The Shemwell Family

John Little Marion LyonsAge: 79 years18491928

Name
John Little Marion Lyons
Given names
John Little Marion
Surname
Lyons
Birth February 27, 1849 22 18
MarriageMary Pertinia NickellView this family
unknown

Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 7 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 12 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
Death of a fatherJohn Marion Lyons
1865 (Age 15 years)

Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 17 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 17 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Birth of a son
#1
Isaac Henry Lyons
February 24, 1869 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 19 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 son
#2
Andrew Thomas Lyons
1871 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 28 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 wifeMary Pertinia Nickell
1886 (Age 36 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Densley E Lyons
April 13, 1898 (Age 49 years)

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 49 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
Birth of a grandson
#2
Homer Lyons
September 15, 1900 (Age 51 years)

Birth of a granddaughter
#3
Jessie Bell Lyons
November 8, 1901 (Age 52 years)
Birth of a grandson
#4
Edgar T Lyons
July 9, 1902 (Age 53 years)

Birth of a grandson
#5
Lloyd Edward Lyons
July 17, 1904 (Age 55 years)

Birth of a granddaughter
#6
Pearl Lyons
1904 (Age 54 years)

Birth of a granddaughter
#7
Mollie Lyons
December 3, 1906 (Age 57 years)

Death of a granddaughterPearl Lyons
1906 (Age 56 years)

Birth of a grandson
#8
Roscoe E Lyons
April 29, 1909 (Age 60 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#9
Myrtle Lyons
June 29, 1911 (Age 62 years)
Birth of a grandson
#10
Clyde Norman Lyons
December 6, 1911 (Age 62 years)
Death of a motherClarissa Belle “Clara” Little
December 6, 1911 (Age 62 years)
Death of a sonAndrew Thomas Lyons
August 11, 1912 (Age 63 years)
Birth of a grandson
#11
Melvin Eugene Lyons
May 12, 1913 (Age 64 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 66 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 67 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 68 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/
Birth of a grandson
#12
Hugh Charles Lyons
November 8, 1921 (Age 72 years)

Birth of a grandson
#13
Ernest V Lyons
July 12, 1925 (Age 76 years)
Death May 8, 1928 (Age 79 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Dollarhide Cemetery
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