The Shemwell Family

Name
Canaan Lewis
Given names
Canaan
Surname
Lewis
Birth September 12, 1841 33 29
Birth of a sisterSarah Elizabeth Lewis
March 4, 1844 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherLewis Lewis
August 12, 1846 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 4 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 parentDan JonesElizabeth JonesView this family
Type: Religious marriage
November 8, 1849 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a half-sisterRuth Jones
September 23, 1850 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a half-brotherBrigham Jones
October 5, 1852 (Age 11 years)
Marriage of a parentJohn Henry TuttleElizabeth JonesView this family
Type: Religious marriage
July 23, 1858 (Age 16 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 15 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 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
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 25 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 25 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Marriage of a parentBrigham Young Sr.Elizabeth JonesView this family
Type: Religious marriage
July 3, 1869 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 27 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 L Lewis
March 22, 1878 (Age 36 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 36 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 fatherDavid Thomas Lewis
August 15, 1883 (Age 41 years)
Death of a sisterEliza Ann Lewis
October 13, 1883 (Age 42 years)
Death of a motherElizabeth Jones
May 6, 1895 (Age 53 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 56 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 November 7, 1909 (Age 68 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Wales Cemetery
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