The Shemwell Family

Harriett Elizabeth ReddAge: 55 years18391895

Name
Harriett Elizabeth Redd
Given names
Harriett Elizabeth
Surname
Redd
Married name
Harriett Elizabeth Turley
Birth December 12, 1839
Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 6 years)
Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 17 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
MarriageTalton Barnes TurleyView this family
1861 (Age 21 years)

Birth of a daughter
#1
Lela May Turley
August 28, 1862 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Jesse Julia Turley
May 9, 1864 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 21 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 27 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 27 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 29 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
Birth of a daughter
#3
Alice T Turley
March 15, 1875 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 38 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 son
#4
Harold Redd Turley
November 12, 1880 (Age 40 years)
Death of a daughterAlice T Turley
January 19, 1890 (Age 50 years)
Death April 5, 1895 (Age 55 years)
Family with Talton Barnes Turley - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: 1861
20 months
daughter
Lela May Turley
Birth: August 28, 1862 30 22Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: March 30, 1950Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States
20 months
daughter
Jesse Julia Turley
Birth: May 9, 1864 32 24Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: August 26, 1940Arrow Rock, Cooper, Missouri, United States
11 years
daughter
Alice T Turley
Birth: March 15, 1875 43 35Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: January 19, 1890Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States
6 years
son
Harold Redd Turley
Birth: November 12, 1880 48 40Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: October 16, 1961Marshall, Saline, Missouri, United States

No family available