 63 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 75 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 March 21, 1937 (Age 83 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Pleasant Valley Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: November 18, 1847Marshall, Mississippi, United States
9 months
elder sister
Mahala Elizabeth Crownover
Birth: August 13, 1848 26 23Marshall, Mississippi, United States
Death: March 10, 1904Baxter, Arkansas, United States
2 years
elder sister
Martha L Crownover
Birth: about 1850 28 25Marshall, Mississippi, United States
Death:
2 years
elder sister
Sarah Jane Crownover
Birth: February 27, 1852 30 27Whiteville, Baxter, Arkansas, United States
Death: 1887Baxter, Arkansas, United States
22 months
himself
Daniel Webster Crownover
Birth: January 10, 1854 32 29Mountain Home, White, Arkansas, United States
Death: March 21, 1937Oklahoma, United States
3 years
younger brother
John C Crownover
Birth: April 1, 1857 35 32Arkansas City, Desha, Arkansas, United States
Death: April 4, 1917Baxter, Arkansas, United States

Daniel Webster Crownover has 54 first cousins recorded

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Mother's family (54)

Parents Daniel White Megee + Mahala Louisa Dunbar
2Sarah E Megee18541904
Parents Daniel White Megee + Martha Jane Hurley
1John M Megee18561856
3Daniel H Megee18611861
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 James Riley Reynolds + Martha E “Patsy” Megee
Parents John P Crownover + Martha E “Patsy” Megee
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