The Shemwell Family

Sarah FoglesongAge: 91 years18531944

Name
Sarah Foglesong
Given names
Sarah
Surname
Foglesong
Married name
Sarah Diver
Birth 1853 27 19
Birth of a brotherJohn William Foglesong
January 20, 1855 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a sisterPhoebe Foglesong
June 6, 1857 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 4 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Birth of a brotherJohn Foglesong
about 1859 (Age 6 years)
Note: Birth year/place based on 1850 Census
Birth of a sisterRebecca Anne Foglesong
November 15, 1859 (Age 6 years)
Death of a sisterRebecca Anne Foglesong
May 5, 1860 (Age 7 years)
Census August 14, 1860 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a brotherHenry Levi Foglesong
June 19, 1861 (Age 8 years)
Death of a fatherLevi Parker Foglesong
August 28, 1862 (Age 9 years)
Marriage of a parentRoger WhitfieldMalinda ClarkView this family
September 10, 1864 (Age 11 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 8 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
Birth of a half-sisterElizabeth Elanor Whitfield
June 17, 1865 (Age 12 years)
Birth of a half-sisterEmma M Whitfield
September 25, 1867 (Age 14 years)
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 14 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 14 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 16 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
Birth of a half-sisterRosa Whitfield
March 13, 1870 (Age 17 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJonas Clark Sr
October 15, 1870 (Age 17 years)
Death of a half-sisterRosa Whitfield
February 10, 1872 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 25 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageGeorge W DiverView this family
August 24, 1882 (Age 29 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherSarah Price Lee
April 24, 1886 (Age 33 years)
Death of a motherMalinda Clark
April 12, 1892 (Age 39 years)
Death of a sisterMartha Foglesong
October 22, 1893 (Age 40 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 45 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 sisterMary Foglesong
December 20, 1907 (Age 54 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 63 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 64 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 65 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 sisterPhoebe Foglesong
October 21, 1926 (Age 73 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 76 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 brotherHenry Levi Foglesong
December 19, 1930 (Age 77 years)
Death of a half-sisterElizabeth Elanor Whitfield
August 20, 1938 (Age 85 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 88 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 October 22, 1944 (Age 91 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: West Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: February 17, 1848Fulton, Indiana, United States
13 months
elder sister
23 months
elder sister
Martha Foglesong
Birth: February 13, 1851 25 18Harrison, Cass, Indiana, United States
Death: October 22, 1893Tipton, Cass, Indiana, United States
3 years
herself
Sarah Foglesong
Birth: 1853 27 19Harrison, Cass, Indiana, United States
Death: October 22, 1944Indiana, United States
2 years
younger brother
John William Foglesong
Birth: January 20, 1855 29 22Harrison, Cass, Indiana, United States
Death: May 21, 1946Los Angeles, California, United States
2 years
younger sister
Phoebe Foglesong
Birth: June 6, 1857 32 24Indiana, United States
Death: October 21, 1926Cass, Indiana, United States
3 years
younger brother
John Foglesong
Birth: about 1859 33 25Harrison, Cass, Indiana, United States
Death:
10 months
younger sister
Rebecca Anne Foglesong
Birth: November 15, 1859 34 26Cass, Indiana, United States
Death: May 5, 1860Cass, Indiana, United States
19 months
younger brother
Henry Levi Foglesong
Birth: June 19, 1861 36 28Rochester, Fulton, Indiana, United States
Death: December 19, 1930Indiana, United States
Mother’s family with Roger Whitfield - View this family
step-father
Roger Whitfield
Birth: February 10, 1843England, United Kingdom
Death: February 20, 1901Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States
mother
Marriage: September 10, 1864Cass, Indiana, United States
9 months
half-sister
Elizabeth Elanor Whitfield
Birth: June 17, 1865 22 32Royal Center, Cass, Indiana, United States
Death: August 20, 1938Puyallup, Pierce, Washington, United States
2 years
half-sister
Emma M Whitfield
Birth: September 25, 1867 24 34Cass, Indiana, United States
Death: June 5, 1952Cass, Indiana, United States
3 years
half-sister
Rosa Whitfield
Birth: March 13, 1870 27 37Cass, Indiana, United States
Death: February 10, 1872Cass, Indiana, United States
Family with George W Diver - View this family
husband
herself
Sarah Foglesong
Birth: 1853 27 19Harrison, Cass, Indiana, United States
Death: October 22, 1944Indiana, United States
Marriage: August 24, 1882Cass, Indiana, United States

Census1860 United States - Census transcript - Levi Parker Foglesong - Household

Harrison, Cass, Indiana, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
Levi Parker Foglesonghead35MWFarmer60050IN
Malinda Foglesongwife27FWIN
Mary Foglesongdaughter10FWINx
Martha Foglesongdaughter9FWINx
Sarah Foglesongdaughter7FWIN
John William Foglesongson5MWIN
Phoebe Foglesongdaughter3FWIN
John Foglesongson1MWIN