The Shemwell Family

Daniel ShrumAge: 40 years18651905

Name
Daniel Shrum
Given names
Daniel
Surname
Shrum
Birth July 3, 1865
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 17 months)
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 17 months)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 3 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 12 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageFlora Ellen BrewerView this family
August 19, 1887 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 32 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 4, 1905 (Age 40 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Lela Ellen Shrum
December 15, 1905 (41 days after death)
Family with Flora Ellen Brewer - View this family
himself
Daniel Shrum
Birth: July 3, 1865Illinois, United States
Death: November 4, 1905Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
wife
Flora Ellen Brewer
Birth: March 10, 1869 25 23Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 14, 1934Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: August 19, 1887Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
18 years
daughter
Lela Ellen Shrum
Birth: December 15, 1905 40 36Winesap, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 6, 1962Rossville, Catoosa, Georgia, United States