The Shemwell Family

Stephen Upton VittitoeAge: 72 years17451817

Name
Stephen Upton Vittitoe
Given names
Stephen Upton
Surname
Vittitoe
Birth 1745
MarriageNance LitteralView this family
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Historical Event
The French & Indian War
between 1754 and 1763 (Age 9 years)

Note: The French and Indian War is the American name for the North American theater of the Seven Years War, fought primarily between the colonies of British America and New France - http://goo.gl/SiIuNc
Birth of a son
#1
Thomas Vittitoe
1769 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1775 and 1776 (Age 30 years)

Note: In 1775, there was an epidemic of unknown cause in North America (especially New England,) followed in 1775-1776 by what is described as one of the worst worldwide influenza epidemics - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_epidemics
Historical Event
The American Revolution
from 1775 to 1783 (Age 30 years)

Note: The Thirteen American Colonies broke from the British Empire and formed the independent nation, the United States of America - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolution
Birth of a grandson
#1
Thomas Vittitoe
1795 (Age 50 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic
between 1793 and 1798 (Age 48 years)
Note: More than 4,000 Philadelphia residents died from yellow fever - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Fever_Epidemic_of_1793
Death of a wifeNance Litteral
1798 (Age 53 years)
Historical Event
The Louisiana Purchase
1803 (Age 58 years)

Note: Napoleon Bonaparte agrees to sell 828,000 square miles of land to the United States for $15 million - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_Purchase
Marriage of a childThomas VittitoeElizabeth “Betsy” DyerView this family
June 20, 1807 (Age 62 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
Isaac Vittitoe
February 1814 (Age 69 years)
Historical Event
War of 1812
between 1812 and 1815 (Age 67 years)

Note: War of 1812 between the Americans and the British. The Creek (or Red Stick) War in Alabama had different origins, but it coincided with the war of 1812, and the U.S. treated it as a part of the larger war, with Jackson and his forces also in charge of defeating the Creeks - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812
Death 1817 (Age 72 years)
Family with Nance Litteral - View this family
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Stephen Upton Vittitoe
Birth: 1745North Carolina, United States
Death: 1817Jackson, Madison, Tennessee, United States
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Marriage:
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Thomas Vittitoe
Birth: 1769 24 15North Carolina, United States
Death: September 12, 1822Grainger, Tennessee, United States

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