The Shemwell Family

George Stephen ArnoldAge: 60 years18671927

Name
George Stephen Arnold
Given names
George Stephen
Surname
Arnold
Birth December 9, 1867 34 39
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867
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
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 months)

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
Death of a motherNancy Mariah “Mary” Winchester
March 17, 1876 (Age 8 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 10 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 30 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 48 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 49 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 50 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/
Death of a fatherAmos George Arnold
June 27, 1926 (Age 58 years)
Death December 29, 1927 (Age 60 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Sutton Cemetery
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father
Amos George Arnold
Birth: March 12, 1833Redfield, Oswego, New York, United States
Death: June 27, 1926Lyman, Madison, Idaho, United States
mother
Marriage: October 12, 1865Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
2 years
himself
George Stephen Arnold
Birth: December 9, 1867 34 39Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Death: December 29, 1927Rexburg, Madison, Idaho, United States
Mother’s family with Joseph Smith Jr. - View this family
step-father
Joseph Smith Jr.
Birth: December 23, 1805 34 30Sharon, Windsor, Vermont, United States
Death: June 27, 1844Carthage, Hancock, Illinois, United States
mother
Marriage: before 1843Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Mother’s family with Heber Chase Kimball - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage: October 10, 1844Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States