The Shemwell Family

Elizabeth D Lee1862

Name
Elizabeth D Lee
Given names
Elizabeth D
Surname
Lee
Birth 1862 22
Birth of a sisterLouisa Sue Lee
November 24, 1863 (Age 22 months)
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 sisterRose E Lee
1866 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 5 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 5 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Marriage of a parentCharles Penic LeeVirginia A MartinView this family
October 8, 1868 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a half-brotherCharles P Lee
November 18, 1869 (Age 7 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 7 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 June 15, 1870 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a half-brotherAlfred Tinsley Lee
September 12, 1871 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a half-brotherJohn Wesley Lee
October 2, 1873 (Age 11 years)

Birth of a half-brotherBenjamin Martin Lee
August 17, 1875 (Age 13 years)
Birth of a half-sisterMaggie Lee
May 17, 1878 (Age 16 years)
Death of a half-sisterMaggie Lee
June 20, 1878 (Age 16 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 16 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Birth of a half-brotherVirgil Elvin Lee
February 26, 1880 (Age 18 years)
Census June 2, 1880 (Age 18 years)
Death of a half-brotherCharles P Lee
June 18, 1897 (Age 35 years)
Cause: Shot in back; operation not successful
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
Death of a fatherCharles Penic Lee
October 14, 1903 (Age 41 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 54 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 55 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 56 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 half-brotherJohn Wesley Lee
April 10, 1932 (Age 70 years)
Death of a half-brotherVirgil Elvin Lee
August 11, 1933 (Age 71 years)
Cause: TB
Death of a sisterLouisa Sue Lee
May 27, 1938 (Age 76 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
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 88 years)
Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
Death of a half-brotherBenjamin Martin Lee
December 15, 1954 (Age 92 years)
Burial of a half-brotherBenjamin Martin Lee
December 16, 1954 (Age 92 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Lee Cemetery
Death of a half-brotherAlfred Tinsley Lee
June 17, 1959 (Age 97 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 84 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
Deathunknown

Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: December 26, 1860Todd, Kentucky, United States
2 years
herself
23 months
younger sister
Louisa Sue Lee
Birth: November 24, 1863 24Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 27, 1938Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia, United States
3 years
younger sister
Father’s family with Virginia A Martin - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: October 8, 1868Todd, Kentucky, United States
13 months
half-brother
Charles P Lee
Birth: November 18, 1869 30 30Kentucky, United States
Death: June 18, 1897Todd, Kentucky, United States
22 months
half-brother
Alfred Tinsley Lee
Birth: September 12, 1871 32 32Kentucky, United States
Death: June 17, 1959Todd, Kentucky, United States
2 years
half-brother
John Wesley Lee
Birth: October 2, 1873 34 34
Death: April 10, 1932Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
22 months
half-brother
Benjamin Martin Lee
Birth: August 17, 1875 36 36Kentucky, United States
Death: December 15, 1954Daysville, Todd, Kentucky, United States
3 years
half-sister
Maggie Lee
Birth: May 17, 1878 39 39Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: June 20, 1878Logan, Kentucky, United States
21 months
half-brother
Virgil Elvin Lee
Birth: February 26, 1880 40 41Kentucky, United States
Death: August 11, 1933Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - Charles P Lee - Household

Logan, Kentucky, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Lee, Charles Phead30MWfarmerKY
Lee, Virginia Awife30FWKY
Lee, Elizabeth Ddaughter8FWKY
Lee, Louisa Sdaughter6FWKY
Lee, Rose Edaughter4FWKY
Lee, Charles Pson7 monthsMWKYOct

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Charles Penic Lee - Household

Logan, Kentucky, United States

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Lee, PenickWM44headMfarmerKYKYSC
Lee, MandieWF41wifeMKYKYKY
Lee, LizzieWF18daughterSKYKYKY
Lee, LoulieWF16daughterSKYKYKY
Lee, RosyWF14daughterSKYKYKY
Lee, CharlieWM10sonSKYKYKY
Lee, Alfred WM8sonSKYKYKY
Lee, John WM6sonSKYKYKY
Lee, BenWM4sonSKYKYKY
Lee, RobertWM3 monthsFebsonSKYKYKY
Lee, Virgil EWM3 monthsFebsonSKYKYKY

Robert listed not Virgil Lee