The Shemwell Family

Name
Minerva Martin
Given names
Minerva
Surname
Martin
Married name
Minerva Wilmarth
Birth 1848 25 18
Census October 22, 1850 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 9 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Census July 1, 1860 (Age 12 years)
Marriage of a parentJohn W AlexanderEliza F ValdenarView this family
Type: Religious marriage
February 11, 1864 (Age 16 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 13 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 19 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 19 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 21 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
Census July 22, 1870 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 30 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Census June 14, 1880 (Age 32 years)
Civil marriageLuman A WilmarthView this family
October 24, 1882 (Age 34 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Frank Luman Wilmarth
July 20, 1884 (Age 36 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Nellie Wilmarth
February 1889 (Age 41 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Nora May Wilmarth
January 5, 1891 (Age 43 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 50 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
Census June 12, 1900 (Age 52 years)
Marriage of a childFrank Luman WilmarthEula Kate TownsandView this family
1907 (Age 59 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Mildred Owen Wilmarth
1908 (Age 60 years)
Census April 21, 1910 (Age 62 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
Roy Luman Wilmarth
October 31, 1913 (Age 65 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 68 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death of a motherEliza F Valdenar
October 12, 1917 (Age 69 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 69 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 70 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/
Census January 16, 1920 (Age 72 years)
Death June 2, 1924 (Age 76 years)
Cause of death: Pneumonia
Burial June 4, 1924 (2 days after death)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Old Lamine Cemetery
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