The Shemwell Family

Sarah Jane KeithAge: 72 years18501923

Name
Sarah Jane Keith
Given names
Sarah Jane
Surname
Keith
Married name
Sarah Jane Bass
Birth April 5, 1850 23 16
Birth of a sisterRhoda Ann Keith
December 13, 1852 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a sisterSusan Elizabeth Keith
September 12, 1855 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a brotherRufus Wilson Keith
April 6, 1856 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 6 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Birth of a brotherRobert Foster Keith
February 5, 1860 (Age 9 years)
Death of a fatherJames Foster Keith
May 3, 1863 (Age 13 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 10 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 16 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 16 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 18 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
Marriage of a parentJames Wesley ErwinNarcissa Elizabeth HoweView this family
February 6, 1870 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a half-sisterThursa A Erwin
October 18, 1871 (Age 21 years)
Death of a sisterSusan Elizabeth Keith
June 11, 1877 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 27 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Marriage of a parentJohn T SmithNarcissa Elizabeth HoweView this family
February 13, 1887 (Age 36 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 47 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
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 65 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death of a brotherRobert Foster Keith
May 23, 1917 (Age 67 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 66 years)

Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I
Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 67 years)

Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/
Death of a motherNarcissa Elizabeth Howe
July 27, 1920 (Age 70 years)
Death January 12, 1923 (Age 72 years)
Burial January 14, 1923 (2 days after death)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Star Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: February 10, 1850Polk, Missouri, United States
2 months
herself
Sarah Jane Keith
Birth: April 5, 1850 23 16Greene, Polk, Missouri, United States
Death: January 12, 1923Nampa, Canyon, Idaho, United States
3 years
younger sister
3 years
younger sister
Susan Elizabeth Keith
Birth: September 12, 1855 28 22Polk, Missouri, United States
Death: June 11, 1877Polk, Missouri, United States
7 months
younger brother
Rufus Wilson Keith
Birth: April 6, 1856 29 22Bolivar, Polk, Missouri, United States
Death: April 29, 1947Star, Ada, Idaho, United States
4 years
younger brother
Robert Foster Keith
Birth: February 5, 1860 33 26Polk, Missouri, United States
Death: May 23, 1917McKinley, Polk, Missouri, United States
Mother’s family with James Wesley Erwin - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage: February 6, 1870Polk, Missouri, United States
20 months
half-sister
Thursa A Erwin
Birth: October 18, 1871 44 38Polk, Missouri, United States
Death: September 9, 1938Ventura, California, United States
Mother’s family with John T Smith - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage: February 13, 1887Polk, Missouri, United States

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