The Shemwell Family

Alonzo A HinchAge: 20 years18601880

Name
Alonzo A Hinch
Given names
Alonzo A
Surname
Hinch
Birth about 1860 33 30
Death of a motherMary Gillett
July 29, 1860
Marriage of a parentJames Nathaniel HinchNancy HambyView this family
after 1860

Death of a paternal grandfatherJohn Samuel Hinch
July 25, 1862 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 15 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
Birth of a half-brotherNathan Hinch
about 1866 (Age 6 years)

Birth of a half-sisterEuginea Hinch
about 1867 (Age 7 years)
Death of a half-brotherNathan Hinch
about 1867 (Age 7 years)

Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 7 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 7 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Death of a half-sisterEuginea Hinch
about 1868 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a half-sisterMary Elizabeth Hinch
March 15, 1869 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 9 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 18 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 fatherJames Nathaniel Hinch
1879 (Age 19 years)
Death after 1880 (Age 20 years)

Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: before 1851Tennessee, United States
9 months
elder sister
Nancy A Hinch
Birth: September 23, 1851 24 22Bradley, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 16, 1856Bradley, Tennessee, United States
17 months
elder brother
John A Hinch
Birth: February 21, 1853 26 24Bradley, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 16, 1856Bradley, Tennessee, United States
23 months
elder brother
Thomas R Hinch
Birth: January 10, 1855 28 25Tennessee, United States
Death: May 8, 1883Bradley, Tennessee, United States
2 years
elder brother
Aaron Hinch
Birth: June 2, 1857 30 28Bradley, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 29, 1857Bradley, Tennessee, United States
13 months
elder brother
6 months
elder brother
3 years
himself
Alonzo A Hinch
Birth: about 1860 33 30Bradley, Tennessee, United States
Death: after 1880
Father’s family with Nancy Hamby - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: after 1860
7 years
half-brother
2 years
half-sister
Euginea Hinch
Birth: about 1867 40 37Bradley, Tennessee, United States
Death: about 1868Bradley, Tennessee, United States
2 years
half-sister
Mary Elizabeth Hinch
Birth: March 15, 1869 42 40Ooltewah, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 18, 1941Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States