The Shemwell Family

Judith Victoria KnightAge: 69 years18361905

Name
Judith Victoria Knight
Given names
Judith Victoria
Surname
Knight
Married name
Judith Victoria Notgrass
Birth July 14, 1836
MarriageJames H NotgrassView this family
unknown

Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 9 years)
Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 20 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 24 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 30 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 30 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 32 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
#1
Archibald McMillan “Archie” Notgrass
March 8, 1870 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 41 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Marriage of a childArchibald McMillan “Archie” NotgrassMargie Cooper WilliamsView this family
December 21, 1885 (Age 49 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Virgie Mae Notgrass
November 29, 1886 (Age 50 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 61 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 July 16, 1905 (Age 69 years)
Family with James H Notgrass - View this family
husband
herself
Judith Victoria Knight
Birth: July 14, 1836Pulaski, Giles, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 16, 1905Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
Marriage:
son
Archibald McMillan “Archie” Notgrass
Birth: March 8, 1870 36 33Pulaski, Giles, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 15, 1929Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States

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