The Shemwell Family

Sylvester Millard BrownAge: 60 years18521912

Name
Sylvester Millard Brown
Given names
Sylvester Millard
Surname
Brown
Birth November 28, 1852
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 4 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 8 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 14 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 14 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 16 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 25 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageDrusilla F ShemwellView this family
about 1892 (Age 39 years)

Birth of a daughter
#1
Grace M Brown
September 1893 (Age 40 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 45 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
Marriage of a childMelvin McClellan GregoryGrace M BrownView this family
June 30, 1909 (Age 56 years)
Census April 15, 1910 (Age 57 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
John Rodney Gregory
June 4, 1910 (Age 57 years)
Death December 16, 1912 (Age 60 years)
Family with Drusilla F Shemwell - View this family
himself
Sylvester Millard Brown
Birth: November 28, 1852Ohio, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 16, 1912Cleaton, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
wife
Drusilla F Shemwell
Birth: May 3, 1852 19 28Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: March 8, 1924Cleaton, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Marriage: about 1892
21 months
daughter

No family available

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Sylvester M Brown - Household

Bevier, Muhlenberg, Kentucky

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Brown, S MheadMW57M218KYKYKYCarpenterHouse
Brown, D FwifeFW56M11811KYKYKY
Gregory, GracedaughterFW16M1000KYKYKY
Gregory, Melvinson in lawMW18M10KYKYKYLaborerCoal Mine