The Shemwell Family

Mary Frances Hodge1851

Name
Mary Frances Hodge
Given names
Mary Frances
Surname
Hodge
Birth January 15, 1851 26 20
Birth of a sisterMartha C Hodge
1852 (Age 11 months)
Death of a maternal grandmotherLorraine “Rainey” Davis
about 1852 (Age 11 months)
Birth of a sisterMargaret C Hodge
1855 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 5 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 15, 1860 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 10 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 15 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 15 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Birth of a sisterLouisa J Hodge
1868 (Age 16 years)
Death of a sisterMartha C Hodge
July 10, 1868 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 17 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 13, 1870 (Age 19 years)
Death of a sisterMargaret C Hodge
September 9, 1874 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 26 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Death of a fatherRichard Hodge
December 10, 1892 (Age 41 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 47 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 motherSarah “Sally” Nooe
November 8, 1900 (Age 49 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 64 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 65 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 66 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 78 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 90 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 98 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 94 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: November 18, 1848Davidson, North Carolina, United States
2 years
herself
Mary Frances Hodge
Birth: January 15, 1851 26 20North Carolina, United States
Death:
2 years
younger sister
Martha C Hodge
Birth: 1852 27 21North Carolina, United States
Death: July 10, 1868Rowan, North Carolina, United States
4 years
younger sister
Margaret C Hodge
Birth: 1855 30 24North Carolina, United States
Death: September 9, 1874Rowan, North Carolina, United States
14 years
younger sister
Louisa J Hodge
Birth: 1868 43 37Rowan, North Carolina, United States
Death:

Mary Frances Hodge has 37 first cousins recorded

Census1860 United States - Census transcript - Richard Hodge - Household

Rowan, North Carolina

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
Richard Hodgehead35MWFarmerNC
Sarah Hodgewife30FWHouse KeeperNC
Frances Hodgedaughter9FWNC
Martha C Hodgedaughter8FWNC
Margaret C Hodgedaughter5FWNC

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - Richard Hodge - Household

Rowan, North Carolina, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Hodge, Richardhead45MWfarmerNC
Hodge, Sallywife40FWNC
Hodge, Mary Fdaughter19FWNC
Hodge, Margaretdaughter16FWNC
Hodge, Louisadaughter2FWNC