The Shemwell Family

Sarah W ClarksonAge: 39 years18481887

Name
Sarah W Clarkson
Given names
Sarah W
Surname
Clarkson
Married name
Sarah W Mefford
Birth 1848
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 9 years)

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 13 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 19 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 19 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 21 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
MarriageIsaiah Tevis Mefford JrView this family
August 15, 1875 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 30 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
#1
Lewis Izara Mefford
April 10, 1881 (Age 33 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Wallace S Mefford
July 20, 1884 (Age 36 years)
Death 1887 (Age 39 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Absher Cemetery
Family with Isaiah Tevis Mefford Jr - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: August 15, 1875Ozark, Missouri, United States
6 years
son
3 years
son
Wallace S Mefford
Birth: July 20, 1884 31 36Missouri, United States
Death: December 8, 1959Boone, Arkansas, United States
Isaiah Tevis Mefford Jr + Alvin Lucinda Dayberry - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Alvin Lucinda Dayberry
Birth: March 4, 1860Missouri, United States
Death: November 7, 1919Canadian, Pittsburg, Oklahoma, United States
Marriage: March 17, 1889Ozark, Missouri, United States

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