The Shemwell Family

Harriet Cornelia ClawsonAge: 71 years18401911

Name
Harriet Cornelia Clawson
Given names
Harriet Cornelia
Surname
Clawson
Married name
Harriet Cornelia Lamb
Birth February 11, 1840 41 36
Death of a fatherZephaniah Clawson
September 19, 1841 (Age 19 months)
Marriage of a parentHoward EganCatherine ReeseView this family
Type: Religious marriage
about 1844 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 5 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
Marriage of a parentBrigham Young Sr.Catherine ReeseView this family
Type: Religious marriage
June 10, 1855 (Age 15 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 16 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Death of a motherCatherine Reese
November 7, 1860 (Age 20 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 21 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 26 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 26 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 28 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 brotherJohn Reese Clawson Sr.
December 18, 1872 (Age 32 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 37 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 sisterHelen Cordelia Clawson
January 19, 1884 (Age 43 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 58 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 20, 1911 (Age 71 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: City of Mesa Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: about 1824Utica, Oneida, New York, United States
14 months
elder sister
Susannah Clawson
Birth: March 10, 1825 26 21Utica, Oneida, New York, United States
Death: July 19, 1826Utica, Oneida, New York, United States
20 months
elder brother
Hiram Bradley Clawson Sr.
Birth: November 7, 1826 28 22Utica, Oneida, New York, United States
Death: March 29, 1912Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
2 years
elder brother
John Reese Clawson Sr.
Birth: December 23, 1828 30 24Utica, Oneida, New York, United States
Death: December 18, 1872Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
3 years
elder sister
Louisa P Clawson
Birth: September 19, 1831 33 27Utica, Oneida, New York, United States
Death: January 4, 1832Utica, Oneida, New York, United States
4 years
elder sister
Helen Cordelia Clawson
Birth: August 8, 1835 37 31Utica, Oneida, New York, United States
Death: January 19, 1884Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
5 years
herself
Harriet Cornelia Clawson
Birth: February 11, 1840 41 36Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States
Death: July 20, 1911Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States
Mother’s family with Howard Egan - View this family
step-father
Howard Egan
Birth: June 15, 1815Tullamore, Kilbride, Offaly, Ireland
Death: March 15, 1878Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
mother
Marriage: about 1844Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, 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: June 10, 1855Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States