The Shemwell Family

Felix Marion DeMonbreunAge: 73 years18451919

Name
Felix Marion DeMonbreun
Given names
Felix Marion
Surname
DeMonbreun
Birth July 30, 1845 33 30
Birth of a brotherJames Timothy DeMonbreun
September 9, 1848 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 5 months)
Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War
Birth of a brotherJoseph Young DeMonbreun
April 19, 1850 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a brotherElijah T DeMonbreun
about 1851 (Age 5 years)
Death of a brotherElijah T DeMonbreun
about 1851 (Age 5 years)
Death of a sisterLouisa Jane DeMonbreun
August 19, 1852 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a sisterSarah Hugheart “Sally” DeMonbreun
January 11, 1853 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a sisterEliza Francis DeMonbreun
January 11, 1853 (Age 7 years)
Death of a sisterSarah Hugheart “Sally” DeMonbreun
July 9, 1853 (Age 7 years)
Death of a sisterEliza Francis DeMonbreun
July 9, 1853 (Age 7 years)
Death of a motherSarah “Sally” Hugheart
July 9, 1853 (Age 7 years)
Marriage of a parentJohn Felix DeMonbreunLouisa M GrissomView this family
November 6, 1853 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a half-sisterLouisa Jane “Sis” DeMonbreun
September 3, 1854 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a half-brotherSamuel Thomas “Samp” DeMonbreun
May 20, 1858 (Age 12 years)
Birth of a half-brotherHenry Alexander DeMonbreun
April 2, 1859 (Age 13 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 11 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 15 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 21 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 21 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Death of a paternal grandfatherFelix DeMonbreun
October 5, 1868 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 23 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 fatherJohn Felix DeMonbreun
March 31, 1875 (Age 29 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherMary Ann “Polly” Cagle
May 6, 1876 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 32 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 half-brotherHenry Alexander DeMonbreun
April 20, 1888 (Age 42 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 52 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 brotherJohn Wesley DeMonbreun
February 18, 1914 (Age 68 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 70 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 71 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 72 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 July 12, 1919 (Age 73 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: January 8, 1835Columbia, Adair, Kentucky, United States
9 months
elder sister
Louisa Jane DeMonbreun
Birth: October 13, 1835 24 20Adair, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 19, 1852Adair, Kentucky, United States
2 years
elder brother
John Wesley DeMonbreun
Birth: October 29, 1837 26 22Adair, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 18, 1914Seymour, Jackson, Indiana, United States
16 months
elder sister
Mary Ellen DeMonbreun
Birth: February 28, 1839 27 24Adair, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 13, 1844Adair, Kentucky, United States
3 years
elder sister
Martha Brown DeMonbreun
Birth: December 17, 1841 30 27Adair, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 7, 1842Adair, Kentucky, United States
16 months
elder brother
William Lee DeMonbreun
Birth: April 30, 1843 31 28Adair, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 15, 1925Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne, Colorado, United States
2 years
himself
Felix Marion DeMonbreun
Birth: July 30, 1845 33 30Adair, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 12, 1919Marion, Grant, Indiana, United States
3 years
younger brother
James Timothy DeMonbreun
Birth: September 9, 1848 36 33Adair, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 10, 1929Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States
19 months
younger brother
Joseph Young DeMonbreun
Birth: April 19, 1850 38 35Adair, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 16, 1924Rushville, Rush, Indiana, United States
20 months
younger brother
Elijah T DeMonbreun
Birth: about 1851 39 36Adair, Kentucky, United States
Death: about 1851Adair, Kentucky, United States
2 years
younger sister
Sarah Hugheart “Sally” DeMonbreun
Birth: January 11, 1853 41 38Adair, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 9, 1853Adair, Kentucky, United States
younger sister
Eliza Francis DeMonbreun
Birth: January 11, 1853 41 38Adair, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 9, 1853Adair, Kentucky, United States
Father’s family with Louisa M Grissom - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: November 6, 1853Adair, Kentucky, United States
10 months
half-sister
Louisa Jane “Sis” DeMonbreun
Birth: September 3, 1854 42 31Adair, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 27, 1921Edmonson, Kentucky, United States
4 years
half-brother
Samuel Thomas “Samp” DeMonbreun
Birth: May 20, 1858 46 35Metcalfe, Kentucky, United States
Death: April 4, 1943Edmonson, Kentucky, United States
10 months
half-brother
Henry Alexander DeMonbreun
Birth: April 2, 1859 47 36Edmonson, Kentucky, United States
Death: April 20, 1888Edmonson, Kentucky, United States

Felix Marion DeMonbreun has 30 first cousins recorded