The Shemwell Family

Amanda Ponolar KeelinAge: 90 years18681959

Name
Amanda Ponolar Keelin
Given names
Amanda Ponolar
Surname
Keelin
Married name
Amanda Ponolar Taylor
Birth July 22, 1868 39 39
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 5 months)

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 brotherJoseph W Keelin
May 9, 1871 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a sisterVictoria Keelin
1872 (Age 3 years)
Death of a sisterVictoria Keelin
1872 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 9 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Death of a brotherJohn C Keelin
April 30, 1881 (Age 12 years)

Death of a fatherJohn Keelin
May 15, 1884 (Age 15 years)
MarriageJohn Clay TaylorView this family
January 17, 1888 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Frances Cleveland Taylor
July 18, 1888 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Leavy Taylor
October 10, 1891 (Age 23 years)
Address: Afton Indian Territory
Death of a sonLeavy Taylor
August 25, 1892 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Anna Clastena Taylor
March 2, 1893 (Age 24 years)
Death of a motherJane Slaymaker
July 22, 1894 (Age 26 years)

Death of a daughterAnna Clastena Taylor
August 24, 1894 (Age 26 years)
Death of a brotherWilliam L Keelin
April 23, 1896 (Age 27 years)

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 29 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 son
#4
George Yarbrough Taylor
June 22, 1899 (Age 30 years)
Address: Miami Indiana Territory
Birth of a daughter
#5
Minnie Beck Taylor
June 22, 1899 (Age 30 years)
Address: Miami Indiana Territory
Death of a brotherA Spencer Keelin
September 24, 1899 (Age 31 years)

Death of a daughterMinnie Beck Taylor
October 1900 (Age 32 years)
Birth of a son
#6
John Mac Taylor
October 21, 1903 (Age 35 years)
Address: Vinita Indian Territory
Birth of a daughter
#7
Jaunita Taylor
December 10, 1905 (Age 37 years)
Address: Tulsa Creek Oklahoma Territory
Birth of a son
#8
Soldina Sylvester Taylor
February 27, 1908 (Age 39 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 47 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 48 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 49 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 husbandJohn Clay Taylor
February 14, 1928 (Age 59 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 61 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
Birth of a grandson
#1
Stephen Morris Taylor
July 3, 1943 (Age 74 years)
Death of a sisterElizabeth Keelin
March 16, 1944 (Age 75 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 73 years)

Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 81 years)
Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
Death of a brotherJoseph W Keelin
January 1959 (Age 90 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 77 years)
Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
Death April 28, 1959 (Age 90 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: November 7, 1850Harrisburg, Saline, Illinois, United States
14 months
elder brother
James Keelin
Birth: 1851 21 21Galaita, Saline, Illinois, United States
Death: about 1860
2 years
elder brother
Samuel M Keelin
Birth: February 15, 1853 23 23
Death: Logan, Illinois, United States
2 years
elder sister
2 years
elder sister
2 years
elder brother
23 months
elder sister
22 months
elder brother
John C Keelin
Birth: February 2, 1863 33 33Galaita, Saline, Illinois, United States
Death: April 30, 1881
2 years
elder brother
3 years
herself
3 years
younger brother
Joseph W Keelin
Birth: May 9, 1871 41 41Galaita, Saline, Illinois, United States
Death: January 1959California, United States
20 months
younger sister
Victoria Keelin
Birth: 1872 42 42Galaita, Saline, Illinois, United States
Death: 1872Galaita, Saline, Illinois, United States
Family with John Clay Taylor - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: January 17, 1888Marion, Illinois, United States
6 months
daughter
Frances Cleveland Taylor
Birth: July 18, 1888 31 19Galaita, Saline, Illinois, United States
Death: June 30, 1967St Helena, Napa, California, United States
3 years
son
Leavy Taylor
Birth: October 10, 1891 34 23Oklahoma, United States
Death: August 25, 1892Anna, Union, Illinois, United States
17 months
daughter
Anna Clastena Taylor
Birth: March 2, 1893 35 24Anna, Union, Illinois, United States
Death: August 24, 1894Galena, Cherokee, Kansas, United States
6 years
son
George Yarbrough Taylor
Birth: June 22, 1899 42 30Oklahoma, United States
Death: January 28, 1979Eureka, Humboldt, California, United States
daughter
Minnie Beck Taylor
Birth: June 22, 1899 42 30Oklahoma, United States
Death: October 1900Miami, Ottawa, Oklahoma, United States
4 years
son
John Mac Taylor
Birth: October 21, 1903 46 35Oklahoma, United States
Death: December 29, 1996Greenville, Plumas, California, United States
2 years
daughter
Jaunita Taylor
Birth: December 10, 1905 48 37Oklahoma, United States
Death: November 1, 1984Miami, Ottawa, Oklahoma, United States
2 years
son
Soldina Sylvester Taylor
Birth: February 27, 1908 50 39Pawhuska, Osage, Oklahoma, United States
Death:

Amanda Ponolar Keelin has 57 first cousins recorded