The Shemwell Family

Thomas Robert EdmondsAge: 68 years18541922

Name
Thomas Robert Edmonds
Given names
Thomas Robert
Surname
Edmonds
Birth 1854 47 36
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 3 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Census June 29, 1860 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 7 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 13 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 13 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 15 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 24 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageVictoria Ann ClarkView this family
September 15, 1879 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 44 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
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 62 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 63 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 64 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 January 20, 1922 (Age 68 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mountain View Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: October 12, 1840Howard, Missouri, United States
4 years
elder brother
Richard Harrison Edmonds
Birth: January 16, 1845 38 27Boonesboro, Howard, Missouri, United States
Death: February 22, 1933Vernon, Missouri, United States
10 years
himself
Thomas Robert Edmonds
Birth: 1854 47 36New Franklin, Howard, Missouri, United States
Death: January 20, 1922San Bernardino, California, United States
Family with Victoria Ann Clark - View this family
himself
Thomas Robert Edmonds
Birth: 1854 47 36New Franklin, Howard, Missouri, United States
Death: January 20, 1922San Bernardino, California, United States
wife
Victoria Ann Clark
Birth: July 12, 1863 32 23Missouri, United States
Death: February 6, 1949San Bernardino, California, United States
Marriage: September 15, 1879Howard, Missouri, United States

Census1860 United States - Census transcript - William Edmonds - Household

Franklin, Howard, Missouri, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
William Edmondhead53MWFarmer900800VA
Adline Edmondwife42FWDomVA
Octavia Edmonddaughter19FWDomMO
James W Edmondson17MWFarmerMO
Frances Edmonddaughter15FWDomesticMO
Richd Edmondson13MWMOx
Winfield Edmondson11MWMOx
Eliza Edmonddaughter9FWMOx
Sarah Edmonddaughter7FWMOx
Thomas Edmondson4MWMO
John G Edmondson2MWMO