The Shemwell Family

Cyrus W KyleAge: 66 years18621928

Name
Cyrus W Kyle
Given names
Cyrus W
Surname
Kyle
Birth February 6, 1862 29 37
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 brotherHenry Wesley “Squire” Kyle
March 16, 1867 (Age 5 years)
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
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
Census June 11, 1880 (Age 18 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherRev Isaac Robinson
after 1880 (Age 17 years)

Note: Isaac is shown in 1880 Census with his wife, Nancy
Death of a maternal grandmotherNancy McGee
after 1880 (Age 17 years)
Note: Nancy is shown in the 1880 Census with her husband, Isaac
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 36 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
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/
Death July 17, 1928 (Age 66 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Taylor Cemetery
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Marriage: September 27, 1859Wayne, Tennessee, United States
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Cyrus W Kyle
Birth: February 6, 1862 29 37Tennessee, United States
Death: July 17, 1928Pemiscot, Missouri, United States
5 years
younger brother
Henry Wesley “Squire” Kyle
Birth: March 16, 1867 34 42Tennessee, United States
Death: May 7, 1944Missouri, United States

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Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Sylvester A Kyle - Household

Wayne, Tennessee, United States

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Kyle, Sylvester AWM49headMFarmerTNTNTN
Robinson, Frances WWF55wifeMKeeps HouseTNTNTN
Kyle, Cyrus WWM18sonMWorks on FarmTNTNTN
Kyle, SallyWF15daughter-in-lawMAt HomeTNTNTN
Kyle, Henry WWM13sonSWorks on FarmTNTNTN
Robinson, IsaacWM78wife's fatherMMinisterTNNCNC
McGee, NancyWF75wife's motherMAt HomeTNTNTN