The Shemwell Family

Name
Susan Jane “Susie” Breezeel
Given names
Susan Jane
Nickname
Susie
Surname
Breezeel
Married name
Susan Jane Collie
Married name
Susan Jane McGuire
Birth May 24, 1856 33 24
Birth of a sisterAmanda Louvena Breezeel
March 28, 1858 (Age 22 months)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 7 months)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Birth of a brotherJamie Lee Breezeel
August 10, 1860 (Age 4 years)
Death of a brotherJamie Lee Breezeel
1860 (Age 3 years)
Census July 24, 1860 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a brotherGeorge Milas Breezeel
October 6, 1862 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a sisterDora Laura Breezeel
May 10, 1865 (Age 8 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 4 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 10 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 10 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 12 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 12 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 14 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 21 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Census June 5, 1880 (Age 24 years)
Death of a motherNancy Shemwell
1892 (Age 35 years)
MarriageDavid Holloway CollieView this family
June 10, 1896 (Age 40 years)
Death of a fatherWillis Washington Breezeel
July 1897 (Age 41 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Van Buren Collie
January 25, 1898 (Age 41 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 41 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
Census June 9, 1900 (Age 44 years)
Death of a husbandDavid Holloway Collie
December 1, 1908 (Age 52 years)
Cause: Suicide
Death of a half-sisterNancy Rebecca Breezeel
December 19, 1908 (Age 52 years)
Address: Near Oak Level
Census April 15, 1910 (Age 53 years)
Death of a brotherGeorge Milas Breezeel
January 31, 1911 (Age 54 years)
Cause: Killed while felling a tree
MarriageRichard H McGuireView this family
February 22, 1911 (Age 54 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 59 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Marriage of a childVan Buren CollieVilla B OgilvieView this family
before September 12, 1918 (Age 62 years)

Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 60 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 61 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/
Birth of a grandson
#1
Finnis Lee Collie
December 12, 1919 (Age 63 years)
Death of a sisterDora Laura Breezeel
August 11, 1924 (Age 68 years)
Marriage of a childVan Buren CollieViola Lillian MillikenView this family
December 24, 1925 (Age 69 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 73 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 sisterAmanda Louvena Breezeel
October 12, 1932 (on the date of death)
Death October 12, 1932 (Age 76 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Ford Cemetery
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