The Shemwell Family

Name
Mary Lavada “Mollie” Altom
Given names
Mary Lavada
Surname
Altom
Married name
Mary Lavada Hudspeth
Nickname
Mollie
Birth March 23, 1860
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 12 months)

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 6 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 6 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 8 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 17 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageDr. Joseph Cathern HudspethView this family
1880 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Lula Hudspeth
January 24, 1881 (Age 20 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 38 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
Census June 18, 1900 (Age 40 years)
Marriage of a childGeorge McAllisterLula HudspethView this family
February 9, 1904 (Age 43 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Mary Janice McAllister
December 8, 1904 (Age 44 years)
Death February 21, 1906 (Age 45 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Patoka Cemetery
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