The Shemwell Family

Joseph Young DeMonbreunAge: 74 years18501924

Name
Joseph Young DeMonbreun
Given names
Joseph Young
Surname
DeMonbreun
Birth April 19, 1850 38 35
Birth of a brotherElijah T DeMonbreun
about 1851 (Age 8 months)
Death of a brotherElijah T DeMonbreun
about 1851 (Age 8 months)
Death of a sisterLouisa Jane DeMonbreun
August 19, 1852 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a sisterSarah Hugheart “Sally” DeMonbreun
January 11, 1853 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a sisterEliza Francis DeMonbreun
January 11, 1853 (Age 2 years)
Death of a sisterSarah Hugheart “Sally” DeMonbreun
July 9, 1853 (Age 3 years)
Death of a sisterEliza Francis DeMonbreun
July 9, 1853 (Age 3 years)
Death of a motherSarah “Sally” Hugheart
July 9, 1853 (Age 3 years)
Marriage of a parentJohn Felix DeMonbreunLouisa M GrissomView this family
November 6, 1853 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a half-sisterLouisa Jane “Sis” DeMonbreun
September 3, 1854 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a half-brotherSamuel Thomas “Samp” DeMonbreun
May 20, 1858 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a half-brotherHenry Alexander DeMonbreun
April 2, 1859 (Age 8 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 6 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 10 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 16 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 16 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 18 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 18 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 24 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherMary Ann “Polly” Cagle
May 6, 1876 (Age 26 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 27 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 38 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 47 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 63 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 65 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 66 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 67 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 brotherFelix Marion DeMonbreun
July 12, 1919 (Age 69 years)
Death of a half-sisterLouisa Jane “Sis” DeMonbreun
August 27, 1921 (Age 71 years)
Death July 16, 1924 (Age 74 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
elder brother
Felix Marion DeMonbreun
Birth: July 30, 1845 33 30Adair, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 12, 1919Marion, Grant, Indiana, United States
3 years
elder brother
James Timothy DeMonbreun
Birth: September 9, 1848 36 33Adair, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 10, 1929Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States
19 months
himself
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