The Shemwell Family

Polly Reese1833

Name
Polly Reese
Given names
Polly
Surname
Reese
Married name
Polly Bourland
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic
between 1793 and 1798
Note: More than 4,000 Philadelphia residents died from yellow fever - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Fever_Epidemic_of_1793
Historical Event
The Louisiana Purchase
1803

Note: Napoleon Bonaparte agrees to sell 828,000 square miles of land to the United States for $15 million - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_Purchase
MarriageSlaton BourlandView this family
October 9, 1815

Historical Event
War of 1812
between 1812 and 1815

Note: War of 1812 between the Americans and the British. The Creek (or Red Stick) War in Alabama had different origins, but it coincided with the war of 1812, and the U.S. treated it as a part of the larger war, with Jackson and his forces also in charge of defeating the Creeks - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812
Birth of a son
#1
Bayless Earle Bourland
1818
Historical Event
Cholera Epidemic
1832
Note: Cholera killed 4,340 people in New Orleans & over 3,000 in New York City - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholera_outbreaks_and_pandemics
Death December 13, 1833
Family with Slaton Bourland - View this family
husband
Slaton Bourland
Birth: May 17, 1792South Carolina, United States
Death: August 27, 1871Franklin, Arkansas, United States
herself
Marriage: October 9, 1815
3 years
son