The Shemwell Family

Joseph Whitney Kingsbury

Name
Joseph Whitney Kingsbury
Given names
Joseph Whitney
Surname
Kingsbury
Birth of a half-sisterSarah Maria Kimball
May 4, 1857
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Birth of a half-brotherJoshua Heber Kimball
February 23, 1861
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
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

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 motherSarah Ann Whitney
September 4, 1873
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878

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 maternal grandmotherElizabeth Ann Smith
February 15, 1882
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898
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 fatherJoseph Corrodon Kingsbury
October 15, 1898
Death of a half-sisterSarah Maria Kimball
August 12, 1901
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916

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

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

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 half-brotherHorace Heber Kimball
October 29, 1922
Death of a half-brotherJoshua Heber Kimball
April 6, 1925
Death of a half-brotherDavid Heber Kimball
October 4, 1927
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929

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 half-brotherNewel Whitney Kimball
July 24, 1931
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945

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
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953
Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975
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
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father
Joseph Corrodon Kingsbury
Birth: May 15, 1812Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Death: October 15, 1898Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
mother
Marriage: April 29, 1843Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
himself
brother
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: July 27, 1842Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Mother’s family with Heber Chase Kimball - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage: March 17, 1845Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
1 year
half-brother
David Kimball
Birth: March 8, 1846 44 20Winter Quarters, Douglas, Nebraska, United States
Death: August 18, 1847Winter Quarters, Douglas, Nebraska, United States
3 years
half-brother
David Orson Kimball
Birth: August 22, 1848 47 23Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Death: April 16, 1849Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
18 months
half-sister
Dorice H Kimball
Birth: February 26, 1850 48 24Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Death:
half-brother
David Heber Kimball
Birth: February 26, 1850 48 24Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Death: October 4, 1927Diamondville, Lincoln, Wyoming, United States
2 years
half-brother
Newel Whitney Kimball
Birth: May 19, 1852 50 27Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Death: July 24, 1931Logan, Cache, Utah, United States
3 years
half-brother
Horace Heber Kimball
Birth: September 3, 1855 54 30Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Death: October 29, 1922Rich, Utah, United States
20 months
half-sister
Sarah Maria Kimball
Birth: May 4, 1857 55 32Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Death: August 12, 1901Auburn, Lincoln, Wyoming, United States
4 years
half-brother
Joshua Heber Kimball
Birth: February 23, 1861 59 35Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Death: April 6, 1925Los Angeles, California, United States