The Shemwell Family

Alvin Lucinda DayberryAge: 59 years18601919

Name
Alvin Lucinda Dayberry
Given names
Alvin Lucinda
Surname
Dayberry
Married name
Alvin Lucinda Mefford
Birth March 4, 1860
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 12 months)

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 6 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 6 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 8 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 17 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageIsaiah Tevis Mefford JrView this family
March 17, 1889 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 38 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 1, 1900 (Age 40 years)
Death of a husbandIsaiah Tevis Mefford Jr
December 30, 1914 (Age 54 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 55 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 56 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 57 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 November 7, 1919 (Age 59 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Masonic Cemetery
Family with Isaiah Tevis Mefford Jr - View this family
husband
herself
Alvin Lucinda Dayberry
Birth: March 4, 1860Missouri, United States
Death: November 7, 1919Canadian, Pittsburg, Oklahoma, United States
Marriage: March 17, 1889Ozark, Missouri, United States
Isaiah Tevis Mefford Jr + Sarah W Clarkson - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage: August 15, 1875Ozark, Missouri, United States
6 years
step-son
3 years
step-son
Wallace S Mefford
Birth: July 20, 1884 31 36Missouri, United States
Death: December 8, 1959Boone, Arkansas, United States

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Isaiah Tevis Mefford Jr - Household

Sugar Loaf, Boone, Arkansas, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Mefford, IsaiahheadWM47M11MOMOILFarmer0NoNoYesRF
Mefford, Lucinda AwifeWFMar186139M1133MOTNMOYesYesYes
Mefford, Nancy EdaughterWFAug187624SMOMOMOYesYesYes
Mefford, RosinadaughterWFMar187921SMOMOMOYesYesYes
Mefford, Lewis TsonWMApr188218SMOMOMO1YesYesYes
Mefford, Wallace MsonWMJul188416SMOMOMO1YesYesYes
Mefford, Acy AsonWMJul189010SMOMOMO
Mefford, Adem LsonWMMay18928SARMOMO
Mefford, Carrie MdaughterWFOct18982SARMOMO