The Shemwell Family

George Wallace SmallAge: 69 years18571926

Name
George Wallace Small
Given names
George Wallace
Surname
Small
Birth February 27, 1857
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859

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 4 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 9 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 9 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 11 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 20 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageMattie Caroline ParkerView this family
September 4, 1882 (Age 25 years)
Birth
Homer John Small
March 8, 1884
Birth of a son
#1
Homer John Small
March 8, 1884 (Age 27 years)
Associate: George Wallace Small
Associate: Mattie Caroline Parker
Birth of a daughter
#2
Martha Francis “Fannie” Small
February 1891 (Age 33 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Mayme Alice Small
about 1892 (Age 34 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4
Anna S Small
about 1893 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 41 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
Marriage of a childSardius George EddlemanMartha Francis “Fannie” SmallView this family
October 6, 1906 (Age 49 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Thomas Harold Eddleman
October 12, 1908 (Age 51 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
George Sardious “June” Eddleman
January 27, 1911 (Age 53 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 58 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 59 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 60 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/
Marriage of a childHorace Thomas TaylorMartha Francis “Fannie” SmallView this family
December 23, 1919 (Age 62 years)
Death December 13, 1926 (Age 69 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Rose Hill Memorial Park
Family with Mattie Caroline Parker - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: September 4, 1882Jasper, Missouri, United States
18 months
son
Homer John Small
Birth: March 8, 1884 27 22Lawrence, Missouri, United States
Death: July 16, 1956Broken Arrow, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
7 years
daughter
23 months
daughter
Mayme Alice Small
Birth: about 1892 34 30Brookfield, Linn, Missouri, United States
Death:
2 years
daughter
Anna S Small
Birth: about 1893 35 31Brookfield, Linn, Missouri, United States
Death: June 2, 1939Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States