The Shemwell Family

Fidora Elizabeth TaylorAge: 33 years1844–1878

Name: Fidora Elizabeth Taylor

Given names: Fidora Elizabeth

Surname: Taylor

Married name: Fidora Elizabeth McGehee

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Birth	January 11, 1844 Itawamba, Mississippi, United States
Historical Event	Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 23 months) Texas, USA 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 12 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 17 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 22 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 22 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 24 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
Marriage	Giles McGehee — View this family April 6, 1871 (Age 27 years) Carroll, Arkansas, United States
Historical Event	Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (on the date of death) Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Death	about 1878 (Age 33 years) Arkansas, United States
Burial	Taylor Cemetery, Carrollton, Carroll, Arkansas, United States Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Taylor Cemetery

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Family with Giles McGehee - View this family

husband	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Fidora Elizabeth Taylor Family with spouse Mary L Slope Giles McGehee Birth: February 5, 1833 60 28 — Livingston, Overton, Tennessee, United States Death: September 15, 1881 — Bobo, Boone, Arkansas, United States
herself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Giles McGehee Fidora Elizabeth Taylor Birth: January 11, 1844 — Itawamba, Mississippi, United States Death: about 1878 — Arkansas, United States
	Marriage: April 6, 1871 — Carroll, Arkansas, United States

Giles McGehee + Mary L Slope - View this family

husband	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Fidora Elizabeth Taylor Family with spouse Mary L Slope Giles McGehee Birth: February 5, 1833 60 28 — Livingston, Overton, Tennessee, United States Death: September 15, 1881 — Bobo, Boone, Arkansas, United States
husband’s wife	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Giles McGehee Mary L Slope Birth: about 1856 — Arkansas, United States Death:
	Marriage: March 13, 1879 — Carroll, Arkansas, United States

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