The Shemwell Family

David ClarkAge: 57 years18371895

Name
David Clark
Given names
David
Surname
Clark
Birth September 12, 1837
Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 8 years)
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 19 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 23 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 29 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 29 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
MarriageMary Jane HubbartView this family
January 23, 1869 (Age 31 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 31 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 40 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
Harrison Leroy Clark
February 27, 1888 (Age 50 years)
Death September 5, 1895 (Age 57 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Dover Cemetery
Family with Mary Jane Hubbart - View this family
himself
David Clark
Birth: September 12, 1837Oklahoma, United States
Death: September 5, 1895Dover, Kingfisher, Oklahoma, United States
wife
Mary Jane Hubbart
Birth: July 1850North Judson, Starke, Indiana, United States
Death: January 19, 1930Dover, Kingfisher, Oklahoma, United States
Marriage: January 23, 1869Pulaski, Indiana, United States
19 years
son
Harrison Leroy Clark
Birth: February 27, 1888 50 37Pratt, Kansas, United States
Death: March 23, 1927Dover, Kingfisher, Oklahoma, United States

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