The Shemwell Family

Mary E Morton1855

Name
Mary E Morton
Given names
Mary E
Surname
Morton
Birth 1855 28 25
Birth of a sisterAdaline Morton
1858 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 2 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Census August 23, 1860 (Age 5 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJames Joseph Higgerson
December 25, 1861 (Age 6 years)
Cause: Murdered
Note: Joseph Higgerson was a storekeeper at Turley Bridge on the Lamine River. On Christmas moring of 1861…
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 6 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 12 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 12 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Death of a maternal grandmotherNancy I Zachary
1868 (Age 13 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 14 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
Death of a motherAngeline Higgerson
before 1870 (Age 15 years)
Census July 25, 1870 (Age 15 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 23 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 43 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
Death of a brotherJames William Morton
February 14, 1915 (Age 60 years)
Death of a fatherSamuel F Morton
July 19, 1916 (Age 61 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 61 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 62 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 63 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 74 years)

Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 86 years)

Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 95 years)
Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 91 years)
Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
Deathunknown

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father
mother
Marriage: October 28, 1847Cooper, Missouri, United States
13 months
elder brother
James William Morton
Birth: December 1, 1848 21 18Missouri, United States
Death: February 14, 1915Cooper, Missouri, United States
11 months
elder brother
3 years
elder brother
4 years
herself
4 years
younger sister

Mary E Morton has 21 first cousins recorded

Census1860 United States - Census transcript - Samuel F Morton - Household

Cooper, Missouri, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
Samuel F Mortonhead34MWfarmerKY
Angeline Mortonwife30FWVA
William Mortonson11MWMO
John F Mortonson10MWMO
Edwin Mortonson8MWMO
Mary E Mortondaughter5FWMO
Adaline Mortondaughter2FWMO

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - Col. Christopher Columbus Higgerson - Household

Lamine, Cooper, Missouri

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Higgerson, Col.head31MWFarmingMO
Higgerson, Marywife33FWKeeping HouseMO
Higgerson, Emmitson8MWMO
Higgerson, Idadaughter6FWMO
Higgerson, Effiedaughter7FWMO
Higgerson, “Mollydaughter2FWMO
Higgerson, Not Nameddaughter2mFWMOMar
Riley, Wallace23MWfarm handMO
Morton, Mollie14FWMO
-, William22MWfarm handMO