The Shemwell Family

Millie Agnes DarkAge: 45 years18441889

Name
Millie Agnes Dark
Given names
Millie Agnes
Surname
Dark
Married name
Millie Agnes Fisher
Married name
Millie Agnes Phipps
Birth March 18, 1844
Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 21 months)
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 12 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 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
MarriageAaron W PhippsView this family
about 1866 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 22 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 22 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 24 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
Martin A Phipps
about 1874 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 33 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 husbandAaron W Phipps
1879 (Age 34 years)
MarriageJohn FisherView this family
May 1880 (Age 36 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Grace Pearl Fisher
April 28, 1881 (Age 37 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Samuel Fisher
January 1885 (Age 40 years)
Death of a husbandJohn Fisher
February 4, 1889 (Age 44 years)
Death September 9, 1889 (Age 45 years)

Family with John Fisher - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: May 1880Kansas, United States
1 year
daughter
4 years
son
Family with Aaron W Phipps - View this family
husband
Aaron W Phipps
Birth: about 1836Jefferson, Ohio, United States
Death: 1879Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States
herself
Marriage: about 1866Kansas, United States
9 years
son

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