The Shemwell Family

Josephine Rosetta LyonAge: 80 years18441924

Name
Josephine Rosetta Lyon
Given names
Josephine Rosetta
Surname
Lyon
Birth February 8, 1844 35 25
Marriage of a parentHeber Chase KimballSylvia Porter SessionsView this family
November 7, 1846 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 22 months)
Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War
Death of a fatherWindsor Palmer Lyon
January 1849 (Age 4 years)
Marriage of a parentEzekiel Clark Sr.Sylvia Porter SessionsView this family
February 5, 1850 (Age 5 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherDavid Sessions III
August 11, 1850 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a half-brotherPerry Ezekiel Clark
February 4, 1851 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a half-sisterPhebe Jane Clark
September 1, 1852 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a half-sisterMartha Sylvia Clark
January 20, 1854 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 12 years)

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 17 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 22 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 22 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 24 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 33 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 motherSylvia Porter Sessions
April 12, 1882 (Age 38 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherPatty Bartlett
December 14, 1892 (Age 48 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 54 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
Death of a half-sisterPhebe Jane Clark
September 8, 1912 (Age 68 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 71 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death of a half-brotherPerry Ezekiel Clark
April 8, 1918 (Age 74 years)
Burial of a half-brotherPerry Ezekiel Clark
April 10, 1918 (Age 74 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Bountiful Memorial Park
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 72 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 73 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 March 30, 1924 (Age 80 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Bountiful Memorial Park
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: April 12, 1838Orwell, Addison, Vermont, United States
15 months
elder brother
Marian S Lyon
Birth: July 3, 1839 30 20Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Death: March 20, 1842Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
3 years
elder brother
Philofreen Lyon
Birth: about 1841 31 22Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Death: January 27, 1844Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
2 years
elder brother
Asa Windsor Lyon
Birth: December 25, 1842 33 24Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Death: December 25, 1842Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
13 months
herself
Josephine Rosetta Lyon
Birth: February 8, 1844 35 25Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Death: March 30, 1924Bountiful, Davis, Utah, 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: February 8, 1842Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Mother’s family with Heber Chase Kimball - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage: November 7, 1846Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Mother’s family with Ezekiel Clark Sr. - View this family
step-father
Ezekiel Clark Sr.
Birth: January 17, 1817Washington, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: June 26, 1898Iowa City, Johnson, Iowa, United States
mother
Marriage: February 5, 1850Iowa City, Johnson, Iowa, United States
1 year
half-brother
Perry Ezekiel Clark
Birth: February 4, 1851 34 32Iowa, United States
Death: April 8, 1918Salt Lake, Utah, United States
19 months
half-sister
Phebe Jane Clark
Birth: September 1, 1852 35 34Iowa, United States
Death: September 8, 1912Utah, United States
17 months
half-sister
Martha Sylvia Clark
Birth: January 20, 1854 37 35Iowa City, Johnson, Iowa, United States
Death: March 29, 1952Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States