The Shemwell Family

Elizabeth Ellen DulinAge: 64 years18571922

Name
Elizabeth Ellen Dulin
Given names
Elizabeth Ellen
Surname
Dulin
Birth September 13, 1857 45 42

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
Death of a brotherJohn Franklin Dulin
April 7, 1862 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 3 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 9 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 9 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Death of a maternal grandfatherFelix DeMonbreun
October 5, 1868 (Age 11 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 11 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 maternal grandmotherMary Ann “Polly” Cagle
May 6, 1876 (Age 18 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 20 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 fatherMatthew Neal Dulin
February 8, 1892 (Age 34 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 40 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 motherEllen Elizabeth DeMonbreun
March 8, 1906 (Age 48 years)
Death of a sisterMary Jane Dulin
February 16, 1908 (Age 50 years)
Death of a sisterSarah M Dulin
July 10, 1910 (Age 52 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 58 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 59 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 60 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 May 8, 1922 (Age 64 years)

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father
mother
Marriage: about 1831Hart, Kentucky, United States
18 months
elder sister
Mary Jane Dulin
Birth: July 13, 1832 20 17Barren, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 16, 1908Metcalfe, Kentucky, United States
21 months
elder brother
John Franklin Dulin
Birth: April 3, 1834 22 19Kentucky, United States
Death: April 7, 1862Shiloh Battlefield, Hardin, Tennessee, United States
9 years
elder sister
Sarah M Dulin
Birth: January 10, 1843 31 27Kentucky, United States
Death: July 10, 1910Metcalfe, Kentucky, United States
15 months
elder sister
Louisa Dulin
Birth: April 9, 1844 32 29Kentucky, United States
Death: September 5, 1931Edmonton, Metcalfe, Kentucky, United States
16 months
elder sister
Amanda Brown Dulin
Birth: August 18, 1845 33 30Metcalfe, Kentucky, United States
Death: November 23, 1923Moody, McLennan, Texas, United States
3 years
elder brother
William Blakely Dulin
Birth: October 22, 1848 36 33Adair, Kentucky, United States
Death: June 12, 1925Edmonton, Metcalfe, Kentucky, United States
14 months
elder brother
James M Dulin
Birth: about 1849 37 33Adair, Kentucky, United States
Death: about 1926
23 months
elder brother
Felix M Dulin
Birth: December 8, 1850 38 35
Death: July 29, 1931Kentucky, United States
7 years
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