The Shemwell Family

John Patrick HarringtonAge: 40 years18401880

Name
John Patrick Harrington
Given names
John Patrick
Surname
Harrington
Birth 1840
Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 6 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 17 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 21 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 27 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 27 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 29 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
MarriageFiana BruceView this family
January 24, 1878 (Age 38 years)
Birth of a son
#1
George Harrington
December 16, 1878 (Age 38 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 38 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Death about 1880 (Age 40 years)
Note: In the 1880 Census, his wife is listed as "Widowed". His son George was born in 1878; so, John Patrick must have died between 1878 and 1880.
Family with Fiana Bruce - View this family
himself
wife
Fiana Bruce
Birth: September 30, 1841Bruce Lake Station, Fulton, Indiana, United States
Death: October 17, 1904Fulton, Indiana, United States
Marriage: January 24, 1878Fulton, Indiana, United States
11 months
son

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Fiana Bruce Obituary and Family Listing Died. Mrs. Fiana Bruce was born near the shores of Bract. IA, Sept. 30. .1. tin,' Oct. 17, P.., aged 63 years and 17 days. Deceased was married twice. First to William Rhodes in 1863. To this union were born five children of whom one son and one daughter survive. After the death of her husband she was married to Patrick Harrington. To this union one son was born who survives his mother. Funeral services were conducted from St. Paul's Reformed church by Pastor S. E. Klopfenstein and the remains laid to rest in the cemetery on the hill near the church. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6283245/fiana-rhodes
Name
George Harrington and Margaret E Wilson Marriage and Parental Listing Name: George Harrington Sex: Male Age: 24 Birth Year (Estimated): 1878 Birthplace: Fulton Co. Marital Status: Single Race: white Father's Name: Patrick Harrington Father's Sex: Male Mother's Name: Finney Bruce Mother's Sex: Female Spouse's Name: Margaret E. Wilson Spouse's Sex: Female Spouse's Age: 23 Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1879 Spouse's Birthplace: Fulton Co. Spouse's Marital Status: Single Spouse's Race: white Spouse's Ethnicity: American Spouse's Father's Name: John F. Wilson Spouse's Father's Sex: Male Spouse's Mother's Name: Emma Carker Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 11 Dec 1902 Event Place: Fulton, Fulton, Indiana, United States Source Details: p16 line 3
Death
In the 1880 Census, his wife is listed as "Widowed". His son George was born in 1878; so, John Patrick must have died between 1878 and 1880.