The Shemwell Family

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Birth	June 4, 1852 Grainger, Tennessee, United States
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
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
Historical Event	The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 14 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 14 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 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
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
Historical Event	Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 45 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
Marriage	Jasper Duncan — View this family April 2, 1910 (Age 57 years) Grainger, Tennessee, United States
Census	May 12, 1910 (Age 57 years) Knox, Tennessee, United States Shared note: 1910 United States - Census transcript - Jasper Duncan - Household 1910 United States - Census transcript - Jasper Duncan - Household ED 104 Knox, Tennessee, United States Name Relation Sex Race Age Cond Marr CHB CHL BP FBP MBP Imm Nat Lang Occupation Ind Emp Unemp Unemp R W Sch Home Mort Farm CW Blind Deaf Duncum, Jasper head M W 62 M2 0 4 4 TN VA TN English Own Income No No O F H Duncum, Susan Olena wife F W 57 M1 0 0 0 TN TN TN English None Yes Yes
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	June 16, 1918 (Age 66 years) Tennessee, United States
Burial	Stone Cemetery, Grainger, Tennessee, United States Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Stone Cemetery

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Family with Jasper Duncan - View this family

husband	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Margaret Joanna Luttrell Family with spouse Louelia M Pilant Family with spouse Susan Orlena Mitchell Jasper Duncan Birth: March 2, 1841 43 38 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: December 22, 1925 — Knox, Tennessee, United States
herself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Jasper Duncan Susan Orlena Mitchell Birth: June 4, 1852 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: June 16, 1918 — Tennessee, United States
	Marriage: April 2, 1910 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States

Jasper Duncan + Margaret Joanna Luttrell - View this family

husband	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Margaret Joanna Luttrell Family with spouse Louelia M Pilant Family with spouse Susan Orlena Mitchell Jasper Duncan Birth: March 2, 1841 43 38 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: December 22, 1925 — Knox, Tennessee, United States
husband’s wife	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Jasper Duncan Margaret Joanna Luttrell Birth: about 1848 — Tennessee, United States Death:
	Marriage: October 10, 1870 — Knox, Tennessee, United States

Jasper Duncan + Louelia M Pilant - View this family

husband	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Margaret Joanna Luttrell Family with spouse Louelia M Pilant Family with spouse Susan Orlena Mitchell Jasper Duncan Birth: March 2, 1841 43 38 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: December 22, 1925 — Knox, Tennessee, United States
husband’s wife	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Jasper Duncan Louelia M Pilant Birth: April 12, 1868 — Hawkins, Tennessee, United States Death: December 31, 1948 — Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States
	Marriage: March 25, 1919 — Knox, Tennessee, United States

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Census View	1910 United States - Census transcript - Jasper Duncan - Household ED 104 Knox, Tennessee, United States Name Relation Sex Race Age Cond Marr CHB CHL BP FBP MBP Imm Nat Lang Occupation Ind Emp Unemp Unemp R W Sch Home Mort Farm CW Blind Deaf Duncum, Jasper head M W 62 M2 0 4 4 TN VA TN English Own Income No No O F H Duncum, Susan Olena wife F W 57 M1 0 0 0 TN TN TN English None Yes Yes

Family with Jasper Duncan
husband Parents Benjamin Duncan Vita “Lucy” Fortner	Jasper Duncan 1841–1925
herself Parents (unknown)	Susan Orlena Mitchell 1852–1918
Jasper Duncan + Margaret Joanna Luttrell
husband Parents Benjamin Duncan Vita “Lucy” Fortner	Jasper Duncan 1841–1925
husband’s wife Parents (unknown)	Margaret Joanna Luttrell 1848–
Jasper Duncan + Louelia M Pilant
husband Parents Benjamin Duncan Vita “Lucy” Fortner	Jasper Duncan 1841–1925
husband’s wife Parents (unknown)	Louelia M Pilant 1868–1948