The Shemwell Family

James Finley YaryanAge: 84 years18491934

Name
James Finley Yaryan
Given names
James Finley
Surname
Yaryan
Birth May 3, 1849 24 22
Census August 20, 1850 (Age 15 months)
Birth of a sisterHarriet Elizabeth “Hattie” Yaryan
January 10, 1852 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a sisterSarah Francis Yaryan
December 3, 1855 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a brotherWilliam Franklin Yaryan
November 17, 1857 (Age 8 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 7 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Census June 25, 1860 (Age 11 years)
Birth of a sisterAmanda Catherine “Kate” Yaryan
August 10, 1861 (Age 12 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherJohn Frederick Yaryan
October 28, 1862 (Age 13 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 11 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 17 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 17 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 19 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
Census August 2, 1870 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 28 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageHattie BakerView this family
December 25, 1879 (Age 30 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Hugh Andrew Yaryan
October 7, 1880 (Age 31 years)
Death of a motherElizabeth Burgess
August 1, 1886 (Age 37 years)
Marriage of a parentAndrew Samuel YaryanMary Ann ThistleView this family
April 7, 1889 (Age 39 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 48 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 of a fatherAndrew Samuel Yaryan
February 14, 1902 (Age 52 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 66 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death of a sisterHarriet Elizabeth “Hattie” Yaryan
July 24, 1918 (Age 69 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 67 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 68 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 of a sisterMary A Yaryan
March 7, 1926 (Age 76 years)
Cause: Cerebral Hemorrhage
Burial of a sisterMary A Yaryan
March 9, 1926 (Age 76 years)
Death of a sisterAmanda Catherine “Kate” Yaryan
March 15, 1926 (Age 76 years)
Burial of a sisterAmanda Catherine “Kate” Yaryan
March 18, 1926 (Age 76 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Morris Hill Cemetery
Death of a brotherWilliam Franklin Yaryan
January 10, 1928 (Age 78 years)
Cause: Cerebral Thrombosis
Burial of a brotherWilliam Franklin Yaryan
January 14, 1928 (Age 78 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 80 years)

Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression
Death of a sisterSarah Francis Yaryan
August 7, 1932 (Age 83 years)
Death March 16, 1934 (Age 84 years)
Cause of death: Pneumonia
Burial March 18, 1934 (2 days after death)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: October 8, 1846Union, Indiana, United States
10 months
elder sister
Mary A Yaryan
Birth: July 29, 1847 22 21Union, Indiana, United States
Death: March 7, 1926Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States
21 months
himself
James Finley Yaryan
Birth: May 3, 1849 24 22Union, Indiana, United States
Death: March 16, 1934Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States
3 years
younger sister
4 years
younger sister
23 months
younger brother
4 years
younger sister
Father’s family with Mary Ann Thistle - View this family
father
step-mother
Mary Ann Thistle
Birth: July 9, 1826Maryland, United States
Death: April 8, 1915Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States
Marriage: April 7, 1889Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States
Family with Hattie Baker - View this family
himself
James Finley Yaryan
Birth: May 3, 1849 24 22Union, Indiana, United States
Death: March 16, 1934Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States
wife
Hattie Baker
Birth: September 9, 1858Centerville, Appanoose, Iowa, United States
Death: December 8, 1947Nampa, Canyon, Idaho, United States
Marriage: December 25, 1879Centerville, Appanoose, Iowa, United States
9 months
son
Hugh Andrew Yaryan
Birth: October 7, 1880 31 22Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States
Death: October 22, 1964Nampa, Canyon, Idaho, United States

Census1850 United States - Census transcript - John Frederick Yaryan - Household

Brownsville, Union, Indiana, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
Frederick Yaryanhead71MWFarmer1300PA
Andrew Yaryanson25MWFarmerIN
Elizabeth Yaryandaugher-in-law23FWOH
Mary A Yaryangranddaughter3FWIN
James F Yaryangrandson1MWIN

Census1860 United States - Census transcript - Andrew S Yaryan - Household

Pleasant, Wapello, Iowa, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
Andrew Yaryanhead36MMiller500IN
Elizabeth Yaryanwife35FOH
Mary Yaryandaughter12FIN
James F Yaryanson10MIN
Harriet Yaryandaughter9FIA
Sarah Yaryandaughter6FIA
William F Yaryanson4MIA

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - Andrew S Yaryan - Household

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Yaryan, Andrewhead47MWWorks on Farm300IN/
Yaryan, Elizabethwife40FWKeeping HouseIN
Yaryan, Mary Adaughter22FWWithout OccupationIN
Yaryan, James Fson20MWWorks on FarmIN
Yaryan, Harriet Edaughter17FWWithout OccupationIA
Yaryan, Sarah Fdaughter14FWWithout OccupationIA/
Yaryan, William Fson12MWWorks on FarmIA/
Yaryan, Amanda Cdaughter9FWIA/
Woods, Pack L23MWWorks on FarmIA/