The Shemwell Family

Maria ElleyAge: 21 years17941815

Name
Maria Elley
Given names
Maria
Surname
Elley
Married name
Maria Cosby
Birth 1794
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
Historical Event
The Louisiana Purchase
1803 (Age 9 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
MarriageArchibald CosbyView this family
June 28, 1814 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Caroline Nelli Cosby
May 8, 1815 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
War of 1812
between 1812 and 1815 (Age 18 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
Death about May 1815 (Age 21 years)
Note: Excerpt from the biography of her brother George Elley: "...In 1815, he lost his eldest sister, which greatly aroused his convictions of danger, but yet he was without a remedy...."
Family with Archibald Cosby - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: June 28, 1814Clark, Indiana, United States
10 months
daughter
Caroline Nelli Cosby
Birth: May 8, 1815 22 21Westport, Oldham, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 5, 1896Flint, Letcher, Kentucky, United States
Archibald Cosby + Malinda Troutman - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage: August 22, 1818Henry, Kentucky, United States
4 months
step-son
William Cosby
Birth: 1818 25 20Kentucky, United States
Death: October 25, 1854Madison, Jefferson, Indiana, United States
8 years
step-daughter
Infant Daughter Cosby
Birth: between 1820 and 1825 27 22Indiana, United States
Death: before 1854Indiana, United States
6 years
step-son
Infant Son Cosby
Birth: between 1820 and 1825 27 22Indiana, United States
Death: before 1854Indiana, United States
6 years
step-daughter
Eliza Ann Cosby
Birth: May 31, 1826 33 28Indiana, United States
Death: June 15, 1841Indiana, United States
19 months
step-daughter
2 years
step-daughter
Martha Cosby
Birth: 1828 35 30Indiana, United States
Death: June 1835Indiana, United States
6 years
step-daughter
Mary Frances W Cosby
Birth: July 30, 1833 41 35Indiana, United States
Death: April 30, 1835Indiana, United States
5 months
step-son
2 years
step-daughter
2 years
step-son
John Robert Cosby
Birth: about 1835 42 37Indiana, United States
Death: February 13, 1895Madison, Jefferson, Indiana, United States
1 year
step-son
Joseph A Cosby
Birth: about 1835 42 37Indiana, United States
Death: May 20, 1920Indiana, United States
2 years
step-daughter

No family available

Death
Excerpt from the biography of her brother George Elley: "...In 1815, he lost his eldest sister, which greatly aroused his convictions of danger, but yet he was without a remedy...."