The Shemwell Family

Name
Jerry Newman Pearce
Given names
Jerry Newman
Surname
Pearce
Birth May 13, 1863
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865

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 3 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 3 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 5 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 14 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageLurannah Ann “Lou” PulliamView this family
April 4, 1894 (Age 30 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Beulah Azalee Pearce
February 11, 1895 (Age 31 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Clairborn Clay Pearce
April 9, 1897 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 34 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 15, 1900 (Age 37 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Milburn Pearce
July 28, 1900 (Age 37 years)
Birth of a son
#4
Starling Charles Pearce
February 8, 1903 (Age 39 years)
Birth of a son
#5
Dexter Pearce
February 2, 1906 (Age 42 years)
Death of a sonMilburn Pearce
December 9, 1909 (Age 46 years)
Census May 4, 1910 (Age 46 years)
Marriage of a childWilliam Marion MitchellBeulah Azalee PearceView this family
March 12, 1912 (Age 48 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Bertha Maxine Mitchell
October 7, 1912 (Age 49 years)
Birth of a daughter
#6
Addie Christine Pearce
April 5, 1914 (Age 50 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Helen Vetta Mitchell
December 23, 1915 (Age 52 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 52 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 53 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 54 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/
Birth of a grandson
#3
Woodrow Wilson Pearce
December 16, 1919 (Age 56 years)
Census January 17, 1920 (Age 56 years)
Birth of a grandson
#4
Warren G Harding Mitchell
November 15, 1921 (Age 58 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#5
Jerelene Loretta “Jere” Mitchell
September 8, 1924 (Age 61 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 66 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 October 3, 1930 (Age 67 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Austin Cemetery
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