The Shemwell Family

Katherine WilliamsAge: 45 years18531899

Name
Katherine Williams
Given names
Katherine
Surname
Williams
Married name
Katherine McKissick
Birth August 5, 1853
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 3 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 7 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 13 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 13 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 15 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
MarriageJohnathan James McKissickView this family
about 1873 (Age 19 years)
Note: Marriage info based on the birth of their first child
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 24 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 25 years)
Census June 15, 1880 (Age 26 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 44 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 February 28, 1899 (Age 45 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Oak Hill Cemetery
Family with Johnathan James McKissick - View this family
husband
Johnathan James McKissick
Birth: November 12, 1844Clay, Missouri, United States
Death: January 17, 1910Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States
herself
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