The Shemwell Family

Martha Age: 38 years17911829

Name
Martha
Given names
Martha
Married name
Martha Atkins
Birth about 1791
MarriageJames Anderson AtkinsView this family
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Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic
between 1793 and 1798 (Age 2 years)
Note: More than 4,000 Philadelphia residents died from yellow fever - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Fever_Epidemic_of_1793
Historical Event
The Louisiana Purchase
1803 (Age 12 years)

Note: Napoleon Bonaparte agrees to sell 828,000 square miles of land to the United States for $15 million - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_Purchase
Birth of a son
#1
Stephen Atkins
February 4, 1812 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
War of 1812
between 1812 and 1815 (Age 21 years)

Note: War of 1812 between the Americans and the British. The Creek (or Red Stick) War in Alabama had different origins, but it coincided with the war of 1812, and the U.S. treated it as a part of the larger war, with Jackson and his forces also in charge of defeating the Creeks - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812
Death August 17, 1829 (Age 38 years)
Family with James Anderson Atkins - View this family
husband
herself
Martha
Birth: about 1791North Carolina, United States
Death: August 17, 1829Hillsborough, Orange, North Carolina, United States
Marriage:
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