The Shemwell Family

Susan Agnes KershnerAge: 38 years18511890

Name
Susan Agnes Kershner
Given names
Susan Agnes
Surname
Kershner
Married name
Susan Agnes Rush
Birth November 4, 1851
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 5 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 9 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 15 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 15 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
MarriageJohn Wesley RushView this family
December 3, 1869 (Age 18 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 17 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 26 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 daughter
#1
Clara E “Pink” Rush
October 19, 1879 (Age 27 years)
Note: The birth year is based on the 1880 Census. It appears her Obituary and Tombstone Photo shoul be 1879 and not 1880.
Census June 24, 1880 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Mary Elizabeth “Mollie” Rush
March 22, 1882 (Age 30 years)
Death February 7, 1890 (Age 38 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Bauman Cemetery
Family with John Wesley Rush - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: December 3, 1869Fulton, Indiana, United States
10 years
daughter
Clara E “Pink” Rush
Birth: October 19, 1879 38 27Indiana, United States
Death: August 7, 1951Indiana, United States
2 years
daughter

No family available

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - John Wesley Rush - Household

Wayne Township, Fulton, Indiana, United States

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Rush, JohnWM39headMFarmerINPAIN
Rush, SusanaWF28wifeMKeeping houseOHOHIN
Rush, JuliusWM9sonSxININOH
Rush, CharlesWM6sonSxININOH
Rush, LauraWF4daughterSININOH
Rush, WilliamWM2sonSININOH
Rush, ClaraWF0 years 7 monthsdaughterSINININ
Rush, TreenWM31brotherSLaborerINPAIN