The Shemwell Family

Name
Clara Frances “Fannie” Price
Given names
Clara Frances
Surname
Price
Nickname
Fannie
Married name
Clara Frances McGee
Birth August 1855
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 17 months)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 5 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 11 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 11 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 13 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
MarriageWilliam D McGeeView this family
September 30, 1873 (Age 18 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 22 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Birth of a daughter
#1
Della McGee
1890 (Age 34 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Glen Dora McGee
April 30, 1891 (Age 35 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Marie McGee
1897 (Age 41 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 42 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 of a husbandWilliam D McGee
about 1905 (Age 49 years)
Marriage of a childClarence White DaughertyGlen Dora McGeeView this family
January 28, 1908 (Age 52 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Myrtle Mabel Daugherty
June 8, 1908 (Age 52 years)
Marriage of a childAlfred Dempsey HouseDella McGeeView this family
about 1909 (Age 53 years)

Census April 21, 1910 (Age 54 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Fannie Elizabeth Daugherty
March 18, 1911 (Age 55 years)
Death April 21, 1912 (Age 56 years)
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