The Shemwell Family

Alice “Allie” JacksonAge: 32 years18561888

Name
Alice “Allie” Jackson
Given names
Alice
Surname
Jackson
Nickname
Allie
Married name
Alice Hickey
Birth March 31, 1856
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 9 months)

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 5 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 10 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 10 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 12 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 21 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageSevier Frost HickeyView this family
about 1884 (Age 27 years)

Birth of a daughter
#1
Annie Celia “Ota” Hickey
September 15, 1885 (Age 29 years)
Death July 14, 1888 (Age 32 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Green Lawn Cemetery
Family with Sevier Frost Hickey - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: about 1884
20 months
daughter
Annie Celia “Ota” Hickey
Birth: September 15, 1885 28 29Bates, Missouri, United States
Death: July 4, 1961Granite City, Madison, Illinois, United States
Sevier Frost Hickey + Elzira Dollie McGlothlin - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Elzira Dollie McGlothlin
Birth: October 8, 1855Barry, Missouri, United States
Death: August 7, 1917Granite City, Madison, Illinois, United States
Marriage: May 9, 1889Washburn, Barry, Missouri, United States
2 years
step-daughter
Nora T Hickey
Birth: August 12, 1891 34 35Washburn, Barry, Missouri, United States
Death: March 17, 1934St. Louis City, Missouri, United States
2 years
step-daughter
Nellie M Hickey
Birth: October 12, 1893 36 38Missouri, United States
Death: September 10, 1969Clayton, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
23 months
step-son
Henry C Hickey
Birth: August 30, 1895 38 39Washburn, Barry, Missouri, United States
Death: June 1, 1965

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