The Shemwell Family

Mary E HerndonAge: 52 years18391891

Name
Mary E Herndon
Given names
Mary E
Surname
Herndon
Married name
Mary E Ingram
Birth 1839 33 17
Birth of a brotherJohn McGarrah Herndon
February 13, 1841 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherGeorge H Herndon
1845 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a brotherJoshua D Herndon
1847 (Age 8 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherElizabeth Zachery
1847 (Age 8 years)
Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 7 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
Birth of a sisterVirginia Herndon
July 1850 (Age 11 years)
Census November 20, 1850 (Age 11 years)
Birth of a brotherHarrison J Herndon
1853 (Age 14 years)
Birth of a brotherJames “Jim” Herndon
1855 (Age 16 years)
Birth of a brotherWalter L Herndon
1858 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 18 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 28, 1860 (Age 21 years)
Religious marriageAlexander M IngramView this family
August 14, 1861 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a sisterNora Herndon
1861 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a son
#1
John Ingram
1863 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 22 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
#2
James Ingram
1865 (Age 26 years)
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 28 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 28 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Birth of a son
#3
Alexander Ingram
1868 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 30 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 September 15, 1870 (Age 31 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4
Pearl Ingram
1874 (Age 35 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherGeorge Henry Herndon Sr
December 20, 1874 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 39 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Birth of a son
#5
Noel G Ingram
1879 (Age 40 years)
Death of a husbandAlexander M Ingram
1885 (Age 46 years)
Death of a fatherJames Herndon
February 15, 1887 (Age 48 years)
Death 1891 (Age 52 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: 1838Arkansas, United States
2 years
herself
2 years
younger brother
5 years
younger brother
3 years
younger brother
4 years
younger sister
4 years
younger brother
3 years
younger brother
4 years
younger brother
4 years
younger sister
Family with Alexander M Ingram - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: August 14, 1861Collin, Texas, United States
2 years
son
3 years
son
4 years
son
7 years
daughter
6 years
son
Alexander M Ingram + Margaret Morris - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage:
step-daughter
Lizzie Ingram
Birth: October 1880 45 25McKinney, Collin, Texas, United States
Death:
3 years
step-daughter
Mary Ingram
Birth: December 1883 48 28McKinney, Collin, Texas, United States
Death:

Census1850 United States - Census transcript - James Herndon - Household

Collin, Texas, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
James Herndonhead44MWfarmerVA
E Herndonwife30FWAR
M E Herndondaughter11FWAR
John M Herndonson9MWAR
George H Herndonson5MWTX
J D Herndonson3MWTX
V Herndondaughter4 monthsFWTX

Census1860 United States - Census transcript - James Herndon - Household

Collin, Texas, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
James Herndonhead53MWfarmerVA
Elizabeth Herndonwife38FWAR
Mary E Herndondaughter20FWAR
John M Herndonson19MWTX
George H Herndonson13MWTX
Joshua DHerndonson11MWTX
Virginia Herndondaughter10FWTX
Harrison J Herndonson7MWTX
Jim Herndonson5MWTX
Walter L Herndonson2MWTX

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - Alexander M Ingram - Household

Collin, Texas, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Ingram, Alexander Mhead35MWfarmerKY
Ingram, Mary Ewife30FWAR
Ingram, Johnson7MWTX
Ingram, Jamesson5MWTX
Ingram, Alexanderson2MWTX