The Shemwell Family

Name
Amanda Louvena Breezeel
Given names
Amanda Louvena
Surname
Breezeel
Married name
Amanda Louvena Ford
Birth March 28, 1858 34 26
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Census July 24, 1860 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherJamie Lee Breezeel
August 10, 1860 (Age 2 years)
Death of a brotherJamie Lee Breezeel
1860 (Age 21 months)
Birth of a brotherGeorge Milas Breezeel
October 6, 1862 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a sisterDora Laura Breezeel
May 10, 1865 (Age 7 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 3 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 8 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 8 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Birth of a brotherHenry Lee Breezeel
June 23, 1868 (Age 10 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 10 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
Birth of a brotherWilliam Pinkney Breezeel
December 1870 (Age 12 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 19 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageRobert Franklin “Bob” FordView this family
March 4, 1880 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Lucy L Ford
1880 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Milburn Ford
1882 (Age 23 years)
Death of a sonMilburn Ford
1882 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Robert Courtney Ford
1885 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a son
#4
James Ford
1886 (Age 27 years)
Death of a sonJames Ford
1886 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a son
#5
Willis N Ford
1888 (Age 29 years)
Birth of a daughter
#6
Flossie Ford
March 29, 1890 (Age 32 years)
Death of a motherNancy Shemwell
1892 (Age 33 years)
Birth of a daughter
#7
Ruth Ford
January 19, 1894 (Age 35 years)
Death of a fatherWillis Washington Breezeel
July 1897 (Age 39 years)
Birth of a son
#8
Edgar L Ford
June 27, 1898 (Age 40 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 40 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
Birth of a daughter
#9
Laura Ellen Ford
1900 (Age 41 years)
Death of a daughterLaura Ellen Ford
1900 (Age 41 years)
Census June 13, 1900 (Age 42 years)
Marriage of a childWilliam Luther GibsonLucy L FordView this family
calculated 1901 (Age 42 years)

Birth of a daughter
#10
Elta Ford
1902 (Age 43 years)
Death of a daughterElta Ford
1902 (Age 43 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Evaline Gibson
calculated 1904 (Age 45 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Flora Bobbie Ford
calculated 1908 (Age 49 years)
Death of a half-sisterNancy Rebecca Breezeel
December 19, 1908 (Age 50 years)
Address: Near Oak Level
Birth of a granddaughter
#3
Louise Ford
calculated 1911 (Age 52 years)
Death of a brotherGeorge Milas Breezeel
January 31, 1911 (Age 52 years)
Cause: Killed while felling a tree
Birth of a granddaughter
#4
Jesse Gibson
calculated 1912 (Age 53 years)
Death of a daughterFlossie Ford
May 7, 1912 (Age 54 years)

Birth of a granddaughter
#5
Adeline Ford
calculated 1913 (Age 54 years)
Death of a sonEdgar L Ford
February 17, 1913 (Age 54 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 57 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 58 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 59 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/
Census January 14, 1920 (Age 61 years)
Death of a sisterDora Laura Breezeel
August 11, 1924 (Age 66 years)
Death of a husbandRobert Franklin “Bob” Ford
1925 (Age 66 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 71 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 of a sisterSusan Jane “Susie” Breezeel
October 12, 1932 (on the date of death)
Death October 12, 1932 (Age 74 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Ford Cemetery
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