The Shemwell Family

Samuel Nathan JohnstonAge: 33 years18671900

Name
Samuel Nathan Johnston
Given names
Samuel Nathan
Surname
Johnston
Birth about 1867
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867
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
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 2 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 11 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageFrancis Elizabeth AdamsView this family
about 1886 (Age 19 years)

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 31 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
Death March 21, 1900 (Age 33 years)
Family with Francis Elizabeth Adams - View this family
himself
Samuel Nathan Johnston
Birth: about 1867Heard, Georgia, United States
Death: March 21, 1900Story, Montgomery, Arkansas, United States
wife
Marriage: about 1886
Joe H Breashears + Francis Elizabeth Adams - View this family
wife’s husband
wife
Marriage: August 16, 1903Mongomery, Arkansas, United States

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