The Shemwell Family

Daniel Kerley1849

Name
Daniel Kerley
Given names
Daniel
Surname
Kerley
Birth about 1849 20 25
Birth of a sisterSarah Elizabeth Kerley
June 24, 1851 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherGreenberry E Kerley
May 14, 1853 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a sisterEmelia Catherine “Millie” Kerley
October 7, 1855 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a brotherWilliam Washington Kerley
November 6, 1858 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 8 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Death of a motherCatherine Ann “Kitty” Selby
about 1863 (Age 14 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 12 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 18 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 18 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 20 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 29 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 maternal grandfatherLloyd Selby
October 9, 1880 (Age 31 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherRebecca Parham
March 31, 1884 (Age 35 years)
Death of a fatherSamuel Oxsheer Kerley
July 7, 1897 (Age 48 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 49 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
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 67 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 68 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 69 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 brotherJoshua Kerley
June 28, 1921 (Age 72 years)
Burial of a brotherJoshua Kerley
June 30, 1921 (Age 72 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Morris Hill Cemetery
Death of a sisterSarah Elizabeth Kerley
November 23, 1923 (Age 74 years)
Death of a brotherGreenberry E Kerley
July 28, 1928 (Age 79 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 80 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 brotherWilliam Washington Kerley
May 2, 1935 (Age 86 years)
Burial of a brotherWilliam Washington Kerley
May 5, 1935 (Age 86 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Old Pioneer Cemetery
Death of a sisterEmelia Catherine “Millie” Kerley
March 21, 1936 (Age 87 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 92 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 101 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 97 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
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father
mother
Marriage: about 1846
23 months
elder brother
Joshua Kerley
Birth: November 24, 1847 19 23Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 28, 1921Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States
2 years
himself
Daniel Kerley
Birth: about 1849 20 25Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death:
3 years
younger sister
Sarah Elizabeth Kerley
Birth: June 24, 1851 23 27Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 23, 1923Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
23 months
younger brother
2 years
younger sister
Emelia Catherine “Millie” Kerley
Birth: October 7, 1855 27 31Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 21, 1936Hamilton, Tennessee, United States
3 years
younger brother
William Washington Kerley
Birth: November 6, 1858 30 34Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 2, 1935Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States

Daniel Kerley has 22 first cousins recorded