The Shemwell Family

Name
Genevieve Whitney
Given names
Genevieve
Surname
Whitney
Married name
Genevieve Talbot
Birth March 13, 1860 36 31
Birth of a sisterHelen Kimball Whitney
March 24, 1862 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherCharles Spaulding Whitney
November 21, 1864 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 12 months)

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 7 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherVilate Murray
October 22, 1867 (Age 7 years)
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 6 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 6 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 8 years)
Birth of a sisterPhoebe Isabel Whitney
September 24, 1869 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 8 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 9 years)
Death of a sisterPhoebe Isabel Whitney
July 23, 1874 (Age 14 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 17 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 21 years)
Death of a fatherHorace Kimball Whitney Sr.
November 22, 1884 (Age 24 years)
Death of a brotherCharles Spaulding Whitney
August 4, 1886 (Age 26 years)
Death of a motherHelen Mar Kimball
November 13, 1896 (Age 36 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 38 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 June 12, 1901 (Age 41 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Salt Lake City Cemetery
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