The Shemwell Family

Mary Francis Gorrell1848

Name
Mary Francis Gorrell
Given names
Mary Francis
Surname
Gorrell
Married name
Mary Francis Cummings
Married name
Mary Francis Cummins
Birth 1848 29 21
Census August 28, 1850 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a sisterPermelia Hannah Gorrell
1851 (Age 3 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherJames Gorrell
1851 (Age 3 years)

Birth of a sisterGeorge Ann Gorrell
October 15, 1853 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a brotherClay Gorrell
1856 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a sisterAmanda Bell Gorrell
1858 (Age 10 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 9 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 12 years)
Birth of a brotherWilliam Gorrell
1862 (Age 14 years)
Birth of a brotherBenjamin W Gorrell
1863 (Age 15 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 13 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 17 years)
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 19 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 19 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Religious marriageWilliam S CumminsView this family
December 10, 1868 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a brotherTaylor Gorrell
1869 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 21 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 30 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 7, 1880 (Age 32 years)
Death of a sisterGeorge Ann Gorrell
August 10, 1884 (Age 36 years)

Death of a fatherThomas Taylor Gorrell
March 31, 1893 (Age 45 years)
Death of a motherSarah Elizabeth Miller
September 3, 1897 (Age 49 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 50 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 68 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 69 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 70 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 81 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 93 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 102 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 98 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
elder sister
3 years
herself
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 William S Cummins - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: December 10, 1868Pettis, Missouri, United States

Mary Francis Gorrell has 15 first cousins recorded

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

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Taylor Gorrell - Household

Pettis, Missouri, United States

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Gorrell, T TWM62headMfarmerKYVAVA
Gorrell, ElizabethWF53wifeMTNTNTN
Gorrell, William JWM18sonSMOKYTN
Gorrell, BenjaminWM15sonSMOKYTN
Gorrell, Charles BWM13sonSMOKYTN
Gorrell, TaylorWM10sonSMOKYTN
Cummins, FWF32daughterWdKYKYTN
Cummins, Earnest BWM9grandsonSMOMOKY
Cummins, EvalenaWF6granddaughterSMOMOKY
Clopton, MyrtleWF10granddaughterSMOMOMO
Miller, HannahWF78mother in lawWdMOMOMO