The Shemwell Family

John Ingram1863

Name
John Ingram
Given names
John
Surname
Ingram
Birth 1863 28 24
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865

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 brotherJames Ingram
1865 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 4 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 4 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Birth of a brotherAlexander Ingram
1868 (Age 5 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 6 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 7 years)
Birth of a sisterPearl Ingram
1874 (Age 11 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 15 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 brotherNoel G Ingram
1879 (Age 16 years)
Census June 3, 1880 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a half-sisterLizzie Ingram
October 1880 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a half-sisterMary Ingram
December 1883 (Age 20 years)
Death of a fatherAlexander M Ingram
1885 (Age 22 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJames Herndon
February 15, 1887 (Age 24 years)
Death of a motherMary E Herndon
1891 (Age 28 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherElizabeth McGarrah
April 18, 1892 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 35 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
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 53 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 54 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 55 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 66 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 78 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 87 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 83 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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mother
Marriage: August 14, 1861Collin, Texas, United States
2 years
himself
3 years
younger brother
4 years
younger brother
7 years
younger sister
6 years
younger brother
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step-mother
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half-sister
Lizzie Ingram
Birth: October 1880 45 25McKinney, Collin, Texas, United States
Death:
3 years
half-sister
Mary Ingram
Birth: December 1883 48 28McKinney, Collin, Texas, United States
Death:

John Ingram has 1 first cousin recorded

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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

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Alexander M Ingram - Household

McKinney, Collin, Texas, United States

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Ingram, Alexander MWM40headMsaloon keeperKYKYKY
Ingram, Mary EWF24wifeMARVAAR
Ingram, J JWM17sonScattle herderTXKYAR
Ingram, J MWM15sonSTXKYAR
Ingram, A GWM13sonSTXKYAR
Ingram, PearlWF6daughterSTXKYAR
Ingram, N GWM1sonSTXKYAR