The Shemwell Family

Jonah Leander WarnerAge: 68 years18581927

Name
Jonah Leander Warner
Given names
Jonah Leander
Surname
Warner
Also known as
Jonah Leander Mayberry
Birth December 15, 1858 24 20
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Census June 13, 1860 (Age 17 months)
Note: Maria Welch was divorced from George Warner and living in her parent's house with her children
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 2 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 8 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 8 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Marriage of a parentGeorge WarnerElizabeth SteenView this family
December 24, 1868 (Age 10 years)
Birth of a half-sisterRose Ella Warner
October 2, 1869 (Age 10 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 10 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
Birth of a half-brotherEdgar J Warner
October 27, 1871 (Age 12 years)
Birth of a half-brotherWilliam J Warner
May 14, 1874 (Age 15 years)
Death of a half-sisterRose Ella Warner
September 25, 1875 (Age 16 years)
Death of a half-brotherWilliam J Warner
October 1, 1875 (Age 16 years)
Death of a half-brotherEdgar J Warner
October 4, 1875 (Age 16 years)
Death of a motherMaria Dubois Welch
April 2, 1877 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a half-sisterNellie Dell Warner
September 2, 1877 (Age 18 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherEliza Deliliah Ullery
September 9, 1877 (Age 18 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 19 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-brotherBertie Steen Warner
March 19, 1881 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 39 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-sisterNellie Dell Warner
April 9, 1900 (Age 41 years)
Marriage of a parentGeorge WarnerOlive Elizabeth SinerView this family
May 6, 1903 (Age 44 years)
Death of a fatherGeorge Warner
February 3, 1914 (Age 55 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 57 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 58 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 59 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 November 18, 1927 (Age 68 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Morrowville Cemetery
Note: Jonah is the biological son of George Warner and Mariah Dubois Welch. His mother divorced George Warner and married Richard Mayberry. In his adult life, Jonah used the surname of Mayberry.
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: May 21, 1855Mahaska, Iowa, United States
7 months
elder sister
Rosetta Warner
Birth: December 20, 1855 21 17Mahaska, Iowa, United States
Death: March 26, 1937Washington, Kansas, United States
3 years
himself
Jonah Leander Warner
Birth: December 15, 1858 24 20Sigourney, Keokuk, Iowa, United States
Death: November 18, 1927Morrowville, Washington, Kansas, United States
Father’s family with Elizabeth Steen - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: December 24, 1868Champaign, Illinois, United States
9 months
half-sister
Rose Ella Warner
Birth: October 2, 1869 35 20Illinois, United States
Death: September 25, 1875Illinois, United States
2 years
half-brother
Edgar J Warner
Birth: October 27, 1871 37 22Illinois, United States
Death: October 4, 1875Illinois, United States
3 years
half-brother
William J Warner
Birth: May 14, 1874 40 24Illinois, United States
Death: October 1, 1875Illinois, United States
3 years
half-sister
Nellie Dell Warner
Birth: September 2, 1877 43 28Illinois, United States
Death: April 9, 1900Illinois, United States
4 years
half-brother
Bertie Steen Warner
Birth: March 19, 1881 47 31Mahomet, Champaign, Illinois, United States
Death: December 6, 1950Ashton, Lee, Illinois, United States
Father’s family with Olive Elizabeth Siner - View this family
father
step-mother
Olive Elizabeth Siner
Birth: May 17, 1854East Bend, Champaign, Illinois, United States
Death: September 13, 1912Mahomet, Champaign, Illinois, United States
Marriage: May 6, 1903Champaign, Illinois, United States

Jonah Leander Warner has 7 first cousins recorded

Mother's family (0)

Census1860 United States - Census transcript - William Welch - Household

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
William Welchhead47MWFarmer800300England
Julia A Welchwife43FWNY
Maria Warnerdaughter22FWOH
Rosetta Warnergrand-daughter4FWIA
Jonas Warnergrand-son1MWIA

Census
Maria Welch was divorced from George Warner and living in her parent's house with her children
Burial
Jonah is the biological son of George Warner and Mariah Dubois Welch. His mother divorced George Warner and married Richard Mayberry. In his adult life, Jonah used the surname of Mayberry.