The Shemwell Family

Lillian G HoweAge: 69 years18631933

Name
Lillian G Howe
Given names
Lillian G
Surname
Howe
Married name
Lillian G Troutman
Birth May 1863
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865

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 3 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 3 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 5 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 14 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 34 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
MarriageJames B TroutmanView this family
January 23, 1915 (Age 51 years)
Death of a husbandJames B Troutman
December 9, 1916 (Age 53 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 52 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 53 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 54 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 66 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 April 11, 1933 (Age 69 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Rose Hill Cemetery
Family with James B Troutman - View this family
husband
James B Troutman
Birth: March 12, 1842 21 21Cass, Indiana, United States
Death: December 9, 1916Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
herself
Lillian G Howe
Birth: May 1863Bloomington, Monroe, Indiana, United States
Death: April 11, 1933El Paso, El Paso, Texas, United States
Marriage: January 23, 1915Monroe, Indiana, United States
James B Troutman + Elizabeth Emma Jamison - View this family
husband
James B Troutman
Birth: March 12, 1842 21 21Cass, Indiana, United States
Death: December 9, 1916Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
husband’s wife
Elizabeth Emma Jamison
Birth: February 1844Indiana, United States
Death: September 28, 1908Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
Marriage: October 22, 1865Miami, Indiana, United States

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