The Shemwell Family

Samantha Alice OverleyAge: 83 years18601943

Name
Samantha Alice Overley
Given names
Samantha Alice
Surname
Overley
Married name
Samantha Alice Gray
Birth March 3, 1860
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 12 months)

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 6 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 6 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 8 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 17 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageElijah Milton GrayView this family
October 30, 1881 (Age 21 years)
Note: Marriage info from findagrave site
Birth of a son
#1
Martin Dewey Gray
April 2, 1898 (Age 38 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 38 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 1, 1900 (Age 40 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 55 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Marriage of a childMartin Dewey GrayInes FisherView this family
June 20, 1917 (Age 57 years)
Note: Marriage info from findagrave site
Birth of a grandson
#1
Verne Milton Gray
February 3, 1918 (Age 57 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 56 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 57 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 69 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 husbandElijah Milton Gray
February 18, 1934 (Age 73 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 81 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
Death April 4, 1943 (Age 83 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mount Vernon Cemetery South
Family with Elijah Milton Gray - View this family
husband
Elijah Milton Gray
Birth: July 6, 1850Piqua, Miami, Ohio, United States
Death: February 18, 1934Oxford, Sumner, Kansas, United States
herself
Samantha Alice Overley
Birth: March 3, 1860Allen, Indiana, United States
Death: April 4, 1943Oxford, Sumner, Kansas, United States
Marriage: October 30, 1881Winfield, Cowley, Kansas, United States
16 years
son
Martin Dewey Gray
Birth: April 2, 1898 47 38Cowley, Kansas, United States
Death: February 7, 1970Belle Plaine, Sumner, Kansas, United States

No family available

Marriage
Marriage info from findagrave site
Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Elijah Milton Gray - Household

Udall, Cowley, Kansas, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Gray, Elijah MheadWMJul185049M18OHOHOHFarmer0YesYesYesOMF
Gray, Samantha AwifeWFMar184050M1887INOHOHYesYesYes
Gray, MyrtledaughterWFSept188217SKSOHIN0YesYesYes
Gray, WilliesonWMAug188415SKSOHIN0YesYesYes
Gray, LauradaughterWFFeb188614SKSOHIN6YesYesYes
Gray, WymondaughterWFSept188712SKSOHIN6YesYesYes
Gray, ElbertsonWMOct18918SKSOHIN6Yes
Gray, NoblesonWMMar1895fSKSOHIN
Gray, Martin DsonWMApr18982SKSOHIN