The Shemwell Family

Rone CordellAge: 55 years18451900

Name
Rone Cordell
Given names
Rone
Surname
Cordell
Birth about 1845
Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 12 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
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
MarriageStacy L ParhamView this family
estimated 1881 (Age 36 years)

Birth of a son
#1
James Thomas Cordell
February 22, 1882 (Age 37 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Ersie I Cordell
March 4, 1884 (Age 39 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Edward Cordell
June 1893 (Age 48 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
Death before 1900 (Age 55 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Parham Cemetery
Family with Stacy L Parham - View this family
himself
wife
Stacy L Parham
Birth: May 1859 31 24Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 21, 1917Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: estimated 1881
14 months
son
James Thomas Cordell
Birth: February 22, 1882 37 22Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 1973Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
2 years
daughter
Ersie I Cordell
Birth: March 4, 1884 39 24Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 4, 1956Pleasant Hill, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
9 years
son
Edward Cordell
Birth: June 1893 48 34Tennessee, United States
Death: December 25, 1959Browntown, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States