The Shemwell Family

Marion Frank Sullivan1866

Name
Marion Frank Sullivan
Given names
Marion Frank
Surname
Sullivan
Birth August 1866 32 24
Note: Birth info based on 1900 Census
Birth of a brotherDavid Daugherty Sullivan
August 14, 1867 (Age 12 months)
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 5 months)
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 5 months)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Birth of a sisterMary Ellen Sullivan
August 28, 1869 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 2 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 August 23, 1870 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a sisterLeona Ann “Lillie” Sullivan
November 10, 1872 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a sisterMissouri Ann “Zouri” Sullivan
March 21, 1873 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a sisterLillian May Sullivan
July 12, 1875 (Age 8 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 11 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 16, 1880 (Age 13 years)
Birth of a sisterMyrtle Alice Sullivan
July 2, 1880 (Age 13 years)
MarriageMollie RayView this family
December 4, 1887 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Addie Sullivan
August 1889 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a son
#2
David Earl Sullivan
October 15, 1892 (Age 26 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherFrancis “Fanny” McGehee
November 24, 1893 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 31 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
Census June 1, 1900 (Age 33 years)
Death of a fatherJohn Wesley Sullivan
July 14, 1904 (Age 37 years)
Death of a sisterLeona Ann “Lillie” Sullivan
September 5, 1906 (Age 40 years)
Death of a motherElizabeth Ann “Anna” Daugherty
February 17, 1912 (Age 45 years)
Associate: George Washington Daugherty
Associate: Francis “Fanny” McGehee
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 49 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 50 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 51 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 63 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 brotherDavid Daugherty Sullivan
January 29, 1936 (Age 69 years)
Death of a sisterMissouri Ann “Zouri” Sullivan
June 3, 1938 (Age 71 years)
Death of a brotherGeorge Washington Sullivan
December 29, 1939 (Age 73 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 75 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 83 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
Death of a sisterLillian May Sullivan
June 21, 1955 (Age 88 years)
Death of a sisterMary Ellen Sullivan
August 23, 1957 (Age 91 years)
Death of a sisterMyrtle Alice Sullivan
July 7, 1964 (Age 97 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 79 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

Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: about 1861Texas, United States
15 months
elder brother
21 months
elder brother
4 years
himself
1 year
younger brother
2 years
younger sister
Mary Ellen Sullivan
Birth: August 28, 1869 35 27Parker, Texas, United States
Death: August 23, 1957Weatherford, Parker, Texas, United States
3 years
younger sister
Leona Ann “Lillie” Sullivan
Birth: November 10, 1872 38 31Roberts, Texas, United States
Death: September 5, 1906Weatherford, Parker, Texas, United States
4 months
younger sister
2 years
younger sister
5 years
younger sister
Family with Mollie Ray - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: December 4, 1887Parker, Texas, United States
21 months
daughter
3 years
son
David Earl Sullivan
Birth: October 15, 1892 26 22Weatherford, Parker, Texas, United States
Death: November 3, 1986Farmington, San Juan, New Mexico, United States

Birth
Birth info based on 1900 Census
Census1870 United States - Census transcript - John Wesley Sullivan - Household

Precinct 2 Parker, Texas, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Sulivan, J Whead36MWFarmer500MSx
Sulivan, Elizabethwife29FWKeeps HouseMO
Sulivan, G Wson8MWTX
Sulivan, Wm Cson7MWTX
Sulivan, Marionson5MWTX
Sulivan, Davidson3MWTX
Sulivan, Marydaughter1FWTXAug

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - John Wesley Sullivan - Household

Precinct 3, ED 137 Parker, Texas, United States

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Sulivan, JohnWM46headMFarmingMS
Sulivan, AnnWF38wifeMKeeping HouseMOTNTN
Sulivan, GeorgeWM18sonSWorks on FarmxTXMSMO
Sulivan, WilliamWM17sonSWorks on FarmxTXMSMO
Sulivan, MarianWM15sonSWorks on FarmxxTXMSMO
Sulivan, DavidWM12sonSWorks on FarmxxTXMSMO
Sulivan, MaryWF10daughterSTXMSMO
Sulivan, LeonaWF8daughterSTXMSMO
Sulivan, MissouriWF7daughterSTXMSMO
Sulivan, MayWF4daughterSTXMSMO

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Marion Frank Sullivan - Household

Watkins Township, Perry City Ward, ED 152 Noble, Oklahoma Territory, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Sullivan, Marion FheadWMAug186633M12TXTXTXField Yard0YesYesYesOFH
Sullivan, RaywifeWFJan187030M1222ALALALYesYesYes
Sullivan, AddiedaughterWFAug188910STXTXALIn School8YesYesYes
Sullivan, David EsonWMOct18918STXTXALIn School8YesYesYes