The Shemwell Family

Elzira Dollie McGlothlinAge: 61 years18551917

Name
Elzira Dollie McGlothlin
Given names
Elzira Dollie
Surname
McGlothlin
Married name
Elzira Dollie Hickey
Birth October 8, 1855
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 14 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 11 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 11 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 13 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 22 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
May 9, 1889 (Age 33 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Nora T Hickey
August 12, 1891 (Age 35 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Nellie M Hickey
October 12, 1893 (Age 38 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Henry C Hickey
August 30, 1895 (Age 39 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 42 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
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 60 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 61 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
Death August 7, 1917 (Age 61 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Washburn Prairie Cemetery
Family with Sevier Frost Hickey - View this family
husband
herself
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
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
daughter
Nellie M Hickey
Birth: October 12, 1893 36 38Missouri, United States
Death: September 10, 1969Clayton, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
23 months
son
Henry C Hickey
Birth: August 30, 1895 38 39Washburn, Barry, Missouri, United States
Death: June 1, 1965
Sevier Frost Hickey + Alice “Allie” Jackson - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage: about 1884
20 months
step-daughter
Annie Celia “Ota” Hickey
Birth: September 15, 1885 28 29Bates, Missouri, United States
Death: July 4, 1961Granite City, Madison, Illinois, United States

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