The Shemwell Family

Harriet Elizabeth “Hattie” YaryanAge: 66 years18521918

Name
Harriet Elizabeth “Hattie” Yaryan
Given names
Harriet Elizabeth
Surname
Yaryan
Married name
Harriet Elizabeth Bacus
Nickname
Hattie
Birth January 10, 1852 27 25
Birth of a sisterSarah Francis Yaryan
December 3, 1855 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherWilliam Franklin Yaryan
November 17, 1857 (Age 5 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 4 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 8 years)
Birth of a sisterAmanda Catherine “Kate” Yaryan
August 10, 1861 (Age 9 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherJohn Frederick Yaryan
October 28, 1862 (Age 10 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 9 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 14 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 14 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 16 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 18 years)
MarriageJohn Sanford BacusView this family
September 5, 1872 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Andrew Othniel “Othie” Bacus
January 5, 1874 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Nellie Elizabeth Bacus
May 22, 1876 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Wilbert Lessie Bacus
January 23, 1878 (Age 26 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 25 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Birth of a son
#4
James Edward Bacus
May 23, 1879 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a daughter
#5
Lanna M Bacus
July 28, 1882 (Age 30 years)
Death of a daughterLanna M Bacus
July 1, 1883 (Age 31 years)

Birth of a son
#6
Coral Bacus
September 12, 1884 (Age 32 years)
Death of a sonCoral Bacus
January 11, 1885 (Age 33 years)
Birth of a son
#7
Perl Byron “Perley” Bacus
November 2, 1885 (Age 33 years)
Death of a motherElizabeth Burgess
August 1, 1886 (Age 34 years)
Birth of a son
#8
John Henry “Johnie” Bacus
September 29, 1888 (Age 36 years)
Marriage of a parentAndrew Samuel YaryanMary Ann ThistleView this family
April 7, 1889 (Age 37 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 46 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 50 years)
Death of a husbandJohn Sanford Bacus
April 18, 1910 (Age 58 years)
Burial of a husbandJohn Sanford Bacus
April 21, 1910 (Age 58 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 63 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 sonAndrew Othniel “Othie” Bacus
July 6, 1917 (Age 65 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 64 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 65 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 July 24, 1918 (Age 66 years)
Burial
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
elder brother
James Finley Yaryan
Birth: May 3, 1849 24 22Union, Indiana, United States
Death: March 16, 1934Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States
3 years
herself
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 John Sanford Bacus - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: September 5, 1872Ada, Idaho, United States
16 months
son
Andrew Othniel “Othie” Bacus
Birth: January 5, 1874 37 21Idaho, United States
Death: July 6, 1917Gooding, Idaho, United States
2 years
daughter
Nellie Elizabeth Bacus
Birth: May 22, 1876 40 24Centerville, Appanoose, Iowa, United States
Death: September 5, 1961Wendell, Gooding, Idaho, United States
20 months
son
Wilbert Lessie Bacus
Birth: January 23, 1878 41 26Appanoose, Iowa, United States
Death: April 27, 1963Gooding, Gooding, Idaho, United States
16 months
son
James Edward Bacus
Birth: May 23, 1879 43 27Appanoose, Iowa, United States
Death: August 21, 1943Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
3 years
daughter
Lanna M Bacus
Birth: July 28, 1882 46 30Appanoose, Iowa, United States
Death: July 1, 1883
2 years
son
Coral Bacus
Birth: September 12, 1884 48 32Centerville, Appanoose, Iowa, United States
Death: January 11, 1885Appanoose, Iowa, United States
14 months
son
Perl Byron “Perley” Bacus
Birth: November 2, 1885 49 33Centerville, Appanoose, Iowa, United States
Death: June 11, 1963Fort Collins, Larimer, Colorado, United States
3 years
son
John Henry “Johnie” Bacus
Birth: September 29, 1888 52 36Jetmore, Hodgeman, Kansas, United States
Death: January 20, 1949Gooding, Gooding, Idaho, United States

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/