The Shemwell Family

Ella LemonAge: 49 years18431892

Name
Ella Lemon
Given names
Ella
Surname
Lemon
Married name
Ella Fry
Birth July 2, 1843
Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 2 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
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 13 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
MarriageThomas Temple FryView this family
about 1862 (Age 18 years)
Note: Marriage info based on the birth of their first child
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 17 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 23 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 23 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 25 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
Birth of a son
#1
Arthur Griffin Fry
December 14, 1873 (Age 30 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Blanche C Fry
September 16, 1874 (Age 31 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Alma Fontaine Fry
July 24, 1876 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 34 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Census June 8, 1880 (Age 36 years)
Death November 5, 1892 (Age 49 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Old Alton Cemetery
Family with Thomas Temple Fry - View this family
husband
Thomas Temple Fry
Birth: December 17, 1833Stokes, North Carolina, United States
Death: August 7, 1903Denton, Texas, United States
herself
Marriage: about 1862Texas, United States
12 years
son
Arthur Griffin Fry
Birth: December 14, 1873 39 30Texas, United States
Death: October 29, 1927Texas, United States
9 months
daughter
22 months
daughter

No family available

Marriage
Marriage info based on the birth of their first child
Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Temple Fry - Household

Pricinct 1, ED 102 Denton, Texas, United States

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Fry, ThomasWM46headMFarmerNCNCNC
Fry, EllaWF36wifeMKeeping HouseINMDKY
Fry, OtisWM11sonSAttending SchoolxxTXMDKY
Fry, AnnieWF10daughterSAttending SchoolxTXMDKY
Fry, ArthurWM8sonSTXMDKY
Fry, BlanchWF5daughterSxTXMDKY
Fry, AlmaWF3daughterSTXMDKY
Fry, ThomasWM1sonSTXMDKY