The Shemwell Family

Mary Farmer BurtonAge: 40 years18551895

Name
Mary Farmer Burton
Given names
Mary Farmer
Surname
Burton
Married name
Mary Farmer Hooper
Birth about 1855
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
MarriageFranklin Lee HooperView this family
October 4, 1880 (Age 25 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Clay Hooper
about 1882 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Luther Erie Hooper
February 13, 1882 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Estelle C Hooper
about 1886 (Age 31 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4
Louvenia D “Lue” Hooper
about 1889 (Age 34 years)
Birth of a daughter
#5
Jessie Farmer Hooper
June 1894 (Age 39 years)
Death of a husbandFranklin Lee Hooper
about 1895 (on the date of death)
Note: Not listed in the 1900 Census with his daughter, Jessie.
Death about 1895 (Age 40 years)
Note: Not listed in the 1900 Census with her daughter, Jessie.
Family with Franklin Lee Hooper - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: October 4, 1880Logan, Arkansas, United States
2 years
son
Clay Hooper
Birth: about 1882 22 27Logan, Arkansas, United States
Death: before 1900Arkansas, United States
1 month
son
Luther Erie Hooper
Birth: February 13, 1882 22 27Alpena, Boone, Arkansas, United States
Death: 1918Bartlesville, Washington, Oklahoma, United States
5 years
daughter
4 years
daughter
Louvenia D “Lue” Hooper
Birth: about 1889 29 34Logan, Arkansas, United States
Death: March 3, 1956Fairfax, Osage, Oklahoma, United States
6 years
daughter
Jessie Farmer Hooper
Birth: June 1894 34 39Magazine, Logan, Arkansas, United States
Death: September 20, 1936Sugar Grove, Logan, Arkansas, United States

No family available

Death
Not listed in the 1900 Census with her daughter, Jessie.