The Shemwell Family

Mary Clarinda GregsonAge: 68 years18571925

Name
Mary Clarinda Gregson
Given names
Mary Clarinda
Surname
Gregson
Married name
Mary Clarinda Troutman
Birth July 2, 1857
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859

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 3 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 9 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 9 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 11 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
MarriageMichael TroutmanView this family
February 16, 1873 (Age 15 years)
Note: Marriage Record -> Book A, Page 16, License #31
Birth of a daughter
#1
Mahala A Troutman
December 25, 1873 (Age 16 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 20 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Marriage of a childCalvin Dory ClevengerMahala A TroutmanView this family
October 1, 1891 (Age 34 years)
Note: Marriage info from Fand A Grave site
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 40 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
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 58 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 59 years)

Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I
Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 60 years)

Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/
Marriage of a childOliver T HaunMahala A TroutmanView this family
November 2, 1921 (Age 64 years)
Death October 11, 1925 (Age 68 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Prairie Lawn Cemetery
Family with Michael Troutman - View this family
husband
herself
Mary Clarinda Gregson
Birth: July 2, 1857Rochester, Fulton, Indiana, United States
Death: October 11, 1925Wellington, Sumner, Kansas, United States
Marriage: February 16, 1873Sumner, Kansas, United States
10 months
daughter
Mahala A Troutman
Birth: December 25, 1873 23 16Wellington, Sumner, Kansas, United States
Death: May 1, 1951Enid, Garfield, Oklahoma, United States
Michael Troutman + Delilah Elder - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage: April 20, 1876Belle Plaine, Sumner, Kansas, United States
6 years
step-son
23 months
step-daughter
Veda Troutman
Birth: March 23, 1884 33 26Kansas, United States
Death: December 5, 1888Kansas, United States
2 years
step-son
James Earl Troutman
Birth: June 23, 1886 36 29Belle Plaine, Sumner, Kansas, United States
Death: July 6, 1887Belle Plaine, Sumner, Kansas, United States

Marriage
Marriage Record -> Book A, Page 16, License #31