The Shemwell Family

Frances Virginia CrumAge: 69 years18461915

Name
Frances Virginia Crum
Given names
Frances Virginia
Surname
Crum
Married name
Frances Virginia Sandy
Birth June 6, 1846
Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848
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
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 10 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 14 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 20 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 20 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 22 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
MarriageWilliam Jackson SandyView this family
August 13, 1872 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a son
#1
John Calvin Sandy
April 28, 1873 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Anna A “Annie” Sandy
February 28, 1875 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a son
#3
William A Sandy
August 8, 1877 (Age 31 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 31 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 daughter
#4
Mary E Sandy
May 26, 1879 (Age 32 years)
Birth of a son
#5
Samuel Edward Sandy
September 18, 1881 (Age 35 years)
Death of a sonWilliam A Sandy
November 12, 1881 (Age 35 years)
Birth of a daughter
#6
Wilda F Sandy
December 13, 1884 (Age 38 years)
Birth of a son
#7
Jacob Harvey Sandy
September 12, 1886 (Age 40 years)
Death of a daughterMary E Sandy
August 12, 1894 (Age 48 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 51 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 December 9, 1915 (Age 69 years)
Burial December 11, 1915 (2 days after death)
Family with William Jackson Sandy - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: August 13, 1872Augusta, Virginia, United States
8 months
son
John Calvin Sandy
Birth: April 28, 1873 29 26Rockingham, Virginia, United States
Death: January 1, 1948Augusta, Virginia, United States
22 months
daughter
Anna A “Annie” Sandy
Birth: February 28, 1875 31 28Rockingham, Virginia, United States
Death: December 26, 1964Augusta, Virginia, United States
2 years
son
William A Sandy
Birth: August 8, 1877 33 31Rockingham, Virginia, United States
Death: November 12, 1881Rockingham, Virginia, United States
22 months
daughter
Mary E Sandy
Birth: May 26, 1879 35 32Rockingham, Virginia, United States
Death: August 12, 1894Richmond, Virginia, United States
2 years
son
Samuel Edward Sandy
Birth: September 18, 1881 37 35Rockingham, Virginia, United States
Death: April 2, 1964Augusta, Virginia, United States
3 years
daughter
Wilda F Sandy
Birth: December 13, 1884 41 38Rockingham, Virginia, United States
Death: January 21, 1947Augusta, Virginia, United States
21 months
son
Jacob Harvey Sandy
Birth: September 12, 1886 42 40Rockingham, Virginia, United States
Death: December 21, 1985Augusta, Virginia, United States
William Jackson Sandy + Susan Rebecca Keller - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Susan Rebecca Keller
Birth: October 24, 1851Rockingham, Virginia, United States
Death: June 30, 1871Rockingham, Virginia, United States
Marriage: October 12, 1867Rockingham, Virginia, United States
10 months
step-daughter
Ella Virginia Sandy
Birth: July 1868 24 16Rockingham, Virginia, United States
Death: July 20, 1931Grand Junction, Mesa, Colorado, United States
17 months
step-son
Martin Luther Sandy
Birth: November 1869 25 18Rockingham, Virginia, United States
Death: April 18, 1908Meeker, Rio Blanco, Colorado, United States