The Shemwell Family

Nancy E CummingsAge: 41 years18541896

Name
Nancy E Cummings
Given names
Nancy E
Surname
Cummings
Married name
Nancy E King
Birth November 28, 1854
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 2 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 6 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 12 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 12 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 14 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 23 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 daughter
#1
Clara May King
February 24, 1892 (Age 37 years)
MarriageChristopher Columbus McGinnis KingView this family
May 18, 1892 (Age 37 years)
Death February 17, 1896 (Age 41 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Hardy Cemetery
Family with Christopher Columbus McGinnis King - View this family
husband
herself
Nancy E Cummings
Birth: November 28, 1854Texas, United States
Death: February 17, 1896Freemound, Cooke, Texas, United States
Marriage: May 18, 1892Montague, Texas, United States
-3 months
daughter
Clara May King
Birth: February 24, 1892 47 37Freemound, Cooke, Texas, United States
Death: October 6, 1983Carter, Oklahoma, United States
Christopher Columbus McGinnis King + Martha Wibbme “Mattie” Allen - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage: January 9, 1889Young, Texas, United States
10 months
step-son
Clay C King
Birth: November 3, 1889 44 25Freemound, Cooke, Texas, United States
Death: May 14, 1967Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States