The Shemwell Family

Linda Eliva AustinAge: 80 years18371918

Name
Linda Eliva Austin
Given names
Linda Eliva
Surname
Austin
Married name
Linda Eliva Bullard
Birth November 6, 1837
Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 8 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
MarriageEphrem Willard BullardView this family
December 3, 1854 (Age 17 years)
Note: Marriage info found at findagrave site
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 19 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Birth of a daughter
#1
Willmuth Ann Bullard
May 2, 1865 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 23 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 29 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 29 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 31 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 daughter
#2
Eliza Jane Bullard
April 3, 1870 (Age 32 years)
Census July 14, 1870 (Age 32 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 40 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Marriage of a childGeorge Washington SullivanWillmuth Ann BullardView this family
August 3, 1887 (Age 49 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
James Wright Sullivan
April 22, 1888 (Age 50 years)
Marriage of a childDavid Daugherty SullivanEliza Jane BullardView this family
August 15, 1888 (Age 50 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
Arthur L Sullivan
July 21, 1889 (Age 51 years)
Birth of a grandson
#3
John Lawrence Sullivan
October 10, 1890 (Age 52 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#4
May Etta Sullivan
March 25, 1892 (Age 54 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#5
Buena Vista Sullivan
April 2, 1893 (Age 55 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#6
Leona Gertrude Sullivan
November 30, 1894 (Age 57 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#7
Pearl Sullivan
January 24, 1897 (Age 59 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#8
Liva Fay Sullivan
May 12, 1897 (Age 59 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 60 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
Birth of a grandson
#9
Earnest David Sullivan
August 6, 1899 (Age 61 years)
Birth of a grandson
#10
George Oscar Sullivan
May 7, 1900 (Age 62 years)
Birth of a grandson
#11
Theodore Jackson Sullivan
November 14, 1901 (Age 64 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#12
Ruby Ann Sullivan
February 5, 1904 (Age 66 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#13
Vera Juell Sullivan
March 25, 1907 (Age 69 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#14
Lena Martha Sullivan
March 17, 1909 (Age 71 years)
Birth of a grandson
#15
Truman Elmo Sullivan
January 16, 1911 (Age 73 years)
Death of a husbandEphrem Willard Bullard
April 6, 1915 (Age 77 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 78 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 79 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 80 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/
Death September 13, 1918 (Age 80 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Kiowa Cemetery
Family with Ephrem Willard Bullard - View this family
husband
Ephrem Willard Bullard
Birth: February 11, 1835Wayne, Illinois, United States
Death: April 6, 1915Roger Mills, Oklahoma, United States
herself
Marriage: December 3, 1854Wayne, Illinois, United States
10 years
daughter
5 years
daughter

Marriage
Marriage info found at findagrave site
Census1870 United States - Census transcript - Ephrem Willard Bullard - Household

Brush Creek, Wayne, Illinois, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Bullard, Ephraim Mhead35MWFarmer11600400ILx
Bullard, Sevawife33FWKeeping HouseILxx
Bullard, William Lson12MWILx
Bullard, James Wson11MWILx
Bullard, Martha Edaughter7FWILx
Bullard, Wilworth Adaughter5FWIL
Bullard, Andrew Json3MWIL
Bullard, Eliza Jdaughter0 years 1 monthFWILApr