The Shemwell Family

Elisha Terry TarboxAge: 67 years18371904

Name
Elisha Terry Tarbox
Given names
Elisha Terry
Surname
Tarbox
Birth July 22, 1837 22 18
Death of a fatherGeorge Tarbox
January 1838 (Age 5 months)
Marriage of a parentGeorge W YoungJane TerryView this family
about 1839 (Age 17 months)
Birth of a half-sisterEmma Amanda Young
February 25, 1841 (Age 3 years)
Marriage of a parentBrigham Young Sr.Jane TerryView this family
Type: Religious marriage
February 10, 1846 (Age 8 years)

Death of a motherJane Terry
February 15, 1846 (Age 8 years)
Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 8 years)
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
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 19 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 23 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 29 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 29 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 31 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 40 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 60 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 July 22, 1904 (Age 67 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: San Francisco Columbarium
Family with parents - View this family
father
George Tarbox
Birth: about 1815Niagra, Ontario, Canada
Death: January 1838Quincy, Adams, Illinois, United States
mother
Marriage: about 1836Canada
19 months
himself
Elisha Terry Tarbox
Birth: July 22, 1837 22 18Ontario, Canada
Death: July 22, 1904San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States
Mother’s family with George W Young - View this family
step-father
George W Young
Birth: January 1802Niagra, Ontario, Canada
Death: about 1846Camp, Polk, Iowa, United States
mother
Marriage: about 1839Illinois, United States
2 years
half-sister
Emma Amanda Young
Birth: February 25, 1841 39 21Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Death: October 10, 1926Los Angeles, California, 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: February 10, 1846