The Shemwell Family

Charles Stewart SandyAge: 59 years18681928

Name
Charles Stewart Sandy
Given names
Charles Stewart
Surname
Sandy
Birth August 30, 1868 26 26
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 4 months)

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 sisterEldora Frances Sandy
April 19, 1870 (Age 19 months)
Birth of a sisterLucy Susan Virginia Sandy
July 4, 1871 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherJohn G William Sandy
September 18, 1872 (Age 4 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherSusannah Rawley
December 13, 1873 (Age 5 years)
Cause: Typhoid Pneumonia
Birth of a brotherHoward Bernard Edward Sandy
February 1, 1874 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a sisterMinnie Annie Byrd Sandy
September 25, 1875 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a brotherReuben Samuel Henry Sandy
March 8, 1877 (Age 8 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 9 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Birth of a brotherDaniel Martin Trevie Sandy
April 29, 1879 (Age 10 years)
Birth of a brotherJames Melvin Karicofe Sandy
November 16, 1881 (Age 13 years)
Birth of a brotherMarion Brown Rhodes Sandy
November 16, 1881 (Age 13 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherWilliam E Sandy
April 13, 1898 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 29 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 fatherJohn Henry Sandy
July 25, 1913 (Age 44 years)
Cause: Rheumatism End Cystitis
Death of a motherMariam Frances Kiracofe
July 7, 1914 (Age 45 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 47 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 48 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 49 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/
Death April 17, 1928 (Age 59 years)
Burial April 20, 1928 (3 days after death)
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father
mother
Marriage: November 15, 1866Rockingham, Virginia, United States
9 months
elder sister
Mary Lillie Belle Sandy
Birth: August 7, 1867 25 25Harrisonburg, Rockingham, Virginia, United States
Death: March 12, 1932Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
13 months
himself
Charles Stewart Sandy
Birth: August 30, 1868 26 26Rockingham, Virginia, United States
Death: April 17, 1928Homestead, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
20 months
younger sister
Eldora Frances Sandy
Birth: April 19, 1870 28 28Dayton, Rockingham, Virginia, United States
Death: April 26, 1936Plains, Rockingham, Virginia, United States
14 months
younger sister
Lucy Susan Virginia Sandy
Birth: July 4, 1871 29 29Mount Crawford, Rockingham, Virginia, United States
Death: January 7, 1938Centreville, Fairfax, Virginia, United States
15 months
younger brother
John G William Sandy
Birth: September 18, 1872 31 31Rockingham, Virginia, United States
Death: July 28, 1946Harrisonburg, Rockingham, Virginia, United States
16 months
younger brother
Howard Bernard Edward Sandy
Birth: February 1, 1874 32 32Dayton, Rockingham, Virginia, United States
Death: September 8, 1936Staunton, Virginia, United States
20 months
younger sister
Minnie Annie Byrd Sandy
Birth: September 25, 1875 34 34Rockingham, Virginia, United States
Death: November 29, 1945Stephens City, Frederick, Virginia, United States
17 months
younger brother
Reuben Samuel Henry Sandy
Birth: March 8, 1877 35 35Cooks Creek, Rockingham, Virginia, United States
Death: July 18, 1933Annville, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States
2 years
younger brother
Daniel Martin Trevie Sandy
Birth: April 29, 1879 37 37Rockingham, Virginia, United States
Death: June 29, 1940Palmyra, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States
3 years
younger brother
James Melvin Karicofe Sandy
Birth: November 16, 1881 40 40Ashby, Rockingham, Virginia, United States
Death: October 5, 1947Stephens City, Frederick, Virginia, United States
younger brother
Marion Brown Rhodes Sandy
Birth: November 16, 1881 40 40Ashby, Rockingham, Virginia, United States
Death: November 11, 1949Broadway, Rockingham, Virginia, United States