The Shemwell Family

Margaret Emma ForneyAge: 75 years18411916

Name
Margaret Emma Forney
Given names
Margaret Emma
Surname
Forney
Married name
Margaret Emma Clapper
Birth April 28, 1841
Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 4 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
MarriageHenry W ClapperView this family
October 30, 1856 (Age 15 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 15 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Birth of a son
#1
George Jacob Clapper
May 19, 1860 (Age 19 years)
Census June 9, 1860 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 19 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 25 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 25 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 27 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 36 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 childGeorge Jacob ClapperEurista Elverda WoodrumView this family
September 12, 1883 (Age 42 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Orville Liniel Clapper
July 12, 1884 (Age 43 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
Warren Wesley Clapper
March 19, 1886 (Age 44 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#3
Alice Clapper
April 30, 1889 (Age 48 years)
Birth of a grandson
#4
Frederick Franklin Clapper
October 1, 1891 (Age 50 years)
Death of a granddaughterAlice Clapper
February 15, 1892 (Age 50 years)
Birth of a grandson
#5
Leeland Stanford Clapper
October 24, 1892 (Age 51 years)
Birth of a grandson
#6
Perry Albert Clapper
November 18, 1894 (Age 53 years)
Birth of a grandson
#7
William Jennings Bryan Clapper
November 15, 1896 (Age 55 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 56 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
#8
Ruby Elverta Clapper
December 31, 1898 (Age 57 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#9
Pearl Ora Clapper
May 22, 1903 (Age 62 years)
Birth of a grandson
#10
Paul Glen Clapper
September 28, 1904 (Age 63 years)
Birth of a grandson
#11
Roy Oliver Clapper
September 15, 1906 (Age 65 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 74 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death May 14, 1916 (Age 75 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Thurman Cemetery
Family with Henry W Clapper - View this family
husband
Henry W Clapper
Birth: January 28, 1833Stark, Ohio, United States
Death: April 20, 1917Thurman, Fremont, Iowa, United States
herself
Margaret Emma Forney
Birth: April 28, 1841Hancock, Illinois, United States
Death: May 14, 1916Thurman, Fremont, Iowa, United States
Marriage: October 30, 1856Fremont, Iowa, United States
4 years
son

Census1860 United States - Census transcript - Henry W Clapper - Household

Scott, Fremont, Iowa, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
Henry W Clapperhead27MWFarmer600500OH
Margaret E Clapperwife19FWIL
Barbara E Clapperdaughter2FWIA
George Clapperson0 years 1 monthsMWIA