The Shemwell Family

George Samuel ThompsonAge: 49 years18621912

Name
George Samuel Thompson
Given names
George Samuel
Surname
Thompson
Birth June 16, 1862
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865

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 4 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 4 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 6 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 15 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageOrdelia Belle LockettView this family
December 25, 1888 (Age 26 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 35 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 daughter
#1
Pearl Ora Thompson
May 3, 1901 (Age 38 years)
Census May 11, 1910 (Age 47 years)
Death May 7, 1912 (Age 49 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Sidney Cemetery
Family with Ordelia Belle Lockett - View this family
himself
George Samuel Thompson
Birth: June 16, 1862Clinton, Indiana, United States
Death: May 7, 1912Sidney, Fremont, Iowa, United States
wife
Ordelia Belle Lockett
Birth: July 9, 1871Pike, Illinois, United States
Death: October 16, 1953Hamburg, Fremont, Iowa, United States
Marriage: December 25, 1888Sidney, Fremont, Iowa, United States
12 years
daughter

No family available

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - George Samuel Thompson - Household

Sidney, Fremont, Iowa, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Thompson, George SheadMW48M121INKYKYEnglishButcherShopWNo0YesYesOFH
Thompson, Dalie BwifeFW38M1211110ILKYILEnglishNoneYesYes
Thompson, Samuel AsonMW18SIAINILEnglishNoneYesYesNo
Thompson, Wanda MdaughterFW15SIAINILEnglishNoneYesYesYes
Thompson, George GsonMW13SIAINILEnglishNoneYesYesYes
Thompson, Blanche LdaughterFW11SIAINILEnglishNoneYesYesYes
Thompson, Ora PdaughterFW9SIAINILNoneYes
Thompson, William EsonMW7SIAINILNoneYes
Thompson, Loyd RsonMW5SIAINILNoneYes
Thompson, Thelma AdaughterFW3SIAINILNone
Thompson, Lawrence CsonMW1 years 8 monthsSIAINILNone