The Shemwell Family

Elizabeth PopeAge: 31 years18421873

Name
Elizabeth Pope
Given names
Elizabeth
Surname
Pope
Married name
Elizabeth Herndon
Birth about January 27, 1842
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
Religious marriageGeorge Clark HerndonView this family
January 26, 1858 (Age 15 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Benjamin Thomas Herndon
July 7, 1859 (Age 17 years)
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
Census June 20, 1860 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Anna Brown Herndon
1862 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a son
#3
William H Herndon
1864 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 19 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
Birth of a son
#4
John W Herndon
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
Birth of a son
#5
Lester H Herndon
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
#6
Ella B Herndon
1871 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a son
#7
James G Herndon
1873 (Age 30 years)
Death February 14, 1873 (Age 31 years)

Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mount Olive Cemetery
Family with George Clark Herndon - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: January 26, 1858Cooper, Missouri, United States
17 months
son
4 years
daughter
3 years
son
3 years
son
3 years
son
Lester H Herndon
Birth: 1868 34 25Missouri, United States
Death: December 8, 1932El Paso, El Paso, Texas, United States
4 years
daughter
3 years
son
George Clark Herndon + Lucinda Windsor - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage: May 19, 1874Knob Noster, Johnson, Missouri, United States

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Census1860 United States - Census transcript - George Clark Herndon - Household

Cooper, Missouri, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
George Herndonhead28MWfarmerMO
Betty Herndonwife18FWKY
Benjamin Herndonson11 monthsMWMO