The Shemwell Family

Marion Turley1850

Name
Marion Turley
Given names
Marion
Surname
Turley
Birth 1850 26 22
Death of a paternal grandfatherStephen Turley
December 22, 1851 (Age 23 months)
Birth of a brotherFranklin Turley
1854 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a sisterLuella “Ella” Turley
March 25, 1857 (Age 7 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 7 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 23, 1860 (Age 10 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJames Joseph Higgerson
December 25, 1861 (Age 11 years)
Cause: Murdered
Note: Joseph Higgerson was a storekeeper at Turley Bridge on the Lamine River. On Christmas moring of 1861…
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 11 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 brotherR E Turley
1865 (Age 15 years)
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 17 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 17 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Death of a maternal grandmotherNancy I Zachary
1868 (Age 18 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 19 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
Birth of a brotherHenry Turley
February 1870 (Age 20 years)
Census August 5, 1870 (Age 20 years)
Death of a fatherHenry Clay Turley
April 26, 1877 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 28 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Death of a paternal grandmotherElizabeth Ruble Jones
about 1879 (Age 29 years)
Death of a motherJane Theresa Higgerson
April 24, 1894 (Age 44 years)

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 48 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 66 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 67 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 68 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 79 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
Death of a sisterLuella “Ella” Turley
February 14, 1938 (Age 88 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 91 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 100 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 96 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
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Marriage: May 21, 1846Cooper, Missouri, United States
4 years
elder brother
2 years
himself
5 years
younger brother
3 years
younger sister
9 years
younger brother
R E Turley
Birth: 1865 41 37Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death:
5 years
younger brother
Henry Turley
Birth: February 1870 46 42Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death:

Marion Turley has 20 first cousins recorded

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - Henry Clay Turley - Household

Lamine, Cooper, Missouri, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Turley, H Chead47MWfarmerMO
Turley, Jane wife42FWVA
Turley, William Eson21MWfarmhandMO
Turley, Marionson19MWMO
Turley, Franklinson15MWMO
Turley, Luelladaughter13FWMO
Turley, R E Tson5MWMO
Turley, Henryson6 monthsMWMO