The Shemwell Family

Lucinda A JenningsAge: 91 years18471938

Name
Lucinda A Jennings
Given names
Lucinda A
Surname
Jennings
Married name
Lucinda A Maxwell
Birth July 8, 1847
Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848
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 9 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 13 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
MarriageWilliam Jackson P MaxwellView this family
June 19, 1867 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 19 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 19 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 21 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 son
#1
Alvus Martin Maxwell
April 9, 1870 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 30 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Marriage of a childAlvus Martin MaxwellMary Ann “Mollie” HarringtonView this family
January 10, 1889 (Age 41 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Marvin Victor Maxwell
June 25, 1891 (Age 43 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
Luther Alonzo Maxwell
August 22, 1892 (Age 45 years)
Birth of a grandson
#3
Noah Herman Maxwell
October 16, 1894 (Age 47 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#4
Lucinda Belle Maxwell
March 16, 1896 (Age 48 years)
Death of a granddaughterLucinda Belle Maxwell
August 10, 1897 (Age 50 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#5
Dovie Adeline Maxwell
February 17, 1898 (Age 50 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 50 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 grandson
#6
Alvus Virgil Maxwell
June 1, 1899 (Age 51 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#7
Kathryn E “Kate” Maxwell
February 24, 1901 (Age 53 years)
Death of a husbandWilliam Jackson P Maxwell
January 16, 1912 (Age 64 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 68 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 69 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 70 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 sonAlvus Martin Maxwell
May 8, 1929 (Age 81 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 82 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 grandsonMarvin Victor Maxwell
April 2, 1930 (Age 82 years)
Death September 12, 1938 (Age 91 years)
Family with William Jackson P Maxwell - View this family
husband
William Jackson P Maxwell
Birth: August 31, 1843Conway, Arkansas, United States
Death: January 16, 1912Carroll, Arkansas, United States
herself
Lucinda A Jennings
Birth: July 8, 1847White, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 12, 1938Carroll, Arkansas, United States
Marriage: June 19, 1867Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States
3 years
son

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