The Shemwell Family

Mildred AbneyAge: 84 years18501934

Name
Mildred Abney
Given names
Mildred
Surname
Abney
Married name
Mildred Murphy
Married name
Mildred Rice
Married name
Mildred Mahafey
Birth 1850 43 38

MarriageMarion MurphyView this family
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MarriageHenry RiceView this family
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MarriageDavid MahafeyView 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
Death of a fatherJousha Abney
1860 (Age 10 years)
Death of a brotherPaul Abney
April 28, 1862 (Age 12 years)
Death of a brotherWilliam A Abney
September 19, 1864 (Age 14 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 11 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 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
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
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 motherSarah Sally Stone
1891 (Age 41 years)
Death of a brotherFelix Abney
1895 (Age 45 years)

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 48 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 sisterJane Elizabeth Abney
September 19, 1901 (Age 51 years)
Death of a brotherJesse Abney
January 20, 1910 (Age 60 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 79 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 1934 (Age 84 years)
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elder brother
4 years
elder sister
Jane Elizabeth Abney
Birth: February 5, 1836 29 24Saline, Illinois, United States
Death: September 19, 1901Kaufman, Texas, United States
4 years
elder brother
3 years
elder brother
William A Abney
Birth: 1842 35 30
Death: September 19, 1864Saline, Illinois, United States
18 months
elder brother
Paul Abney
Birth: July 17, 1843 36 31
Death: April 28, 1862Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States
3 years
elder sister
2 years
elder brother
5 years
herself
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