The Shemwell Family

Mary Susan BushartAge: 27 years18431870

Name
Mary Susan Bushart
Given names
Mary Susan
Surname
Bushart
Married name
Mary Susan Underwood
Birth 1843

Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 3 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 14 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
MarriageDavid UnderwoodView this family
January 26, 1864 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 18 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 son
#1
William David Underwood
March 26, 1866 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 24 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 24 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Birth of a son
#2
Quincie Monroe Underwood
November 21, 1868 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 26 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
Death after 1870 (Age 27 years)

Family with David Underwood - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: January 26, 1864Henry, Tennessee, United States
5 years
son
-3 years
son
David Underwood + Mary Catherine Hinchey - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage: December 4, 1884Henry, Tennessee, United States
1 year
step-daughter
Katie Erin Underwood
Birth: December 6, 1885 63 35Henry, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 24, 1971Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States
3 years
step-son
Chester Corum Underwood
Birth: August 26, 1888 65 38Henry, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 16, 1964Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States
3 years
step-daughter
Lula Underwood
Birth: March 8, 1891 68 40Henry, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 1982Trenton, Clinton, Illinois, United States

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