The Shemwell Family

Levi Daniel ThompsonAge: 9 years18601869

Name
Levi Daniel Thompson
Given names
Levi Daniel
Surname
Thompson
Birth 1860 29 22
Census August 4, 1860
Death of a maternal grandfatherDavid Tinsley Lee
1861 (Age 12 months)
Birth of a sisterSarah Margaret “Sadie” Thompson
August 30, 1862 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 15 months)

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 7 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 7 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Birth of a sisterLansa Thompson
1869 (Age 9 years)
Death of a fatherRobert Levi Thompson
July 1869 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 9 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 October 1869 (Age 9 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: September 6, 1853Logan, Kentucky, United States
9 months
elder sister
7 years
himself
Levi Daniel Thompson
Birth: 1860 29 22Illinois, United States
Death: October 1869Randolph, Illinois, United States
3 years
younger sister
Sarah Margaret “Sadie” Thompson
Birth: August 30, 1862 31 25Randolph, Illinois, United States
Death: October 20, 1951Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States
7 years
younger sister
Lansa Thompson
Birth: 1869 38 31Randolph, Illinois, United States
Death: January 5, 1884Illinois, United States
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step-father
mother
Marriage: 1871Randolph, Illinois, United States
4 years
half-sister
3 years
half-sister
3 years
half-sister

Levi Daniel Thompson has 29 first cousins recorded

Census1860 United States - Census transcript - Robert Levi Thompson - Household

Randolph, Illinois, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
Robert Thompsonhead25MWfarmerKY
Adeline Thompsonwife25FWKY
Nellie M Thompsondaughter5FWIL
Levi D Thompsonson2 monthsMWIL