The Shemwell Family

Sarah Elizabeth HincheyAge: 85 years18521937

Name
Sarah Elizabeth Hinchey
Given names
Sarah Elizabeth
Surname
Hinchey
Married name
Sarah Elizabeth Petty
Birth June 11, 1852 27 22
Birth of a brotherD J T Hinchey
about 1856 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 4 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Census June 12, 1860 (Age 8 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherVicey Horn
after June 1860 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a sisterRebecca Jennie Hinchey
November 9, 1860 (Age 8 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 8 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 14 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 14 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 16 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 sisterLauna Beatrice Hinchey
October 7, 1872 (Age 20 years)
MarriageAndrew Jackson PettyView this family
November 20, 1873 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 25 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 grandfatherJames Bartlett Hinchey
December 17, 1883 (Age 31 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 45 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 of a fatherJohn Burton Hinchey
October 1901 (Age 49 years)
Death of a sisterMary Catherine Hinchey
September 23, 1906 (Age 54 years)
Death of a motherRebecca Jane Rice
April 8, 1915 (Age 62 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 63 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 64 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 65 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 77 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 September 3, 1937 (Age 85 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Green Hill Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: July 24, 1849Henry, Tennessee, United States
11 months
elder sister
2 years
herself
Sarah Elizabeth Hinchey
Birth: June 11, 1852 27 22Tennessee, United States
Death: September 3, 1937Davis, Murray, Oklahoma, United States
5 years
younger brother
D J T Hinchey
Birth: about 1856 31 26Henry, Tennessee, United States
Death:
5 years
younger sister
Rebecca Jennie Hinchey
Birth: November 9, 1860 36 31Henry, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 17, 1959Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States
12 years
younger sister
Launa Beatrice Hinchey
Birth: October 7, 1872 48 43Henry, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 19, 1960Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States
Family with Andrew Jackson Petty - View this family
husband
Andrew Jackson Petty
Birth: October 1, 1852Henry, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 15, 1942Davis, Murray, Oklahoma, United States
herself
Sarah Elizabeth Hinchey
Birth: June 11, 1852 27 22Tennessee, United States
Death: September 3, 1937Davis, Murray, Oklahoma, United States
Marriage: November 20, 1873Henry, Tennessee, United States

Census1860 United States - Census transcript - John Burton Hinchey - Household

Henry, Tennessee

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
John B Hincheyhead36MWHewer of TimberNC
Rebecca Hincheywife31FWTN
Mary C Hincheydaughter10FWTN
Elizabeth Hincheydaughter8FWTN
D J T Hincheyson4MWTN