The Shemwell Family

Thomas Cartwright CrawfordAge: 65 years18601925

Name
Thomas Cartwright Crawford
Given names
Thomas Cartwright
Surname
Crawford
Birth June 18, 1860
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 9 months)

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 6 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 6 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 8 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 17 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageEleanor KenneyView this family
April 30, 1890 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 37 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
Census April 27, 1910 (Age 49 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 55 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 56 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 57 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 June 30, 1925 (Age 65 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Salt Lake City Cemetery
Family with Eleanor Kenney - View this family
himself
Thomas Cartwright Crawford
Birth: June 18, 1860Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland
Death: June 30, 1925Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
wife
Eleanor Kenney
Birth: October 15, 1866 20 17England, United Kingdom
Death: October 11, 1941Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Marriage: April 30, 1890Salt Lake, Utah, United States

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Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Sophia Howard - Household

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Shumway, Ida MheadFW35Wd00UTCanadaScotlandEnglishNoneYesYesOMF
Clark, SophiamotherFW62Wd65ScotlandIrelandIreland1872EnglishNoneYesYes
Crawford, Thomasbrother-in-lawMW49M20ScotlandScotlandScotland1880PaEnglishPrinterProof ReaderWNo0YesYes
Crawford, ElenoresisterFW43M2021EnglandIrelandScotland1872EnglishNoneYesYes
Crawford, ElenorenieceFW19SUTScotlandEnglandEnglishNoneYesYes
Clark, James YbrotherMW33SUTILScotlandEnglishPlumberWNo25YesYes