The Shemwell Family

Phillip L SchickAge: 64 years18371902

Name
Phillip L Schick
Given names
Phillip L
Surname
Schick
Birth November 23, 1837
Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 8 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
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 19 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 23 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 29 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 29 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 31 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
MarriageMary A YaryanView this family
September 18, 1870 (Age 32 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Clara Charlotte Schick
December 18, 1872 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 40 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 60 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 April 15, 1902 (Age 64 years)
Burial April 17, 1902 (2 days after death)
Family with Mary A Yaryan - View this family
himself
Phillip L Schick
Birth: November 23, 1837New York, United States
Death: April 15, 1902Dry Creek, Ada, Idaho, United States
wife
Mary A Yaryan
Birth: July 29, 1847 22 21Union, Indiana, United States
Death: March 7, 1926Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States
Marriage: September 18, 1870Ada, Idaho, United States
2 years
daughter
Clara Charlotte Schick
Birth: December 18, 1872 35 25Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States
Death: January 19, 1960Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States