The Shemwell Family

William Ambrose BilbreyAge: 40 years18591899

Name
William Ambrose Bilbrey
Given names
William Ambrose
Surname
Bilbrey
Birth about 1859
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 2 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 8 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 8 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 10 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
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 19 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageMissouri Frances StewartView this family
January 29, 1884 (Age 25 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Joe Cephas Bilbrey
January 16, 1885 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Marion Francis Bilbrey
January 19, 1887 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Samuel Newton Bilbrey
January 22, 1889 (Age 30 years)
Death of a wifeMissouri Frances Stewart
about 1892 (Age 33 years)

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 39 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
Death about 1899 (Age 40 years)
Family with Missouri Frances Stewart - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: January 29, 1884Stewart, Tennessee, United States
1 year
son
Joe Cephas Bilbrey
Birth: January 16, 1885 26 23Mayfield, Graves, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 6, 1947Blytheville, Mississippi, Arkansas, United States
2 years
son
Marion Francis Bilbrey
Birth: January 19, 1887 28 25Murray, Calloway, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 29, 1957Blytheville, Mississippi, Arkansas, United States
2 years
son
Samuel Newton Bilbrey
Birth: January 22, 1889 30 27Murray, Calloway, Kentucky, United States
Death: June 7, 1953Boothspoint, Dyer, Tennessee, United States
Leonard Lynch Stack + Missouri Frances Stewart - View this family
wife’s husband
wife
Marriage: about 1878
20 months
step-son
18 months
step-son

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