The Shemwell Family

Frederick C SmithAge: 75 years18521927

Name
Frederick C Smith
Given names
Frederick C
Surname
Smith
Birth January 1, 1852 42 42
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 5 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 brotherHenry C Smith
about 1859 (Age 7 years)
Note: Birth year/place based on 1860 Census
Census August 1, 1860 (Age 8 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 9 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 15 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 15 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 17 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
MarriageElizabeth WatsonView this family
September 7, 1874 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 26 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 46 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 64 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 65 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 66 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 December 15, 1927 (Age 75 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Park Hill Cemetery and Mausoleum
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: about 1848Illinois, United States
2 years
elder brother
3 years
elder sister
1 year
himself
Frederick C Smith
Birth: January 1, 1852 42 42Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 15, 1927Bloomington, McLean, Illinois, United States
8 years
younger brother
Family with Elizabeth Watson - View this family
himself
Frederick C Smith
Birth: January 1, 1852 42 42Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 15, 1927Bloomington, McLean, Illinois, United States
wife
Elizabeth Watson
Birth: January 30, 1856 28 27Carroll, Indiana, United States
Death: January 5, 1930Bloomington, McLean, Illinois, United States
Marriage: September 7, 1874Indiana, United States

Census1860 United States - Census transcript - Christopher Smith - Household

Shawswick, Lawrence, Indiana, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
Christopher Smithhead50MWDaty JobIL
Catherine Smithwife50FWIN
John Smithson11MWILx
Elizabeth Smithdaughter9FWNYx
Fridrick Smithson7MWKYx
Henry Smithson1MWIN