The Shemwell Family

Name
Nancy Hizer
Given names
Nancy
Surname
Hizer
Married name
Nancy Widick
Birth March 8, 1841 20 20
Birth of a brotherAlfred Hizer
1843 (Age 21 months)
Death of a motherElizabeth “Betsy” Troutman
April 1845 (Age 4 years)
Marriage of a parentAaron HizerMatilda Ann SmithView this family
August 31, 1845 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 4 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
Census September 10, 1850 (Age 9 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherMichael A Troutman
May 24, 1852 (Age 11 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherSarah D Campbell
August 25, 1856 (Age 15 years)
Birth of a half-brotherDaniel P Hizer
1857 (Age 15 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherJohn Hizer
February 15, 1858 (Age 16 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 15 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Census June 6, 1860 (Age 19 years)
Census June 19, 1860 (Age 19 years)
Death of a brotherAlfred Hizer
August 9, 1864 (Age 23 years)
Note: Pvt Alfred Hizer was Killed in Action during The United States Civil War.
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 20 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
MarriageJohn Cox WidickView this family
March 8, 1866 (Age 25 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Effie Florence Widick
December 18, 1866 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 25 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 25 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Birth of a son
#2
Arthur Buck Widick
July 19, 1869 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 27 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
Census July 24, 1870 (Age 29 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Ira Widick
February 28, 1871 (Age 29 years)
Death of a sonIra Widick
March 17, 1871 (Age 30 years)
Birth of a son
#4
Roy Emanuel Widick
October 23, 1878 (Age 37 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 36 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Birth of a daughter
#5
Elizabeth Ann Widick
June 1880 (Age 39 years)
Census June 1, 1880 (Age 39 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherNancy Agnes Burns
April 27, 1884 (Age 43 years)
Birth of a daughter
#6
Mabel Widick
September 22, 1884 (Age 43 years)
Marriage of a childArthur Buck WidickMargaret Jane “Jennie” ShafferView this family
May 23, 1894 (Age 53 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Leroy Arthur Widick
August 2, 1896 (Age 55 years)
Death of a husbandJohn Cox Widick
November 23, 1896 (Age 55 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
Clarence Edward Widick
January 3, 1898 (Age 56 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 57 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 granddaughter
#3
Irene Widick
February 24, 1899 (Age 57 years)
Census June 4, 1900 (Age 59 years)
Birth of a grandson
#4
Ralph Hayden “Bud” Widick
November 7, 1900 (Age 59 years)
Death of a fatherAaron Hizer
October 24, 1901 (Age 60 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#5
Helen Louisa Widick
September 22, 1904 (Age 63 years)
Marriage of a childPeter A French StowersEffie Florence WidickView this family
November 18, 1904 (Age 63 years)
Marriage of a childRoy Runnels GreenMabel WidickView this family
July 26, 1905 (Age 64 years)
Birth of a grandson
#6
John Henry Green
August 25, 1906 (Age 65 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#7
Evelyn Widick
March 25, 1907 (Age 66 years)
Marriage of a childFrank Bennett KellyElizabeth Ann WidickView this family
May 15, 1908 (Age 67 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#8
Mary Beatrice Kelly
January 12, 1909 (Age 67 years)
Birth of a grandson
#9
Paul Widick Green
April 24, 1909 (Age 68 years)
Death of a granddaughterEvelyn Widick
January 1, 1910 (Age 68 years)
Census May 17, 1910 (Age 69 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#10
Beula Evelyn Green
January 8, 1911 (Age 69 years)
Death of a half-brotherDaniel P Hizer
1911 (Age 69 years)
Burial of a half-brotherDaniel P Hizer
1911 (Age 69 years)

Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Burial Details Unknown
Birth of a granddaughter
#11
Margaret Jane Widick
September 16, 1912 (Age 71 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 74 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a grandson
#12
Eugene Shaffer Widick
November 21, 1918 (Age 77 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 75 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 76 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/
Census January 13, 1920 (Age 78 years)
Birth of a grandson
#13
Ervin Herbert Green
December 24, 1920 (Age 79 years)
Death of a sisterSarah Elizabeth Hizer
October 28, 1921 (Age 80 years)
Death of a granddaughterBeula Evelyn Green
March 24, 1928 (Age 87 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 88 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
Census April 17, 1930 (Age 89 years)
Will
Nancy Widick (nee Hizer) Last Will and Testament
September 10, 1934 (Age 93 years)
Death October 31, 1935 (Age 94 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Blackwell Cemetery
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