The Shemwell Family

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Birth	May 6, 1865 Fairfield, Solano, California, United States
Historical Event	American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 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 19 months) Alaska, USA 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 19 months) New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Historical Event	Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 3 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 12 years) Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Marriage	Evaline Deborah “Debbie” Adkins — View this family about 1891 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event	Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 32 years) Cuba 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 50 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 51 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 52 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 64 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 of a wife	Evaline Deborah “Debbie” Adkins September 26, 1938 (Age 73 years) Sacramento, California, United States
Historical Event	World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 76 years) Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
Historical Event	Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 80 years) Vietnam Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
Death	June 5, 1948 (Age 83 years) Berkeley, Alameda, California, United States
Burial	June 16, 1948 (11 days after death) Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, Alameda, California, United States Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mountain View Cemetery

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Family with Evaline Deborah “Debbie” Adkins - View this family

himself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Evaline Deborah “Debbie” Adkins Charles Henry Edwards Birth: May 6, 1865 — Fairfield, Solano, California, United States Death: June 5, 1948 — Berkeley, Alameda, California, United States
wife	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Cornelius Abraham “Neil” Hubbs Family with spouse Charles Henry Edwards Evaline Deborah “Debbie” Adkins Birth: September 1872 15 — Solano, California, United States Death: September 26, 1938 — Sacramento, California, United States
	Marriage: about 1891 —

Cornelius Abraham “Neil” Hubbs + Evaline Deborah “Debbie” Adkins - View this family

wife’s husband	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Evaline Deborah “Debbie” Adkins Cornelius Abraham “Neil” Hubbs Birth: about 1865 — Canada Death: July 27, 1889 — Chico, Butte, California, United States
wife	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Cornelius Abraham “Neil” Hubbs Family with spouse Charles Henry Edwards Evaline Deborah “Debbie” Adkins Birth: September 1872 15 — Solano, California, United States Death: September 26, 1938 — Sacramento, California, United States
	Marriage: July 22, 1889 — French Camp, San Joaquin, California, United States

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Family with Evaline Deborah “Debbie” Adkins
himself Parents (unknown)	Charles Henry Edwards 1865–1948
wife Parents Jesse Adkins Amelia Emily Frost	Evaline Deborah “Debbie” Adkins 1872–1938
Cornelius Abraham “Neil” Hubbs + Evaline Deborah “Debbie” Adkins
wife’s husband Parents (unknown)	Cornelius Abraham “Neil” Hubbs 1865–1889
wife Parents Jesse Adkins Amelia Emily Frost	Evaline Deborah “Debbie” Adkins 1872–1938