The Shemwell Family

Henry Clay RileyAge: 81 years18441926

Name
Henry Clay Riley
Given names
Henry Clay
Surname
Riley
Birth September 8, 1844
Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 15 months)
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 16 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)
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)
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
Birth of a daughter
#1
Minnie M Riley
September 9, 1877 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 33 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Marriage of a childEdward Hoke LoftinMinnie M RileyView this family
February 21, 1897 (Age 52 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 53 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
#1
Edward Glenn Loftin
September 27, 1901 (Age 57 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Edith Lee Loftin
June 21, 1904 (Age 59 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#3
Betty Angelyn Loftin
October 8, 1906 (Age 62 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#4
Julia Mae Loftin
May 14, 1909 (Age 64 years)
Census May 9, 1910 (Age 65 years)
Birth of a grandson
#5
Robert Hoke Loftin
December 8, 1911 (Age 67 years)
Birth of a grandson
#6
William Clay Loftin
January 6, 1914 (Age 69 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 71 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 72 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 73 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 March 31, 1926 (Age 81 years)
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Henry Clay Riley
Birth: September 8, 1844North Carolina, United States
Death: March 31, 1926Randolph, North Carolina, United States
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Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Edward Hoke Loftin - Household

New Hope, Randolph, North Carolina

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Loftin, HokeheadMW33M13NCNCNCFarmerGeneral Farm
Loftin, MinniewifeFW32M1354NCNCNC
Loftin, EdwardsonMW8SNCNCNC
Loftin, EdithdaughterFW6SNCNCNC
Loftin, BettiedaughterFW3SNCNCNC
Loftin, JuliadaughterFW4mSNCNCNC
Loftin, PiccolanieceFW9SNCNCNC
Riley, Henry Cfather in lawMW65WdNCNCNCOwn Income