The Shemwell Family

Emma Louise GrayAge: 47 years18601907

Name
Emma Louise Gray
Given names
Emma Louise
Surname
Gray
Married name
Emma Louise Dyke
Birth April 2, 1860
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 11 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
MarriageJoseph James DykeView this family
July 9, 1881 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a daughter
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Orpha Lorena “Rena” Dyke
August 21, 1897 (Age 37 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
Death October 27, 1907 (Age 47 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Tabor Cemetery
Family with Joseph James Dyke - View this family
husband
Joseph James Dyke
Birth: April 12, 1856 42 32Beaver Island, Manitou, Michigan, United States
Death: March 28, 1940Tabor, Fremont, Iowa, United States
herself
Emma Louise Gray
Birth: April 2, 1860Fremont, Iowa, United States
Death: October 27, 1907Tabor, Fremont, Iowa, United States
Marriage: July 9, 1881Fremont, Iowa, United States
16 years
daughter