The Shemwell Family

Alletha Bryant BoltenAge: 86 years18621948

Name
Alletha Bryant Bolten
Given names
Alletha Bryant
Surname
Bolten
Married name
Alletha Bryant Ferrell
Birth March 17, 1862
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865

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 4 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 4 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 6 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
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 15 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageJohn William FerrellView this family
about 1892 (Age 29 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Bryant Earl Ferrell
March 4, 1893 (Age 30 years)
Birth of a son
#2
John Burl Ferrell
March 4, 1893 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 36 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
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 53 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 54 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 55 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 67 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 husbandJohn William Ferrell
September 29, 1932 (Age 70 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 79 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
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 83 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
Death April 3, 1948 (Age 86 years)
Family with John William Ferrell - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: about 1892Texas, United States
14 months
son
Bryant Earl Ferrell
Birth: March 4, 1893 46 30Avinger, Cass, Texas, United States
Death:
son
John Burl Ferrell
Birth: March 4, 1893 46 30Avinger, Cass, Texas, United States
Death:
John William Ferrell + Mary Jennie Foster - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Mary Jennie Foster
Birth: December 23, 1855Illinois, United States
Death: August 5, 1921Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States
Marriage: October 6, 1875Smith, Texas, United States
5 years
step-son
Nehemiah Ferrell
Birth: November 1, 1880 34 24Smith, Texas, United States
Death: January 3, 1963Santa Clara, California, United States
4 years
step-daughter
Alameda Ferrell
Birth: July 1, 1884 37 28Flint, Smith, Texas, United States
Death: June 22, 1920Denison, Grayson, Texas, United States

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