The Shemwell Family

Malinda Levita “Linnie” SurrattAge: 78 years18421921

Name
Malinda Levita “Linnie” Surratt
Given names
Malinda Levita
Surname
Surratt
Married name
Malinda Levita Morgan
Nickname
Linnie
Birth October 29, 1842 25 24
Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 3 years)
Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 14 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 sisterSarah Elizabeth Surratt
October 7, 1861 (Age 18 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 18 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
Death of a fatherBeverly Allen Surratt
1866 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 24 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 24 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
MarriageNathaniel MorganView this family
September 10, 1868 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 26 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 daughter
#1
Aquilla Finch “Quilla” Morgan
January 1870 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Allan Mock Morgan
May 15, 1871 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 35 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Birth of a daughter
#3
Mamie Esther Morgan
July 15, 1880 (Age 37 years)
Marriage of a childJohn Howard LoftinAquilla Finch “Quilla” MorganView this family
August 17, 1889 (Age 46 years)
Death of a motherMary Ann “Marsey” Finch
April 17, 1892 (Age 49 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Bertha Lou Loftin
August 6, 1892 (Age 49 years)
Death of a sisterSarah Elizabeth Surratt
April 1, 1897 (Age 54 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 55 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
Birth of a grandson
#2
Lee Mock Loftin
April 26, 1899 (Age 56 years)
Census June 2, 1900 (Age 57 years)
Death of a husbandNathaniel Morgan
June 16, 1904 (Age 61 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 73 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death of a granddaughterBertha Lou Loftin
February 27, 1918 (Age 75 years)
Cause: Pneumonia
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 74 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 75 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 February 2, 1921 (Age 78 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: August 26, 1839Davidson, North Carolina, United States
3 years
herself
19 years
younger sister
Sarah Elizabeth Surratt
Birth: October 7, 1861 44 43Jackson Hill, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: April 1, 1897Jackson Hill, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Family with Nathaniel Morgan - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: September 10, 1868Rowan, North Carolina, United States
17 months
daughter
Aquilla Finch “Quilla” Morgan
Birth: January 1870 37 27Morgan, Rowan, North Carolina, United States
Death: December 21, 1935Oxford, Granville, North Carolina, United States
16 months
son
Allan Mock Morgan
Birth: May 15, 1871 38 28Rowan, North Carolina, United States
Death: February 15, 1930Stanley, Gaston, North Carolina, United States
9 years
daughter
Mamie Esther Morgan
Birth: July 15, 1880 47 37Rowan, North Carolina, United States
Death: November 21, 1948Cabarrus, North Carolina, United States

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Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Nathaniel Morgan - Household

Morgan, Rowan, North Carolina

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Morgan, NathanheadWMAug183067M32NCNCNCFarmer
Morgan, LinneywifeWFOctUnknownM3275NCNCNC
Morgan, Allen MsonWMApr187229SNCNCNCFarm Laborer
Morgan, MammiedaughterWFJul188219SNCNCNCFarm Laborer
Loftin, Bethelgrand daughterWFMay18946SNCNCNC