The Shemwell Family

Mary Baker SneedAge: 54 years18501904

Name
Mary Baker Sneed
Given names
Mary Baker
Surname
Sneed
Married name
Mary Baker Potter
Birth June 20, 1850
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 6 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 10 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
MarriageThomas Francis Marion PotterView this family
August 26, 1867 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 16 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 16 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 18 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 27 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
Elbert Thomas Potter
March 27, 1884 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 47 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
Census June 28, 1900 (Age 50 years)
Death June 26, 1904 (Age 54 years)
Obituary
Mrs M F Potter Obituary
June 27, 1904 (1 day after death)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Dover Cemetery
Family with Thomas Francis Marion Potter - View this family
husband
Thomas Francis Marion Potter
Birth: June 14, 1843Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States
Death: September 29, 1921Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma, United States
herself
Mary Baker Sneed
Birth: June 20, 1850Tennessee, United States
Death: June 26, 1904Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma, United States
Marriage: August 26, 1867Missouri, United States
17 years
son
Elbert Thomas Potter
Birth: March 27, 1884 40 33Greenfield, Dade, Missouri, United States
Death: March 6, 1952Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma, United States

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Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Francis Marion Potter - Household

Clear Creek, Payne, Oklahoma Territory, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Potter, Marion FheadWMJun184356M33MOTNTNFarmer0YesYesYesOFF
Potter, Mary BwifeWFJun185149M3354TNTNTNYesYesYes
Potter, OtissonWMOct187227SMOMOTNFarm LaborerYesYesYes
Potter, Albert TsonWMMar188416SMOMOTNFarm LaborerYesYesYes