The Shemwell Family

Stephen B SeiberAge: 74 years18611936

Name
Stephen B Seiber
Given names
Stephen B
Surname
Seiber
Birth December 3, 1861 35 35
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865

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
Death of a maternal grandfatherMatthew Patterson
October 3, 1865 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 5 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 5 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Death of a motherSarah Jane Patterson
December 1867 (Age 5 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 7 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 16 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 fatherStephen Samuel Seiber
February 1883 (Age 21 years)
Death of a brotherThomas Seiber
January 25, 1891 (Age 29 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherSarah Ellen Mabry
about 1896 (Age 34 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 36 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 brotherJames Matthew Seiber
March 11, 1912 (Age 50 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 54 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 55 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 56 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 of a sisterElizabeth Seiber
about 1919 (Age 57 years)

Death of a brotherCalvin L Seiber
September 5, 1924 (Age 62 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 67 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
Death October 22, 1936 (Age 74 years)
Burial
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father
mother
Marriage: November 20, 1845Anderson, Tennessee, United States
14 months
elder sister
2 years
elder brother
Calvin L Seiber
Birth: February 26, 1849 22 22Anderson, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 5, 1924Eminence, Shannon, Missouri, United States
11 months
elder brother
Thomas Seiber
Birth: January 27, 1850 23 23Anderson, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 25, 1891Anderson, Tennessee, United States
23 months
elder sister
Elizabeth Seiber
Birth: about 1851 24 24Anderson, Tennessee, United States
Death: about 1919
3 years
elder brother
James Matthew Seiber
Birth: November 16, 1853 27 27Anderson, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 11, 1912Douglas, Missouri, United States
17 months
elder sister
Sarah Seiber
Birth: April 23, 1855 29 28Anderson, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 17, 1939Caldwell, Canyon, Idaho, United States
20 months
elder brother
John M Seiber
Birth: December 18, 1856 30 30Anderson, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 10, 1939Wendell, Gooding, Idaho, United States
5 years
himself
Stephen B Seiber
Birth: December 3, 1861 35 35Anderson, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 22, 1936Caldwell, Canyon, Idaho, United States