The Shemwell Family

Mary Ann StammAge: 35 years18391875

Name
Mary Ann Stamm
Given names
Mary Ann
Surname
Stamm
Married name
Mary Ann Bruce
Birth April 28, 1839
Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 6 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
MarriageJohn H BruceView this family
November 1, 1855 (Age 16 years)
Birth of a son
#1
James Henry Bruce
December 25, 1859 (Age 20 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 17 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 21 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 21 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 27 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 27 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 29 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
Death January 12, 1875 (Age 35 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Family with John H Bruce - View this family
husband
John H Bruce
Birth: 1832Union, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: January 12, 1899Lake Bruce, Fulton, Indiana, United States
herself
Mary Ann Stamm
Birth: April 28, 1839Pennsylvania, United States
Death: January 12, 1875Lake Bruce, Fulton, Indiana, United States
Marriage: November 1, 1855Liberty, Fulton, Indiana, United States
4 years
son
James Henry Bruce
Birth: December 25, 1859 27 20Fulton, Indiana, United States
Death: June 21, 1932Fulton, Indiana, United States

Census1860 United States - Census transcript - John H Bruce - Household

Union, Fulton, Indiana, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
John Brucehead28MWFarmer400500PA
Mary Ann Brucewife21FWPA
Benneville Bruceson2MWIN
Henry James Bruceson2MWIN
Asa Maggy Brucedaughter12FWIN

Name
James Henry Bruce Obituary and Family Listing Printed in The News-Sentinel Rochester, Indiana Tuesday, June 21, 1932 Funeral services for James Henry BRUCE, 74, who died Sunday at his home near Winamac, were held Tuesday afternoon at the Evangelical Church near Lake Bruce. Burial was made in the Pleasant Hill cemetery. The deceased had spent all of his life in the Winamac and Bruce Lake communities. Surviving are one son, James BRUCE and a brother, Charles [BRUCE], all of Kewanna. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65655767/henry_james_bruce