The Shemwell Family

Johnathan James McKissickAge: 65 years18441910

Name
Johnathan James McKissick
Given names
Johnathan James
Surname
McKissick
Birth November 12, 1844
Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 13 months)
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
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 12 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 16 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 22 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 22 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 24 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
MarriageKatherine WilliamsView this family
about 1873 (Age 28 years)
Note: Marriage info based on the birth of their first child
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 33 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 son
#1
Orval Thomas McKissick
March 11, 1879 (Age 34 years)
Census June 15, 1880 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 53 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
Death of a wifeKatherine Williams
February 28, 1899 (Age 54 years)
Marriage of a childOrval Thomas McKissickAnna Mae RouchView this family
January 7, 1908 (Age 63 years)
Death January 17, 1910 (Age 65 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Oak Hill Cemetery
Family with Katherine Williams - View this family
himself
Johnathan James McKissick
Birth: November 12, 1844Clay, Missouri, United States
Death: January 17, 1910Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States
wife
Marriage: about 1873Missouri, United States
6 years
son
Orval Thomas McKissick
Birth: March 11, 1879 34 25Gallatin, Clay, Missouri, United States
Death: October 27, 1962Oklahoma, United States

No family available

Marriage
Marriage info based on the birth of their first child
Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Johnathan James McKissick - Household

Gallatin, Clay, Missouri, United States

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
McKissick, Johnathan JWM34headMFarmerMOOn A. OceanVA
McKissick, KateWF26wifeMKeeping houseMO??MO
McKissick, John WWM5sonSChills & FeverxMOMOMO
McKissick, Jacob DeleonWM3sonSMOMOMO
McKissick, Orval TWM1sonSMOMOMO