The Shemwell Family

Richard Frost1823

Name
Richard Frost
Given names
Richard
Surname
Frost
Birth February 8, 1823 28 38

Birth of a sisterArtema Elvira Frost
December 1825 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherChristopher Columbus Frost
April 1, 1831 (Age 8 years)
Historical Event
Cholera Epidemic
1832 (Age 8 years)
Note: Cholera killed 4,340 people in New Orleans & over 3,000 in New York City - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholera_outbreaks_and_pandemics
Historical Event
The Texas Revolution
between October 1835 and April 1836 (Age 12 years)
Note: The Texas Revolution (or Texas War of Independence) was fought from October 2, 1835 to April 21, 1836 between Mexico and the Texas (Tejas) portion of the Mexican state of Coahuila y Tejas. The Texas Revolution erupted in 1836, after Texas declared its independence from Mexico. Mexico responded by invading Texas, where General Santa Anna won decisive victories in the battles of the Alamo and Goliad. The war ended at the Battle of San Jacinto (about 20 miles) east of modern day downtown Houston) where General Sam Houston led the Texas Army to victory in 18 minutes over a portion of the Mexican Army under Santa Anna, who was captured shortly after the battle. The conclusion of the war resulted in the creation of the Republic of Texas - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Revolution
Death of a fatherThomas Micajah Frost
about 1838 (Age 14 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherNancy Ann Robbins
before 1839 (Age 15 years)

Death of a paternal grandfatherMicajah Frost
February 4, 1843 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 22 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
Death of a brotherRiley Porter Frost
about 1857 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 33 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Death of a brotherAndrew Jackson Frost
December 24, 1862 (Age 39 years)
Death of a brotherThomas Frost
March 17, 1863 (Age 40 years)
Death of a motherNancy Ann Adkins
about 1864 (Age 40 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 38 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 43 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 43 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 45 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 54 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 brotherPleasant Miller Frost
January 30, 1881 (Age 57 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 75 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 sisterArtema Elvira Frost
about 1905 (Age 81 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 92 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death of a brotherChristopher Columbus Frost
December 16, 1917 (Age 94 years)
Burial of a brotherChristopher Columbus Frost
December 18, 1917 (Age 94 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 93 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 94 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 106 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
Deathunknown

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father
mother
Marriage: about 1812
3 years
elder brother
Thomas Frost
Birth: about 1814 19 29
Death: March 17, 1863Missouri, United States
3 years
elder brother
Andrew Jackson Frost
Birth: November 27, 1816 21 31Sparta, White, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 24, 1862Barry, Missouri, United States
13 months
elder sister
2 years
elder brother
Pleasant Miller Frost
Birth: January 13, 1819 24 34Stone, Missouri, United States
Death: January 30, 1881Wise, Texas, United States
2 years
elder brother
Riley Porter Frost
Birth: about 1820 25 35Missouri, United States
Death: about 1857Texas, United States
3 years
himself
3 years
younger sister
Artema Elvira Frost
Birth: December 1825 30 40Missouri, United States
Death: about 1905Jasper, Missouri, United States
5 years
younger brother
Christopher Columbus Frost
Birth: April 1, 1831 36 46Greene, Missouri, United States
Death: December 16, 1917Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto, Texas, United States

Richard Frost has 32 first cousins recorded