The Shemwell Family

William Mode BoleyAge: 47 years18681916

Name
William Mode Boley
Given names
William Mode
Surname
Boley
Birth June 2, 1868
MarriageLorena MillerView this family
unknown

Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 6 months)

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 9 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 29 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 son
#1
John Bernice Boley
January 3, 1905 (Age 36 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Lena Boley
June 24, 1914 (Age 46 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 47 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death February 19, 1916 (Age 47 years)
Family with Lorena Miller - View this family
himself
William Mode Boley
Birth: June 2, 1868Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 19, 1916Todd, Kentucky, United States
wife
Lorena Miller
Birth: January 10, 1876Kentucky, United States
Death: July 8, 1951Todd, Kentucky, United States
Marriage:
son
John Bernice Boley
Birth: January 3, 1905 36 28Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 16, 1996Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
10 years
daughter
Lena Boley
Birth: June 24, 1914 46 38Kentucky, United States
Death: May 31, 2008Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States

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