The Shemwell Family

Sarah Ellen MilnerAge: 39 years18651904

Name
Sarah Ellen Milner
Given names
Sarah Ellen
Surname
Milner
Married name
Sarah Ellen Bowsher
Birth September 3, 1865
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 15 months)
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 15 months)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 3 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 12 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageCephas BowsherView this family
July 26, 1884 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Russell Vernon Bowsher
September 5, 1887 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 32 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 December 20, 1904 (Age 39 years)
Obituary
Sarah Ellen Bowsher (nee Milner) Obituary and Family Listing
December 21, 1904 (1 day after death)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Salem Cemetery
Family with Cephas Bowsher - View this family
husband
Cephas Bowsher
Birth: July 27, 1861Ligonier, Noble, Indiana, United States
Death: June 9, 1943Monte Vista, Rio Grande, Colorado, United States
herself
Sarah Ellen Milner
Birth: September 3, 1865Benton, Elkhart, Indiana, United States
Death: December 20, 1904Monte Vista, Rio Grande, Colorado, United States
Marriage: July 26, 1884Elkhart, Indiana, United States
3 years
son
Russell Vernon Bowsher
Birth: September 5, 1887 26 22Ligonier, Noble, Indiana, United States
Death: January 1966Monte Vista, Rio Grande, Colorado, United States
Cephas Bowsher + Mary Ann “Margret” Carter - View this family
husband
Cephas Bowsher
Birth: July 27, 1861Ligonier, Noble, Indiana, United States
Death: June 9, 1943Monte Vista, Rio Grande, Colorado, United States
husband’s wife
Marriage: July 30, 1908Monte Vista, Rio Grande, Colorado, United States

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