The Shemwell Family

James Monroe Turley1841

Name
James Monroe Turley
Given names
James Monroe
Surname
Turley
Birth 1841 39 36
Birth of a sisterTheodocia H “Docia” Turley
1843 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherWilliam Christy Turley
October 30, 1845 (Age 4 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
Death of a sisterLucy A Turley
July 11, 1849 (Age 8 years)
Census September 18, 1850 (Age 9 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 August 24, 1860 (Age 19 years)
Death of a fatherJesse B Turley
June 1861 (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
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
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
Death of a motherJulia Riddle
1873 (Age 32 years)
Death of a sisterMartha Jane Turley
January 11, 1875 (Age 34 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
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
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
Death of a brotherJohn Dade Turley
August 22, 1917 (Age 76 years)
Burial of a brotherJohn Dade Turley
August 24, 1917 (Age 76 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Old Lamine Cemetery
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/
Death of a brotherTalton Barnes Turley
May 18, 1925 (Age 84 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 88 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 sisterTheodocia H “Docia” Turley
1936 (Age 95 years)

Death of a brotherWilliam Christy Turley
February 23, 1938 (Age 97 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 100 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
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 109 years)
Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
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
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mother
Marriage: February 14, 1822Cooper, Missouri, United States
23 months
elder sister
Lucy A Turley
Birth: 1823 21 18Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: July 11, 1849Cooper, Missouri, United States
3 years
elder sister
22 months
elder sister
23 months
elder brother
John Dade Turley
Birth: December 3, 1829 28 24Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: August 22, 1917Cooper, Missouri, United States
3 years
elder brother
5 years
elder brother
2 years
elder sister
5 years
himself
3 years
younger sister
3 years
younger brother
William Christy Turley
Birth: October 30, 1845 44 40Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: February 23, 1938Los Angeles, California, United States

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Census1850 United States - Census transcript - Jesse B Turley - Household

Cooper, Missouri, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
Jesse B Turleyhead49MWfarmerKY
Juliet A Turleywife46FWKY
John Dade Turleyson20MWfarmhandMO
Talton Barnes Turleyson18MWMO
Henry Turleyson16MWMO
Mary Ann Turleydaughter13FWMO
James Monroe Turleyson8MWMO
Theodocia Turleydaughter6FWMO
William Christy Turleyson4MWMO
Susan Riddle26FWKY

Census1860 United States - Census transcript - Jesse B Turley - Household

Cooper, Missouri, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
J B Turleyhead59MWtraderKY
Juliet A Turleywife54FWMD
John D Turleyson30MWfarmerMO
Talton B Turleyson28MWfarmerMO
Henry M Turleyson24MWfarmerMO
James Turleyson19MWfarmerMO
Theodocia Turleydaughter17FWMO
William C Turleyson15MWMO
Edmonia Tylerdaughter34FWMO
Francis Tylergranddaughter15FWMO
Laura Tylergranddaughter13FWMO
Alice Tylergranddaughter10FWMO
William Tylergrandson8MWMO
Susan Riddle43FWKY
Newton Riddle18MWMO