The Shemwell Family

Joseph M CarnealAge: 19 years18591878

Name
Joseph M Carneal
Given names
Joseph M
Surname
Carneal
Birth February 24, 1859 34 43
Death of a maternal grandmotherElizabeth “Betsey” Ashbourn
August 1859 (Age 5 months)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Census August 3, 1860 (Age 17 months)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 2 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 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
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
Census October 1, 1870 (Age 11 years)
Occupation
Farmer
1878 (Age 18 years)

Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 18 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Death July 12, 1878 (Age 19 years)
Burial July 1878 (Age 19 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Carneal Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: March 17, 1846Todd, Kentucky, United States
23 months
elder brother
5 years
elder brother
18 months
elder brother
4 years
himself
Joseph M Carneal
Birth: February 24, 1859 34 43Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 12, 1878Todd, Kentucky, United States

Joseph M Carneal has 10 first cousins recorded

Census1860 United States - Census transcript - Joseph Stewart Carneal - Household

Todd, Kentucky, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
J S Carnealhead35MWfarmerKY
Lucinda Carnealwife37FWKY
R N Carnealson12MWKY
G T Carnealson7MWKY
B F Carnealson6MWKY
J M Carnealson1MWKY

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - Joseph Stewart Carneal - Household

Clifty, Todd, Kentucky, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Carneal, Joseph Shead46MWfarmerKY
Carneal, Lucinda wife48FWKY
Carneal, George Tson17MWfarm laborerKY
Carneal, Ben Fson15MWfarm laborerKY
Carneal, Joseph Mson12MWKY