The Shemwell Family

Name
Frances A Troutman
Given names
Frances A
Surname
Troutman
Birth September 1, 1854 50 37
Birth of a brotherWesley Troutman
October 15, 1856 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a sisterLaura B Troutman
about 1857 (Age 2 years)
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
Census June 14, 1860 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a brotherIsaac Newton Troutman
April 24, 1862 (Age 7 years)
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
Birth of a sisterEdith Troutman
May 1865 (Age 10 years)
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
Census June 1, 1870 (Age 15 years)
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
Death of a brotherWesley Troutman
February 22, 1880 (Age 25 years)
Death of a sisterSusan Ellen Troutman
March 7, 1880 (Age 25 years)
Census June 17, 1880 (Age 25 years)
Death August 20, 1883 (Age 28 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Kewanna Citizens IOOF Cemetery
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