The Shemwell Family

Events of close relatives Historical facts
Birth	August 1861 25 19 Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States
Death of a father	Jonas Clark Jr September 23, 1863 (Age 2 years) Chickamauga, Walker, Georgia, United States
Historical Event	American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 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 5 years) Alaska, USA 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 5 years) New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Historical Event	Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 7 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 grandfather	Jonas Clark Sr October 15, 1870 (Age 9 years) Wayne Township, Fulton, Indiana, United States
Historical Event	Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 16 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 paternal grandmother	Sarah Price Lee April 24, 1886 (Age 24 years) Grass Creek, Fulton, Indiana, United States
Marriage	Harriet Stephens — View this family August 27, 1890 (Age 29 years) Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, United States
Historical Event	Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 36 years) Cuba 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 mother	Elizabeth Ann McLaughlin June 25, 1903 (Age 41 years) Shawnee, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, United States
Historical Event	Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 54 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 55 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 56 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/
Historical Event	The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 68 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
Historical Event	World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 80 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	July 19, 1944 (Age 82 years) Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States
Burial	Topeka Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Topeka Cemetery

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father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Elizabeth Ann McLaughlin Jonas Eugene Clark Jonas Clark Jr Birth: August 15, 1835 31 28 — Adams, Indiana, United States Death: September 23, 1863 — Chickamauga, Walker, Georgia, United States
mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Jonas Clark Jr Jonas Eugene Clark Elizabeth Ann McLaughlin Birth: 1842 — Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: June 25, 1903 — Shawnee, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, United States
	Marriage: November 20, 1860 — Fulton, Indiana, United States
9 months himself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Harriet Stephens Jonas Eugene Clark Birth: August 1861 25 19 — Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States Death: July 19, 1944 — Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States

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himself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Harriet Stephens Jonas Eugene Clark Birth: August 1861 25 19 — Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States Death: July 19, 1944 — Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States
wife	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Jonas Eugene Clark Harriet Stephens Birth: January 1, 1867 — Leavenworth, Leavenworth, Kansas, United States Death: 1947 — Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States
	Marriage: August 27, 1890 — Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, United States

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Family with parents
father Parents Jonas Clark Sr Sarah Price Lee	Jonas Clark Jr 1835–1863
mother Parents (unknown)	Elizabeth Ann McLaughlin 1842–1903
himself Family Harriet Stephens	Jonas Eugene Clark 1861–1944
Family with Harriet Stephens
himself Parents Jonas Clark Jr Elizabeth Ann McLaughlin	Jonas Eugene Clark 1861–1944
wife Parents (unknown)	Harriet Stephens 1867–1947