The Shemwell Family

Carrel B FloodAge: 76 years18511927

Name
Carrel B Flood
Given names
Carrel B
Surname
Flood
Birth February 11, 1851
MarriageMinerva E SearsView this family
unknown

Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 5 years)

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 10 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 15 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 15 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 17 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
Birth of a daughter
#1
Lillie Elizabeth Flood
July 4, 1876 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 26 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 childSamuel Anderson ShemwellLillie Elizabeth FloodView this family
October 16, 1892 (Age 41 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Nina Shemwell
March 28, 1894 (Age 43 years)
Death of a granddaughterNina Shemwell
May 17, 1895 (Age 44 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
James William Shemwell
March 28, 1897 (Age 46 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 47 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 granddaughter
#3
Veva Irene Shemwell
May 5, 1899 (Age 48 years)
Birth of a grandson
#4
Samuel Bruce Shemwell
March 29, 1901 (Age 50 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#5
Daisy Lee Shemwell
July 26, 1903 (Age 52 years)
Death of a granddaughterDaisy Lee Shemwell
August 12, 1904 (Age 53 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#6
Frances “Fannie” Shemwell
August 29, 1908 (Age 57 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#7
Lou B Shemwell
1909 (Age 57 years)
Birth of a grandson
#8
Carrol Anderson “Andy” Shemwell
September 27, 1915 (Age 64 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 64 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 65 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 66 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/
Death of a grandsonJames William Shemwell
February 19, 1919 (Age 68 years)
Cause: Pneumonia
Death of a granddaughterLou B Shemwell
before 1920 (Age 68 years)

Death February 24, 1927 (Age 76 years)
Family with Minerva E Sears - View this family
himself
Carrel B Flood
Birth: February 11, 1851Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 24, 1927Logan, Kentucky, United States
wife
Marriage:
daughter

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