The Shemwell Family

Sarah Pearson1840

Name
Sarah Pearson
Given names
Sarah
Surname
Pearson
Married name
Sarah Davidson
Birth June 1840 46
Death of a motherSarah Wright
1845 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a half-brotherGeorge F Pearson
February 16, 1846 (Age 5 years)
Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 5 years)
Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War
Birth of a half-brotherRichard Pearson
1848 (Age 7 years)
Census October 22, 1850 (Age 10 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherMargaret Owens
1851 (Age 10 years)
Birth of a half-brotherHenry “Harry” Pearson
November 1852 (Age 12 years)
Birth of a half-sisterRoxie O Pearson
October 1859 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 16 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Census July 1, 1860 (Age 20 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 20 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
MarriageDaniel D DavidsonView this family
1867 (Age 26 years)
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 26 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 26 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Birth of a daughter
#1
Ora B Davidson
September 1868 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 28 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 8, 1870 (Age 30 years)
Death of a half-sisterMosilla Pearson
July 25, 1871 (Age 31 years)
Death of a fatherObediah B Pearson
1871 (Age 30 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Murray Pearson Davidson
1873 (Age 32 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 37 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Census June 25, 1880 (Age 40 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
David DeLozier Davidson
March 17, 1896 (Age 55 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 57 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
Census June 12, 1900 (Age 60 years)
Death of a sisterAmanda Pearson
February 12, 1907 (Age 66 years)
Death of a half-brotherGeorge F Pearson
April 14, 1916 (Age 75 years)
Cause: cancer
Burial of a half-brotherGeorge F Pearson
April 16, 1916 (Age 75 years)

Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Arrow Rock Cemetery, Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 75 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 76 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 77 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 89 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 101 years)

Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 105 years)
Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
Deathunknown

Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: September 5, 1831Norfolk, Virginia, United States
3 years
elder sister
21 months
elder sister
4 years
elder sister
3 years
herself
Father’s family with Eliza F Eelbeck - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage:
half-brother
3 years
half-brother
5 years
half-brother
7 years
half-sister
Roxie O Pearson
Birth: October 1859 65 39Saline, Missouri, United States
Death:
Father’s family with - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: Louisiana, United States
half-sister
Family with Daniel D Davidson - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: 1867Missouri, United States
21 months
daughter
Ora B Davidson
Birth: September 1868 26 28Missouri, United States
Death:
5 years
son

Census1850 United States - Census transcript - Obediah B Pearson - Household

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
Obediah B Pearsonhead54MWblacksmithSC
Eliza F Pearsonwife28FWNC
Amanda D Pearsondaughter17FWMO
Harriett Pearsondaughter15FWMO
Elizabeth Pearsondaughter12FWMO
Sarah Pearsondaughter10FWMO
George Pearsonson3MWMO
Richard Pearsonson2MWMO
Margaret Pearsonmother86FWVA

Census1860 United States - Census transcript - Obediah B Pearson - Household

Saline, Missouri, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
Obediah B Pearsonhead63MWfarmerSC
Eliza Pearsonwife40FWNC
Harriett Williams Pearsondaughter21FWMO
Elizabeth Pearsondaughter19FWMO
Sarah Pearsondaughter17FWMO
George Pearsonson14MWMO
Richard Pearsonson11MWMO
Henry Pearsonson7MWMO
Roxanadaughter9 monthsFWMO

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - Daniel D Davidson - Household

Saline, Missouri, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Davidson, Daniel Dhead26MWfarmerMO
Davidson, Sarahwife30FWMO
Davidson, Ora Bdaughter1FWMO

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Daniel D Davidson - Household

Saline, Missouri, United States

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Davidson, Daniel DWM35headMfarmerMOKY
Davidson, SaallieWF35wifeMMOSCVA
Davidson, Ora BWF11daughterSMOMOMO
Davidson, MurrayWM7sonSMOMOMO
Hudson, AmandaWF47sister in lawWd

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Daniel D Davidson - Household

Saline, Missouri, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Davidson, Daniel DheadWMFeb184258M33MOKYKYfarmer
Davidson, SarahwifeWFJun184059M3322MOSCVA
Davidson, Ora BdaughterWFSep186831SMOMOMO
Hudson, Amandasister in lawWFApr183466WdMOSCVA
Davidson, DavidgrandsonWMMar18964STNMOTN