The Shemwell Family

James Leach DeeAge: 55 years18421897

Name
James Leach Dee
Given names
James Leach
Surname
Dee
Birth February 26, 1842
Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 3 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 14 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
MarriageAnn Eliza WebbView this family
April 4, 1863 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Edward Webb Dee
about 1864 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 19 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 son
#2
Leonard Lorenzo Dee
about 1865 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 24 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 24 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 26 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 35 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 sonLeonard Lorenzo Dee
about 1888 (Age 45 years)
Death June 6, 1897 (Age 55 years)
Burial June 9, 1897 (3 days after death)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Ogden City Cemetery
Family with Ann Eliza Webb - View this family
himself
James Leach Dee
Birth: February 26, 1842Stoke Upon Trent, Staffordshire, England
Death: June 6, 1897Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States
wife
Marriage: April 4, 1863Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
21 months
son
Edward Webb Dee
Birth: about 1864 21 19Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
Death: November 25, 1902El Paso, El Paso, Texas, United States
2 years
son
Leonard Lorenzo Dee
Birth: about 1865 22 20Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Death: about 1888Pima, Graham, Arizona, United States
Brigham Young Sr. + Ann Eliza Webb - View this family
wife’s husband
Brigham Young Sr.
Birth: June 1, 1801 38 36Whitingham, Windham, Vermont, United States
Death: August 29, 1877Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
wife
Marriage: April 7, 1868Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Moses R Denning + Ann Eliza Webb - View this family
wife’s husband
Moses R Denning
Birth: March 31, 1828Shirley, Penobscot, Maine, United States
Death: July 25, 1910Ronceverte, Greenbrier, West Virginia, United States
wife
Marriage: May 19, 1883Medina, Ohio, United States