The Shemwell Family

Sara Frances EarlsAge: 86 years18621948

Name
Sara Frances Earls
Given names
Sara Frances
Surname
Earls
Married name
Sara Frances Brewer
Birth May 11, 1862 24 26
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865

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
Birth of a sisterMartha J Earls
about 1866 (Age 3 years)
Note: Birth place/date based on 1870 Census
Death of a fatherAlfred Earls
August 22, 1867 (Age 5 years)

Associate: Melissa Jane Megee
Associate: John Stephen Earls
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 4 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 4 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 6 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 8 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherRitta Ann “Ritter” White
after 1870 (Age 7 years)
Note: She was last listed in the 1870 Census
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 15 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageWilliam Burton Solomon BrewerView this family
about 1879 (Age 16 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 35 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
Census June 5, 1900 (Age 38 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 53 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 54 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 55 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 67 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 husbandWilliam Burton Solomon Brewer
July 1, 1932 (Age 70 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 79 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
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 83 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
Death October 2, 1948 (Age 86 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Old Cache Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: about 1857
2 years
elder sister
2 years
elder brother
2 years
elder sister
Rita Ann Earls
Birth: March 12, 1861 23 25Jackson, Arkansas, United States
Death: December 7, 1948Eufaula, McIntosh, Oklahoma, United States
14 months
herself
Sara Frances Earls
Birth: May 11, 1862 24 26Batesville, Independence, Arkansas, United States
Death: October 2, 1948Muldrow, Sequoyah, Oklahoma, United States
5 years
younger sister
Family with William Burton Solomon Brewer - View this family
husband
William Burton Solomon Brewer
Birth: August 7, 1861Arkansas, United States
Death: July 1, 1932Spiro, Le Flore, Oklahoma, United States
herself
Sara Frances Earls
Birth: May 11, 1862 24 26Batesville, Independence, Arkansas, United States
Death: October 2, 1948Muldrow, Sequoyah, Oklahoma, United States
Marriage: about 1879Baxter, Arkansas, United States

Sara Frances Earls has 54 first cousins recorded

Father's family (0)

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 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 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 William Jasper Guinn + Rhoda Adeline Megee
Parents Abner Webster Cunningham Sr + Nancy Caroline Megee
Census1870 United States - Census transcript - Melissa Jane Megee - Household

Whiteville, Marion, Arkansas, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Megee, Melissa Jhead32FWKeeping House300300MS
Megee, Ritta Amother75FWKeeping House500GA
Earls, Nancy Cdaughter12FWARY1
Earls, John Sson11MWARY1
Earls, Rita Adaughter10FWARY1
Earls, Sara Fdaughter8FWARY
Earls, Martha Jdaughter4FWARY

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - William Burton Solomon Brewer - Household

Baxter, Arkansas, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Brewer, William BheadWMAug186138M17ARTNTNYesYesYesOFF
Earls, Sara FwifeWFMay186238M171111ARTNMSYesYesYes
Earls, Janemother-in-lawWFJun183664Wd53MSTNTNNoNoYes