The Shemwell Family

William Cecil DaughertyAge: 85 years18421927

Name
William Cecil Daugherty
Given names
William Cecil
Surname
Daugherty
Birth March 12, 1842
Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 3 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 14 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
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
MarriageJulia Ann OgdenView this family
October 28, 1866 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 24 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 24 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 26 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
#1
Lillie Agnes Daugherty
April 15, 1874 (Age 32 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 35 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 wifeJulia Ann Ogden
March 20, 1886 (Age 44 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
Marriage of a childRobert Lee DaughertyLillie Agnes DaughertyView this family
January 9, 1905 (Age 62 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Viola Dell Daugherty
July 4, 1906 (Age 64 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
James M Daugherty
about 1909 (Age 66 years)
Census May 6, 1910 (Age 68 years)
Birth of a grandson
#3
William Thomas Daugherty
June 22, 1910 (Age 68 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 73 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 74 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 75 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 August 30, 1927 (Age 85 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Van Horn Cemetery
Family with Julia Ann Ogden - View this family
himself
William Cecil Daugherty
Birth: March 12, 1842Van Buren, Arkansas, United States
Death: August 30, 1927Van Horn, Culberson, Texas, United States
wife
Julia Ann Ogden
Birth: July 11, 1845Guadalupe, Texas, United States
Death: March 20, 1886Pearsall, Frio, Texas, United States
Marriage: October 28, 1866Atascosa, Texas, United States
8 years
daughter

No family available

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - William Cecil Daugherty - Household

Justice Precinct 7, Ed 89 El Paso, Texas, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Daugherty, William CheadMW68M216ARTNTNEnglishRanch ManStock RaisingOANo0YesYesOFH
Daugherty, LilliandaughterFW35M1522TXARTXEnglishNoneYesYes
Daugherty, Violagrand daughterFW3SOKTXTXEnglishNone
Daugherty, James Mgrand sonMW1STXTXTXEnglishNone
Daugherty, R Lson-in-lawMW42M15TXMOILEnglishRanch ManStock RaisingOANo0YesYesOFH
Daugherty, GeorgesonMW40STXARTXEnglishRanch ManStock RaisingOANo0YesYes
Daugherty, Sallie BdaughterFW30WS00TXARTXEnglishNoneYesYesOFH