The Shemwell Family

Susan Elizabeth GoodAge: 38 years18421880

Name
Susan Elizabeth Good
Given names
Susan Elizabeth
Surname
Good
Married name
Susan Elizabeth Trimmer
Birth 1842
Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 4 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
MarriageHenry TrimmerView this family
March 18, 1858 (Age 16 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 15 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 19 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 25 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 25 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 27 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 daughter
#1
Ada Henrietta Trimmer
September 18, 1878 (Age 36 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 36 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Census June 1, 1880 (Age 38 years)
Adoption of a daughterAda Henrietta Trimmer
between 1880 and 1897 (Age 38 years)
Adoption: Adopted by both parents
Note: Her biological mother, Susan Good, died in 1880
Death September 10, 1880 (Age 38 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Boiling Springs Cemetery
Family with Henry Trimmer - View this family
husband
herself
Susan Elizabeth Good
Birth: 1842Illinois, United States
Death: September 10, 1880Macon, Macon, Illinois, United States
Marriage: March 18, 1858Macon, Illinois, United States
21 years
daughter
Ada Henrietta Trimmer
Adoption: between 1880 and 1897Illinois, United States
Birth: September 18, 1878Hickory Point, Macon, Illinois, United States
Death: February 15, 1950Macon, Illinois, United States

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Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Henry Trimmer - Household

Hickory Point, Macon, Illinois, United States

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Trimmer, HenryWM59headMFarmerPAPAPA
Trimmer, SusanWF38wifeMKeeping HouseILPAPA
Trimmer, JamesWM12sonSAt HomexILPAIL
Trimmer, JacobWM12sonSAt HomexILPAIL
Trimmer, SusanWF9daughterSAt HomexILPAIL
Trimmer, DavidWM6sonSxILPAIL
Trimmer, WilliamWM4sonSILPAIL
Trimmer, AdaWF1daughterSILPAIL