The Shemwell Family

John Vandover1842

Name
John Vandover
Given names
John
Surname
Vandover
Birth about 1842 27 24
Birth of a sisterMinerva Vandover
about 1842
Birth of a brotherLayfayette Vandover
about 1846 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a sisterElvira Vandover
about 1847 (Age 5 years)
Marriage of parentsWilliam VandoverPatsy N HarrisView this family
about 1847 (Age 5 years)

Note: Marriage info based on the birth of their first child
Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 4 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
Census October 2, 1850 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a sisterNancy V Vandover
about 1852 (Age 10 years)
Birth of a brotherMartin F Vandover
January 23, 1853 (Age 11 years)
Birth of a brotherWilliam Albert Vandover
about 1855 (Age 13 years)
Birth of a sisterCaroline Vandover
about 1857 (Age 15 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 15 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 11, 1860 (Age 18 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 19 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 25 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 25 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 27 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 36 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 brotherMicajah H “Cage” Vandover
March 17, 1887 (Age 45 years)
Death of a sisterMinerva Vandover
December 21, 1887 (Age 45 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 56 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 74 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 75 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 76 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 87 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
Death of a brotherWilliam Albert Vandover
March 10, 1935 (Age 93 years)
Death of a brotherMartin F Vandover
April 1, 1935 (Age 93 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 99 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 108 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 104 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
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Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: about 1847
-8 years
elder brother
20 months
elder sister
Martha Ann Vandover
Birth: August 28, 1839 24 21St. James, Phelps, Missouri, United States
Death:
3 years
twin sister
1 year
himself
5 years
younger brother
2 years
younger sister
6 years
younger sister
13 months
younger brother
Martin F Vandover
Birth: January 23, 1853 38 35Missouri, United States
Death: April 1, 1935Missouri, United States
3 years
younger brother
William Albert Vandover
Birth: about 1855 40 37Missouri, United States
Death: March 10, 1935Arkansas, United States
3 years
younger sister

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Census1850 United States - Census transcript - William Vandover - Household

Butler, Missouri, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
William Vandoverhead35MWFarmerVA
Patsy Vandoverwife32FWMO
Micajah Vandoverson12MWMOx
Martha Vandoverdaughter10FWMOx
Minerva Vandoverdaughter8FWMOx
John Vandoverson6MWMO
Lafayette Vandoverson4MWMO
Elvira Vandoverdaughter2FWMO
John Cochran21MWLaborerTN

Census1860 United States - Census transcript - William Vandover - Household

District 1 Butler, Missouri, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
William Vandoverhead45MWFarmer3000265VA
Petsy M Vandoverwife41FWHousekeeperMO
Stephen H Hoffman??38MWBlacksmithNC
M Faina??20MWFarmerTN
John Vandoverson18MWFarmerMO
Layfayette Vandoverson16MWFarmerMO
Elvira Vandoverdaughter13FWMO
Nancy V Vandoverdaughter10FWMO
Martin F Vandoverson7MWMO
William Albert Vandoverson5MWMO
Caroline Vandoverdaughter3FWMO