The Shemwell Family

Joseph J PolkAge: 77 years18361914

Name
Joseph J Polk
Given names
Joseph J
Surname
Polk
Birth December 31, 1836
Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 9 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
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 20 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
MarriageElizabeth Jane CarterView this family
April 26, 1864 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 24 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
Birth of a daughter
#1
Flora Catherine Polk
July 1866 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 30 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 30 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 32 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 14, 1870 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 41 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Marriage of a childWilliam Henry HollenbackFlora Catherine PolkView this family
January 1, 1885 (Age 48 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Pearl Agnes Hollenback
September 22, 1887 (Age 50 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Osa Geneva Hollenback
November 7, 1889 (Age 52 years)
Birth of a grandson
#3
Ural Talmage Hollenback Sr
November 10, 1893 (Age 56 years)
Birth of a grandson
#4
Roy Leonidas Hollenback Sr
January 2, 1897 (Age 60 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 61 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
Death August 8, 1914 (Age 77 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mound Cemetery
Family with Elizabeth Jane Carter - View this family
himself
Joseph J Polk
Birth: December 31, 1836Indiana, United States
Death: August 8, 1914Marion, Grant, Indiana, United States
wife
Elizabeth Jane Carter
Birth: January 7, 1847Barbourville, Knox, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 16, 1918Kokomo, Howard, Indiana, United States
Marriage: April 26, 1864Howard, Indiana, United States
2 years
daughter

No family available

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - Joseph J Polk - Household

Deer Creek, Carroll, Indiana, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Polk, Jos Jhead33MWLaborer199IN
Polk, Elizabethwife22FWKY
Polk, Floradaughter4FWIN