The Shemwell Family

Nancy T Gorrell1846

Name
Nancy T Gorrell
Given names
Nancy T
Surname
Gorrell
Married name
Nancy T Powell
Birth 1846 27 19
Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848
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
Birth of a sisterMary Francis Gorrell
1848 (Age 2 years)
Census August 28, 1850 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a sisterPermelia Hannah Gorrell
1851 (Age 5 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherJames Gorrell
1851 (Age 5 years)

Birth of a sisterGeorge Ann Gorrell
October 15, 1853 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a brotherClay Gorrell
1856 (Age 10 years)
Birth of a sisterAmanda Bell Gorrell
1858 (Age 12 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 11 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Census August 30, 1860 (Age 14 years)
Birth of a brotherWilliam Gorrell
1862 (Age 16 years)
Birth of a brotherBenjamin W Gorrell
1863 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 15 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 brotherCharles Gorrell
1865 (Age 19 years)
Religious marriageCharles W PowellView this family
May 7, 1866 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a son
#1
John Powell
1867 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 21 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 21 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Birth of a brotherTaylor Gorrell
1869 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 23 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 son
#2
William A Powell
February 1870 (Age 24 years)
Census June 17, 1870 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Charles Powell
1873 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a son
#4
Derostine Powell
1875 (Age 29 years)
Birth of a son
#5
Lester Powell
1877 (Age 31 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 32 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Census June 15, 1880 (Age 34 years)
Death of a husbandCharles W Powell
1881 (Age 35 years)
Death of a sisterGeorge Ann Gorrell
August 10, 1884 (Age 38 years)

Death of a fatherThomas Taylor Gorrell
March 31, 1893 (Age 47 years)
Death of a motherSarah Elizabeth Miller
September 3, 1897 (Age 51 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 52 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 70 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 71 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 72 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 83 years)

Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 95 years)

Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 104 years)
Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 100 years)
Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
Deathunknown

Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: November 18, 1843Todd, Kentucky, United States
3 years
herself
3 years
younger sister
4 years
younger sister
3 years
younger sister
3 years
younger brother
3 years
younger sister
5 years
younger brother
2 years
younger brother
3 years
younger brother
5 years
younger brother
Family with Charles W Powell - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: May 7, 1866Pettis, Missouri, United States
20 months
son
John Powell
Birth: 1867 32 21Pettis, Missouri, United States
Death:
3 years
son
William A Powell
Birth: February 1870 35 24Pettis, Missouri, United States
Death:
4 years
son
3 years
son
3 years
son

Census1850 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Taylor Gorrell - Household

Todd, Kentucky, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
Thomas T Gorrellhead34MWKY
Sarah E Gorrellwife23FWTN
Nancy T Gorrelldaughter4FWKY
Mary F Gorrelldaughter2FWKY
James Gorrellfather75MWVA

Census1860 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Taylor Gorrell - Household

Pettis, Missouri, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
Taylor Gorrellhead43MWfarmerKY
Elizabeth Gorrellwife34FWTN
Nancy Gorrelldaughter13FWKY
Mary Gorrelldaughter11FWKY
Permelia Gorrelldaughter9FWKY
Georgeann Gorrelldaughter7FWMO
Clay Gorrellson4MWMO
Bell Gorrelldaughter2FWMO

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - Charles W Powell - Household

Pettis, Missouri, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Powell, Charles Whead35MWfarmerMO
Powell, Nancy Twife24FWMO
Powell, Johnson3MWMO
Powell, William Ason4 monthsMWMOFeb

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Charles W Powell - Household

Saline, Missouri, United States

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Powell, Charles WWM40headMfarmerMONCVA
Powell, Nancy TWF32wifeMKYKYTN
Powell, CharlesWM7sonSMOMOKY
Powell, DerostineWM5sonSMOMOKY
Powell, LesterWM3sonSMOMOKY