The Shemwell Family

Adam Lightner IIIAge: 28 years18611890

Name
Adam Lightner III
Given names
Adam
Surname
Lightner
Name suffix
III
Birth October 28, 1861 51 43
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 5 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 5 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 7 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 16 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Death of a fatherAdam Lightner Jr.
August 30, 1885 (Age 23 years)
Death September 21, 1890 (Age 28 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: August 11, 1835Clay, Missouri, United States
10 months
elder brother
Miles Henry Lightner
Birth: June 18, 1836 26 18Far West, Caldwell, Missouri, United States
Death: September 20, 1847St Croix Falls, St. Croix, Wisconsin, United States
4 years
elder sister
Caroline Keziah Lightner
Birth: October 18, 1840 30 22Lee, Iowa, United States
Death: December 22, 1910Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
17 months
elder brother
George Algernon Lightner
Birth: March 22, 1842 31 23Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Death: about 1843Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
2 years
elder brother
Florentine Mathias Lightner
Birth: March 23, 1844 33 25Pontoosuc, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Death: September 20, 1847St Croix Falls, St. Croix, Wisconsin, United States
3 years
elder brother
John Horace Gilbert Lightner
Birth: February 9, 1847 36 28Galena, Jo Daviess, Illinois, United States
Death: November 29, 1923Minersville, Beaver, Utah, United States
2 years
elder sister
Elizabeth Lightner
Birth: April 3, 1849 38 30Hudson, St. Croix, Wisconsin, United States
Death: January 26, 1927Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
2 years
elder sister
Mary Rollins Lightner
Birth: April 9, 1851 40 33St. Croix, Wisconsin, United States
Death: December 26, 1928Minersville, Beaver, Utah, United States
2 years
elder brother
Algernon Sidney Lightner
Birth: March 25, 1853 42 34Hudson, St. Croix, Wisconsin, United States
Death: November 10, 1853Hudson, St. Croix, Wisconsin, United States
4 years
elder brother
Charles Washington Lightner
Birth: March 17, 1857 46 38Marine on Saint Croix, Washington, Minnesota, United States
Death: October 21, 1932Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States
5 years
himself
Adam Lightner III
Birth: October 28, 1861 51 43Minnesota City, Winona, Minnesota, United States
Death: September 21, 1890Panaca, Lincoln, Nevada, 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: January 17, 1842Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Mother’s family with Brigham Young Sr. - View this family
step-father
Brigham Young Sr.
Birth: June 1, 1801 38 36Whitingham, Windham, Vermont, United States
Death: August 29, 1877Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
mother
Marriage: May 22, 1845Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States