The Shemwell Family

Mary “Polly” FrostAge: 32 years17931825

Name
Mary “Polly” Frost
Given names
Mary
Surname
Frost
Nickname
Polly
Married name
Mary Duncan
Birth about 1793 28 25
Birth of a brotherThomas Micajah Frost
about 1795 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherElijah Frost Sr.
December 24, 1797 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic
between 1793 and 1798
Note: More than 4,000 Philadelphia residents died from yellow fever - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Fever_Epidemic_of_1793
Birth of a brotherJames B Frost
about 1800 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a brotherRolen Frost
about 1801 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a brotherWilliam Frost
about 1802 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event
The Louisiana Purchase
1803 (Age 10 years)

Note: Napoleon Bonaparte agrees to sell 828,000 square miles of land to the United States for $15 million - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_Purchase
Birth of a brotherIcy Frost
about 1805 (Age 12 years)
Birth of a sisterPhebe Frost
about 1806 (Age 13 years)
Death of a sisterNancy Frost
about 1809 (Age 16 years)
MarriageMoses DuncanView this family
May 1814 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Nancy S “Nanna” Duncan
January 15, 1815 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
War of 1812
between 1812 and 1815 (Age 19 years)

Note: War of 1812 between the Americans and the British. The Creek (or Red Stick) War in Alabama had different origins, but it coincided with the war of 1812, and the U.S. treated it as a part of the larger war, with Jackson and his forces also in charge of defeating the Creeks - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812
Birth of a daughter
#2
Elizabeth Ann Duncan
March 16, 1816 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Sarah L Duncan
February 14, 1819 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a son
#4
William Wilson Duncan
about 1821 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a daughter
#5
Susannah “Sucky” Duncan
about 1824 (Age 31 years)
Birth of a son
#6
Jacob Frost Duncan
April 19, 1825 (Age 32 years)
Birth of a son
#7
Elijah Frost “Lige” Duncan
April 19, 1825 (Age 32 years)
Death of a sonJacob Frost Duncan
April 19, 1825 (Age 32 years)
Death April 28, 1825 (Age 32 years)
Burial
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: September 12, 1786Washington, Virginia, United States
16 months
elder sister
Nancy Frost
Birth: about 1787 22 19Washington, Virginia, United States
Death: about 1809Frost Bottom, Anderson, Tennessee, United States
2 years
elder brother
Andrew Snow Frost
Birth: about 1788 23 20Washington, Virginia, United States
Death: Surry, North Carolina, United States
5 years
elder sister
2 years
herself
3 years
younger brother
3 years
younger brother
3 years
younger brother
2 years
younger brother
Rolen Frost
Birth: about 1801 36 33Knox, Tennessee, United States
Death:
2 years
younger brother
William Frost
Birth: about 1802 37 34Knox, Tennessee, United States
Death:
4 years
younger brother
Icy Frost
Birth: about 1805 40 37Anderson, Tennessee, United States
Death:
2 years
younger sister
Phebe Frost
Birth: about 1806 41 38Anderson, Tennessee, United States
Death:
Father’s family with Nancy Williams - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: January 19, 1839Lincoln, Kentucky, United States
Family with Moses Duncan - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: May 1814Anderson, Tennessee, United States
9 months
daughter
Nancy S “Nanna” Duncan
Birth: January 15, 1815 18 22Frost Bottom, Anderson, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 1872Tennessee, United States
14 months
daughter
Elizabeth Ann Duncan
Birth: March 16, 1816 19 23Anderson, Tennessee, United States
Death: about 1890Frost Bottom, Anderson, Tennessee, United States
3 years
daughter
Sarah L Duncan
Birth: February 14, 1819 22 26Frost Bottom, Anderson, Tennessee, United States
Death: about 1880Anderson, Tennessee, United States
3 years
son
William Wilson Duncan
Birth: about 1821 24 28Anderson, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 19, 1862Anderson, Tennessee, United States
4 years
daughter
Susannah “Sucky” Duncan
Birth: about 1824 27 31Tennessee, United States
Death: January 1872Tennessee, United States
16 months
son
Jacob Frost Duncan
Birth: April 19, 1825 28 32Frost Bottom, Anderson, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 19, 1825Frost Bottom, Anderson, Tennessee, United States
son
Elijah Frost “Lige” Duncan
Birth: April 19, 1825 28 32Frost Bottom, Anderson, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 27, 1897Anderson, Tennessee, United States
Moses Duncan + Elizabeth Davis - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage: about 1826
3 years
step-son
Alfred Duncan
Birth: about 1828 31Frost Bottom, Anderson, Tennessee, United States
Death: before 1850
2 years
step-son
Isaac Duncan
Birth: about 1829 32Tennessee, United States
Death: about 1862
5 years
step-daughter
Telitha Cumile Duncan
Birth: July 4, 1833 36Tennessee, United States
Death: December 23, 1896Anderson, Tennessee, United States
18 months
step-daughter
2 months
step-son
Thomas L “Devil Tom” Duncan
Birth: March 10, 1834 37Frost Bottom, Anderson, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 28, 1906Knox, Tennessee, United States
4 years
step-daughter
2 years
step-daughter
step-daughter
Moses Duncan + Nancy Nolan - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage: December 8, 1839Haywood, North Carolina, United States
11 months
step-daughter
17 months
step-son
William Riley Duncan
Birth: March 4, 1842 45 27Haywood, North Carolina, United States
Death: April 9, 1908Frost Bottom, Anderson, Tennessee, United States
4 years
step-daughter
step-daughter
step-son
2 years
step-son
3 years
step-daughter