The Shemwell Family

Nancy C Clark1852

Name
Nancy C Clark
Given names
Nancy C
Surname
Clark
Married name
Nancy C Cummings
Birth about 1852 21 21
Note: Birth year/place based on 1860 Census
Birth of a brotherSamuel R Clark
September 22, 1854 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 5 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Marriage of a parentWilliam Reuben ClarkMary Elizabeth DobsonView this family
December 25, 1860 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a half-sisterSarah E “Sallie” Clark
October 31, 1861 (Age 9 years)
Marriage of a parentNathan S AbbottSara Elizabeth HizerView this family
April 17, 1862 (Age 10 years)
Birth of a half-sisterVictoria Ann Clark
July 12, 1863 (Age 11 years)
Birth of a half-sisterHarriet Louisa Abbott
November 5, 1863 (Age 11 years)
Birth of a half-sisterMatilda Ann Abbott
May 5, 1865 (Age 13 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 9 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
MarriageGeorge W CummingsView this family
January 15, 1867 (Age 15 years)
Birth of a half-brotherMalcom Everett Clark
September 1867 (Age 15 years)
Note: Birth year/place based on 1900 Census
Birth of a half-brotherWiiliam Henry Abbott
1867 (Age 15 years)
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 15 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 15 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Birth of a half-sisterEliza Jane Abbott
August 11, 1868 (Age 16 years)
Death of a sisterSarah Elizabeth Clark
1869 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 17 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 of a paternal grandfatherJonas Clark Sr
October 15, 1870 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a half-brotherAlfred Jackson Abbott
March 17, 1871 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a half-brotherWilliard Rothchild Clark
1873 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a half-sisterMary Ellen Abbott
April 1874 (Age 22 years)
Death of a fatherWilliam Reuben Clark
April 2, 1875 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a half-brotherJames Reuben Clark
June 6, 1875 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 26 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Death of a motherSara Elizabeth Hizer
August 25, 1884 (Age 32 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherSarah Price Lee
April 24, 1886 (Age 34 years)
Death of a half-sisterMatilda Ann Abbott
April 3, 1893 (Age 41 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 46 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 half-brotherWiiliam Henry Abbott
April 22, 1900 (Age 48 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 64 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 65 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 66 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 of a half-brotherAlfred Jackson Abbott
August 7, 1922 (Age 70 years)
Death of a half-brotherMalcom Everett Clark
April 16, 1924 (Age 72 years)
Death of a half-sisterMary Ellen Abbott
January 18, 1925 (Age 73 years)
Death of a half-sisterHarriet Louisa Abbott
March 26, 1929 (Age 77 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 77 years)

Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression
Death of a brotherJohn Henry Clark
April 7, 1931 (Age 79 years)
Death of a half-sisterEliza Jane Abbott
December 5, 1932 (Age 80 years)
Death of a brotherSamuel R Clark
February 27, 1935 (Age 83 years)
Death of a half-brotherWilliard Rothchild Clark
January 20, 1943 (Age 91 years)
Death of a half-brotherJames Reuben Clark
January 25, 1944 (Age 92 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 89 years)

Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
Death of a half-sisterVictoria Ann Clark
February 6, 1949 (Age 97 years)
Death of a half-sisterSarah E “Sallie” Clark
March 10, 1951 (Age 99 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 98 years)
Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 94 years)
Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
Deathunknown

Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: January 25, 1849Fulton, Indiana, United States
23 months
elder sister
13 months
elder brother
John Henry Clark
Birth: January 26, 1851 20 20Wayne, Fulton, Indiana, United States
Death: April 7, 1931South Bend, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States
23 months
herself
3 years
younger brother
Samuel R Clark
Birth: September 22, 1854 24 24Grass Creek, Fulton, Indiana, United States
Death: February 27, 1935Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States
Father’s family with Mary Elizabeth Dobson - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: December 25, 1860Howard, Missouri, United States
10 months
half-sister
Sarah E “Sallie” Clark
Birth: October 31, 1861 31 21Franklin, Howard, Missouri, United States
Death: March 10, 1951Nevada, Vernon, Missouri, United States
20 months
half-sister
Victoria Ann Clark
Birth: July 12, 1863 32 23Missouri, United States
Death: February 6, 1949San Bernardino, California, United States
4 years
half-brother
Malcom Everett Clark
Birth: September 1867 37 27Missouri, United States
Death: April 16, 1924Vernon, Missouri, United States
6 years
half-brother
Williard Rothchild Clark
Birth: 1873 42 32Missouri, United States
Death: January 20, 1943Vancouver, Clark, Washington, United States
2 years
half-brother
James Reuben Clark
Birth: June 6, 1875 44 35Franklin, Howard, Missouri, United States
Death: January 25, 1944Fayette, Howard, Missouri, United States
Mother’s family with Nathan S Abbott - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage: April 17, 1862Fulton, Indiana, United States
19 months
half-sister
Harriet Louisa Abbott
Birth: November 5, 1863 24 33Wayne, Indiana, United States
Death: March 26, 1929Wayne, Indiana, United States
18 months
half-sister
Matilda Ann Abbott
Birth: May 5, 1865 26 35Indiana, United States
Death: April 3, 1893Gibson, Indiana, United States
3 years
half-brother
Wiiliam Henry Abbott
Birth: 1867 27 36Fulton, Indiana, United States
Death: April 22, 1900Fulton, Indiana, United States
19 months
half-sister
Eliza Jane Abbott
Birth: August 11, 1868 29 38Indiana, United States
Death: December 5, 1932Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States
3 years
half-brother
Alfred Jackson Abbott
Birth: March 17, 1871 31 41Indiana, United States
Death: August 7, 1922Pulaski, Indiana, United States
3 years
half-sister
Mary Ellen Abbott
Birth: April 1874 35 44Fulton, Indiana, United States
Death: January 18, 1925Grass Creek, Fulton, Indiana, United States
Family with George W Cummings - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: January 15, 1867Fulton, Indiana, United States

Birth
Birth year/place based on 1860 Census