The Shemwell Family

James T Clark1848

Name
James T Clark
Given names
James T
Surname
Clark
Birth about 1848 43 40
Note: Birth place/year based on 1850 Census
Census September 5, 1850 (Age 2 years)
Death of a brotherSamuel Lee Clark
May 14, 1851 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherJeremiah Clark
July 13, 1851 (Age 3 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherSamuel Lee
February 3, 1853 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a brotherHenry B Clark
January 31, 1854 (Age 6 years)
Death of a brotherHenry B Clark
December 15, 1854 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 9 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Census June 16, 1860 (Age 12 years)
Death of a brotherJonas Clark Jr
September 23, 1863 (Age 15 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 13 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 19 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 19 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Death of a maternal grandmotherMary Ann Thomas
March 29, 1868 (Age 20 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 21 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
Death of a sisterMiriam Clark
after August 25, 1870 (Age 22 years)
Note: She is listed in the 1870 Census (M Stanfield) living in her father's household (Jonas Clark Sr) along with her son, Lafayette.
Death of a fatherJonas Clark Sr
October 15, 1870 (Age 22 years)
Death of a brotherWilliam Reuben Clark
April 2, 1875 (Age 27 years)
MarriageCelia E WebbView this family
September 12, 1878 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 30 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 son
#1
Norval James Clark
March 15, 1879 (Age 31 years)
Census June 16, 1880 (Age 32 years)
Death of a sisterMary Ann Clark
about 1886 (Age 38 years)
Note: The 1880 Census is the last record found where Mary is shown as Living, as a Widow, with her children.
Death of a motherSarah Price Lee
April 24, 1886 (Age 38 years)
Death of a sisterMalinda Clark
April 12, 1892 (Age 44 years)
MarriageJermia KaynView this family
September 5, 1897 (Age 49 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 50 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 sisterPhoebe Clark
October 14, 1900 (Age 52 years)
Marriage of a childNorval James ClarkMary Henrietta BrittainView this family
December 25, 1901 (Age 53 years)
Death of a brotherAbraham S Clark
July 10, 1908 (Age 60 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 68 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 69 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 70 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 sisterHarriet Caroline Clark
March 20, 1920 (Age 72 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 81 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 brotherJeremiah Clark
November 25, 1933 (Age 85 years)
Death of a sonNorval James Clark
1942 (Age 94 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 93 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 102 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 98 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: July 15, 1824Hamilton, Butler, Ohio, United States
2 years
elder sister
18 months
elder sister
3 years
elder brother
2 years
elder sister
3 years
elder brother
Jonas Clark Jr
Birth: August 15, 1835 31 28Adams, Indiana, United States
Death: September 23, 1863Chickamauga, Walker, Georgia, United States
3 years
elder brother
Samuel Lee Clark
Birth: July 19, 1838 34 31Union, Clay, Indiana, United States
Death: May 14, 1851Wayne, Fulton, Indiana, United States
2 years
elder sister
3 years
elder sister
Miriam Clark
Birth: about 1843 38 35Indiana, United States
Death: after August 25, 1870Illinois, United States
4 years
elder brother
3 years
himself
4 years
younger brother
3 years
younger brother
Henry B Clark
Birth: January 31, 1854 49 46Fulton, Indiana, United States
Death: December 15, 1854Fulton, Indiana, United States
Family with Celia E Webb - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: September 12, 1878Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, United States
6 months
son
Norval James Clark
Birth: March 15, 1879 31 35Colorado, United States
Death: 1942Colorado, United States
Family with Jermia Kayn - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: September 5, 1897Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States

James T Clark has 14 first cousins recorded

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Birth
Birth place/year based on 1850 Census
Census1850 United States - Census transcript - Jonas Clark Sr - Household

Wayne, Fulton, Indiana, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
Jonas Clark Srhead46MWFarmer3000NJ
Sarah Price Clarkwife45FWOH
Jonas Clark Jrson14MWIN
Samuel Lee Clarkson11MWIN
Harriet Caroline Clarkdaughter9FWIN
Miriam Clarkdaughter7FWIN
Abraham S Clarkson4MWIN
James T Clarkson2MWIN

Census1860 United States - Census transcript - Jonas Clark Sr - Household

Wayne, Fulton, Indiana, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
Jonas Clark Srhead56MWFarmer100100NJ
Sarah Price Clarkwife53FWOH
Jonas Clark Jrson24MWIN
Miriam Clarkdaughter17FWIN
Abraham S Clarkson14MWIN
James T Clarkson12MWIN
Jeremiah Clarkson9MWIN

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - James T Clark - Household

ED 23 Salina, Boulder, Colorado, United States

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Clark, James TWM32headMMinerINININ
Clark, Celia EWF36wifeMILSCIL
Clark, Norval JWM1sonSCOINIL