The Shemwell Family

William Landrine EggersAge: 86 years17471833

Name
William Landrine Eggers
Given names
William Landrine
Surname
Eggers
Birth March 11, 1747
Historical Event
The French & Indian War
between 1754 and 1763 (Age 6 years)

Note: The French and Indian War is the American name for the North American theater of the Seven Years War, fought primarily between the colonies of British America and New France - http://goo.gl/SiIuNc
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1775 and 1776 (Age 27 years)

Note: In 1775, there was an epidemic of unknown cause in North America (especially New England,) followed in 1775-1776 by what is described as one of the worst worldwide influenza epidemics - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_epidemics
MarriageJohanna GreenView this family
April 16, 1779 (Age 32 years)
Historical Event
The American Revolution
from 1775 to 1783 (Age 27 years)

Note: The Thirteen American Colonies broke from the British Empire and formed the independent nation, the United States of America - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolution
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic
between 1793 and 1798 (Age 45 years)
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 (Age 55 years)

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
Historical Event
War of 1812
between 1812 and 1815 (Age 64 years)

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
Historical Event
Cholera Epidemic
1832 (Age 84 years)
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 July 24, 1833 (Age 86 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Zionville Baptist Church Cemetery
Religion: Baptist
Family with Johanna Green - View this family
himself
William Landrine Eggers
Birth: March 11, 1747Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States
Death: July 24, 1833Ashe, North Carolina, United States
wife
Johanna Green
Birth: March 17, 1751 41 39Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: March 17, 1840Ashe, North Carolina, United States
Marriage: April 16, 1779Rowan, North Carolina, United States
Hugh Silvers + Johanna Green - View this family
wife’s husband
Hugh Silvers
Birth: about 1750Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States
Death: about 1778Carter, Tennessee, United States
wife
Johanna Green
Birth: March 17, 1751 41 39Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: March 17, 1840Ashe, North Carolina, United States
Marriage: about 1776Rowan, North Carolina, United States

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