The Shemwell Family

Sinda Cynthia JohnsonAge: 53 years18601914

Name
Sinda Cynthia Johnson
Given names
Sinda Cynthia
Surname
Johnson
Married name
Sinda Cynthia Adkins
Birth August 1860
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 8 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
MarriageZachariah Taylor “Zebb” AdkinsView this family
about 1884 (Age 23 years)

Birth of a daughter
#1
Delia Mae Adkins
February 10, 1889 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 37 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 June 3, 1914 (Age 53 years)
Family with Zachariah Taylor “Zebb” Adkins - View this family
husband
Zachariah Taylor “Zebb” Adkins
Birth: February 28, 1859 19 24Grainger, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 12, 1922Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States
herself
Sinda Cynthia Johnson
Birth: August 1860Knox, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 3, 1914Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: about 1884
5 years
daughter
Delia Mae Adkins
Birth: February 10, 1889 29 28Powder Springs, Grainger, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 8, 1964

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