The Shemwell Family

John Charles DanselAge: 67 years18611928

Name
John Charles Dansel
Given names
John Charles
Surname
Dansel
Birth March 31, 1861
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 1 day)

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 5 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 5 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 7 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 16 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageMargaret McCartney PattersonView this family
March 20, 1881 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 37 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
Birth of a son
#1
Samuel Elton “Jack” Dansel
March 6, 1903 (Age 41 years)
Census 1915 (Age 53 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 54 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 55 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 56 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/
Birth of a grandson
#1
James Elton Dansel
April 3, 1928 (Age 67 years)
Death November 22, 1928 (Age 67 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Maple Grove Cemetery
Family with Margaret McCartney Patterson - View this family
himself
John Charles Dansel
Birth: March 31, 1861Big Grove, Johnson, Iowa, United States
Death: November 22, 1928Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, United States
wife
Margaret McCartney Patterson
Birth: March 26, 1865Indiana, United States
Death: September 6, 1933Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, United States
Marriage: March 20, 1881Morris, Kansas, United States
22 years
son

No family available

CensusKansas State - Census transcript - John Charles Dansel - Household

Hodgeman, Kansas, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPOccupation
Dansel, J CheadMW54MIAFarmer
Dansel, M MwifeFW50MIN
Dansel, LennadaughterFW15SKS
Dansel, EltonsonMW12SKS