The Shemwell Family

Mary Elizabeth KirkAge: 78 years18371916

Name
Mary Elizabeth Kirk
Given names
Mary Elizabeth
Surname
Kirk
Married name
Mary Elizabeth Julian
Birth June 24, 1837
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
MarriageNathan B JulianView this family
November 9, 1853 (Age 16 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Isabell Julian
October 12, 1854 (Age 17 years)
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
Census August 4, 1860 (Age 23 years)
Death of a husbandNathan B Julian
March 25, 1865 (Age 27 years)
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
Census August 10, 1870 (Age 33 years)
Marriage of a childWilliam Campbell TroutmanIsabell JulianView this family
August 29, 1872 (Age 35 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Alvin Delmar Troutman
May 22, 1875 (Age 37 years)
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
Birth of a grandson
#2
Harry Lesley Troutman
October 10, 1879 (Age 42 years)
Birth of a grandson
#3
Ferdinand Bliss Troutman
December 6, 1886 (Age 49 years)
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
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 78 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death May 3, 1916 (Age 78 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Fletchers Lake Presbyterian Cemetery
Family with Nathan B Julian - View this family
husband
Nathan B Julian
Birth: May 24, 1832Cass, Indiana, United States
Death: March 25, 1865Indiana, United States
herself
Marriage: November 9, 1853Logan, Ohio, United States
11 months
daughter

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Census1860 United States - Census transcript - Nathan B Julian - Household

Bethlehem, Cass, Indiana, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
Nathan B Julianhead28MWFarmerIN
Mary Elizabeth Julianwife23FWOH
Isabell Juliandaughter6FWIN1
George, Julianson3MWMD

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - Mary Elizabeth Kirk - Household

Wayne, Fulton, Indiana, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Julian, Mary Ehead33FWKeeps House100200OH
Julian, Isabelldaughter15FWWithout OccupationIN1
Julian, George Wson14MWAt HomeIN1
Julian, Ellen Edaughter8FWIN
Julian, Nancy Edaughter5FWIN