The Shemwell Family

Wilson Pitt DuncanAge: 44 years18661910

Name
Wilson Pitt Duncan
Given names
Wilson Pitt
Surname
Duncan
Birth 1866
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 12 months)
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 12 months)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 3 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 12 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageSusan Cordelia ChristianView this family
March 3, 1887 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Rosa Claudine Duncan
April 4, 1888 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Clark Pitt Duncan
July 7, 1890 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 32 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
Birth of a son
#3
Braden Hill Duncan
October 4, 1900 (Age 34 years)
Marriage of a childJames Quincy AdamsRosa Claudine DuncanView this family
about 1907 (Age 41 years)

Birth of a grandson
#1
James Williford Adams
October 14, 1908 (Age 42 years)
Death September 13, 1910 (Age 44 years)
Family with Susan Cordelia Christian - View this family
himself
wife
Susan Cordelia Christian
Birth: September 1867 42 29Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: September 29, 1953Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: March 3, 1887Todd, Kentucky, United States
13 months
daughter
Rosa Claudine Duncan
Birth: April 4, 1888 22 20Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 18, 1981Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
2 years
son
Clark Pitt Duncan
Birth: July 7, 1890 24 22Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 2, 1974
10 years
son
Braden Hill Duncan
Birth: October 4, 1900 34 33Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 4, 1950San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States