The Shemwell Family

Elizabeth Ann “Lily” WhitneyAge: 47 years18571905

Name
Elizabeth Ann “Lily” Whitney
Given names
Elizabeth Ann
Surname
Whitney
Nickname
Lily
Married name
Elizabeth Ann Paton
Birth November 27, 1857 34 29
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 sisterGenevieve Whitney
March 13, 1860 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a sisterHelen Kimball Whitney
March 24, 1862 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a brotherCharles Spaulding Whitney
November 21, 1864 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 3 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
Birth of a sisterFlorence Marion Whitney
April 4, 1867 (Age 9 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherVilate Murray
October 22, 1867 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 9 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 9 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Death of a maternal grandfatherHeber Chase Kimball
June 24, 1868 (Age 10 years)
Birth of a sisterPhoebe Isabel Whitney
September 24, 1869 (Age 11 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 11 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
Death of a sisterVilate Murray Whitney
February 5, 1870 (Age 12 years)
Death of a sisterPhoebe Isabel Whitney
July 23, 1874 (Age 16 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 20 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 paternal grandmotherElizabeth Ann Smith
February 15, 1882 (Age 24 years)
Death of a fatherHorace Kimball Whitney Sr.
November 22, 1884 (Age 26 years)
Death of a brotherCharles Spaulding Whitney
August 4, 1886 (Age 28 years)
Death of a motherHelen Mar Kimball
November 13, 1896 (Age 38 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 40 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 sisterGenevieve Whitney
June 12, 1901 (Age 43 years)
Death May 7, 1905 (Age 47 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Salt Lake City Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: February 4, 1846Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
15 months
elder sister
Helen Rosebelle Whitney
Birth: May 6, 1847 23 18Winter Quarters, Douglas, Nebraska, United States
Death: May 6, 1847Winter Quarters, Douglas, Nebraska, United States
15 months
elder brother
William Howard Whitney
Birth: August 17, 1848 25 19Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Death: August 23, 1848Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1 year
elder brother
Horace Kimball Whitney Jr.
Birth: September 1, 1849 26 21Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Death: September 1, 1849Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
4 years
elder sister
Vilate Murray Whitney
Birth: June 2, 1853 29 24Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Death: February 5, 1870Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
2 years
elder brother
Orson Ferguson Whitney
Birth: June 1, 1855 31 26Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Death: May 16, 1931Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
3 years
herself
Elizabeth Ann “Lily” Whitney
Birth: November 27, 1857 34 29Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Death: May 7, 1905Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
2 years
younger sister
Genevieve Whitney
Birth: March 13, 1860 36 31Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Death: June 12, 1901Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
2 years
younger sister
Helen Kimball Whitney
Birth: March 24, 1862 38 33Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Death: February 13, 1927Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
3 years
younger brother
Charles Spaulding Whitney
Birth: November 21, 1864 41 36Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Death: August 4, 1886Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
2 years
younger sister
Florence Marion Whitney
Birth: April 4, 1867 43 38Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Death: April 18, 1930Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
3 years
younger sister
Phoebe Isabel Whitney
Birth: September 24, 1869 46 41Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Death: July 23, 1874Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
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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: May 1843Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States

Elizabeth Ann “Lily” Whitney has 10 first cousins recorded