The Shemwell Family

Rose E Lee1866

Name
Rose E Lee
Given names
Rose E
Surname
Lee
Birth 1866 26
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 12 months)
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 months)
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 2 years)
Birth of a half-brotherCharles P Lee
November 18, 1869 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 3 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 4 years)
Birth of a half-brotherAlfred Tinsley Lee
September 12, 1871 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a half-brotherJohn Wesley Lee
October 2, 1873 (Age 7 years)

Birth of a half-brotherBenjamin Martin Lee
August 17, 1875 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a half-sisterMaggie Lee
May 17, 1878 (Age 12 years)
Death of a half-sisterMaggie Lee
June 20, 1878 (Age 12 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 12 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 14 years)
Census June 2, 1880 (Age 14 years)
Death of a half-brotherCharles P Lee
June 18, 1897 (Age 31 years)
Cause: Shot in back; operation not successful
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 32 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 37 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 50 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 51 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 52 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 63 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 66 years)
Death of a half-brotherVirgil Elvin Lee
August 11, 1933 (Age 67 years)
Cause: TB
Death of a sisterLouisa Sue Lee
May 27, 1938 (Age 72 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 75 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 84 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 88 years)
Burial of a half-brotherBenjamin Martin Lee
December 16, 1954 (Age 88 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Lee Cemetery
Death of a half-brotherAlfred Tinsley Lee
June 17, 1959 (Age 93 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 80 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
elder sister
23 months
elder sister
Louisa Sue Lee
Birth: November 24, 1863 24Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 27, 1938Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia, United States
3 years
herself
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

Rose E Lee has 27 first cousins recorded

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