The Shemwell Family

Ezra Varnum RicksAge: 79 years18531933

Name
Ezra Varnum Ricks
Given names
Ezra Varnum
Surname
Ricks
Birth July 13, 1853 50 33
Birth of a sisterSarah Beriah Ricks
January 17, 1855 (Age 18 months)
Birth of a sisterEllen Jane Ricks
March 30, 1856 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherJoel Ricks Jr.
July 21, 1858 (Age 5 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 3 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Birth of a sisterAdelia Ricks
October 24, 1860 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a sisterEsther Adeline Ricks
October 28, 1862 (Age 9 years)
Death of a sisterAdelia Ricks
November 22, 1863 (Age 10 years)
Death of a half-sisterClarinda Ann Ricks
March 19, 1864 (Age 10 years)
Death of a half-sisterSarah Ann “Sally” Ricks
August 30, 1864 (Age 11 years)
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 13 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 13 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Death of a sisterSarah Beriah Ricks
December 9, 1869 (Age 16 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 15 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 24 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 fatherJoel Ricks
December 15, 1888 (Age 35 years)
Death of a motherSarah Beriah Fiske
June 12, 1891 (Age 37 years)
Death of a half-brotherLewis Ricks
January 2, 1893 (Age 39 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 half-brotherWilliam Ricks
May 22, 1900 (Age 46 years)
Death of a half-brotherThomas Edwin Ricks
September 28, 1901 (Age 48 years)
Death of a half-sisterTemperance Ricks
October 5, 1916 (Age 63 years)
Death of a half-brotherJosiah Ricks Sr.
November 4, 1916 (Age 63 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 62 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 63 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 64 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 of a half-brotherJohnathan Ricks
December 15, 1925 (Age 72 years)
Death of a half-brotherNathan Ricks
January 1, 1929 (Age 75 years)
Death of a half-sisterMary Elizabeth Ricks
May 2, 1929 (Age 75 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 76 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 January 30, 1933 (Age 79 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Logan City Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: October 26, 1852Utah, United States
9 months
himself
Ezra Varnum Ricks
Birth: July 13, 1853 50 33Centerville, Davis, Utah, United States
Death: January 30, 1933Logan, Cache, Utah, United States
18 months
younger sister
Sarah Beriah Ricks
Birth: January 17, 1855 51 35Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States
Death: December 9, 1869Logan, Cache, Utah, United States
14 months
younger sister
Ellen Jane Ricks
Birth: March 30, 1856 53 36Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States
Death: February 1, 1935Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
2 years
younger brother
Joel Ricks Jr.
Birth: July 21, 1858 55 38Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States
Death: November 23, 1944Logan, Cache, Utah, United States
2 years
younger sister
Adelia Ricks
Birth: October 24, 1860 57 41Logan, Cache, Utah, United States
Death: November 22, 1863Logan, Cache, Utah, United States
2 years
younger sister
Esther Adeline Ricks
Birth: October 28, 1862 59 43Logan, Cache, Utah, United States
Death: April 12, 1949Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Father’s family with Eleanor “Nellie” Martin - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: May 16, 1827Trigg, Kentucky, United States
14 months
half-brother
Thomas Edwin Ricks
Birth: July 21, 1828 25 20Donaldson, Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: September 28, 1901Rexburg, Madison, Idaho, United States
2 years
half-brother
Lewis Ricks
Birth: December 20, 1830 27 23Madison, Illinois, United States
Death: January 2, 1893Benson, Cache, Utah, United States
2 years
half-sister
Sarah Ann “Sally” Ricks
Birth: December 28, 1832 29 25Madison, Illinois, United States
Death: August 30, 1864Paragonah, Iron, Utah, United States
3 years
half-sister
Clarinda Ann Ricks
Birth: July 10, 1835 32 27Edwardsville, Madison, Illinois, United States
Death: March 19, 1864Paragonah, Iron, Utah, United States
6 months
half-sister
Temperance Ricks
Birth: January 4, 1836 32 28Edwardsville, Madison, Illinois, United States
Death: October 5, 1916Rexburg, Madison, Idaho, United States
3 years
half-brother
William Ricks
Birth: January 10, 1839 35 31Madison, Illinois, United States
Death: May 22, 1900Benson, Cache, Utah, United States
2 years
half-brother
Johnathan Ricks
Birth: January 23, 1841 37 33Madison, Illinois, United States
Death: December 15, 1925La Grande, Union, Oregon, United States
2 years
half-sister
Mary Elizabeth Ricks
Birth: January 19, 1843 39 35Madison, Illinois, United States
Death: May 2, 1929Centerville, Davis, Utah, United States
2 years
half-brother
5 years
half-brother
Joel Martin Ricks
Birth: October 15, 1850 47 42Centerville, Davis, Utah, United States
Death: October 27, 1850Centerville, Davis, Utah, United States
2 years
half-brother
Nathan Ricks
Birth: January 17, 1853 49 45Centerville, Davis, Utah, United States
Death: January 1, 1929Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States

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