The Shemwell Family

Daniel CooleyAge: 68 years18601928

Name
Daniel Cooley
Given names
Daniel
Surname
Cooley
Birth January 10, 1860 48 17
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 14 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
Death of a maternal grandfatherDaniel Durham Hunt
October 7, 1866 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 6 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 6 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 8 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 17 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 38 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 of a fatherJohn William Cooley
November 17, 1898 (Age 38 years)
Death of a motherNancy Johanna Penelope “Joan” Hunt
September 29, 1909 (Age 49 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 55 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 56 years)

Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I
Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 57 years)

Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/
Death November 4, 1928 (Age 68 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
John William Cooley
Birth: November 29, 1811New Haven, Oswego, New York, United States
Death: November 17, 1898Basin, Cassia, Idaho, United States
mother
Nancy Johanna Penelope “Joan” Hunt
Birth: August 1, 1842 45 42Gibson, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 29, 1909Utah, United States
Marriage: July 10, 1856Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
4 years
himself
Daniel Cooley
Birth: January 10, 1860 48 17Grantsville, Tooele, Utah, United States
Death: November 4, 1928Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Father’s family with Susan Jane Hunt - View this family
father
John William Cooley
Birth: November 29, 1811New Haven, Oswego, New York, United States
Death: November 17, 1898Basin, Cassia, Idaho, United States
step-mother
Susan Jane Hunt
Birth: October 15, 1828 31 28Smith, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 22, 1908Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
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