The Shemwell Family

Mary E CarnealAge: 27 years18481875

Name
Mary E Carneal
Given names
Mary E
Surname
Carneal
Married name
Mary E Lyon
Birth 1848 30 28
Census August 24, 1850 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 9 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 13 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
MarriageMartin Van Buren LyonView this family
November 17, 1865 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Theodosia A Lyon
about 1866 (Age 18 years)

Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 19 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 19 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Birth of a daughter
#2
Mary E Lyon
about 1869 (Age 21 years)

Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 21 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 4, 1870 (Age 22 years)
Death February 8, 1875 (Age 27 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: March 9, 1840Todd, Kentucky, United States
5 years
elder brother
4 years
herself
Mary E Carneal
Birth: 1848 30 28Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 8, 1875Todd, Kentucky, United States
Family with Martin Van Buren Lyon - View this family
husband
herself
Mary E Carneal
Birth: 1848 30 28Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 8, 1875Todd, Kentucky, United States
Marriage: November 17, 1865Todd, Kentucky, United States
13 months
daughter
4 years
daughter

Mary E Carneal has 34 first cousins recorded

Census1850 United States - Census transcript - John Y Carneal - Household

Todd, Kentucky

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
John Carnealhead32MWFarmerKY
Barbary A Carnealwife30FWKY
Richard M Carnealson4MWKY
Mary E Carnealdaughter2FWKY

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - Barbary Ann Hall - Household

Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Barbary Ann Carnealhead50FWKeeping HouseKY
Richard M Carnealson24MWFarm LaborKY
Martin Van Buren Lyon33MWFarmerTN
Mary E Lyon22FWKY
Theodosia A Lyon4FWKY
Mary E Lyon1FWKY