The Shemwell Family

Dr. Thomas SmithAge: 44 years18401884

Name
Dr. Thomas Smith
Name prefix
Dr.
Given names
Thomas
Surname
Smith
Birth 1840
Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 6 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
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 17 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 21 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 27 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 27 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 29 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
Religious marriageRebecca Elizabeth ShamelView this family
about 1870 (Age 30 years)

Birth of a daughter
#1
Ida Smith
October 1871 (Age 31 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Lydia Smith
November 1871 (Age 31 years)

Birth of a daughter
#3
Mary Ellen “Molly” Smith
January 22, 1872 (Age 32 years)
Death of a daughterLydia Smith
1872 (Age 32 years)

Birth of a daughter
#4
Nora Lee Smith
1875 (Age 35 years)
Birth of a child
#5
Infant Smith
December 1, 1875 (Age 35 years)

Death of a childInfant Smith
December 1, 1875 (Age 35 years)

Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 38 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Birth of a son
#6
Arthur Thomas Smith
1879 (Age 39 years)
Census June 4, 1880 (Age 40 years)
Birth of a son
#7
John Calvin Smith
March 23, 1884 (Age 44 years)
Death of a wifeRebecca Elizabeth Shamel
after 1884 (on the date of death)

Death after 1884 (Age 44 years)

Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Competition Cemetery
Family with Rebecca Elizabeth Shamel - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: about 1870
22 months
daughter
2 months
daughter
3 months
daughter
4 years
daughter
daughter
son
son
child
4 years
son
5 years
son

No family available

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Dr. Thomas Smith - Household

Newburg, Laclede, Missouri, United States

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Smith, ThomasWM40headMphysicianILVATN
Smith, Rebeca WF36wifeMkeeping houseKYNCKY
Smith, IdaWF9daughterSMOILKY
Smith, MollieWF6daughterSMOILKY
Smith, Nora LeeWF5daughterSMOILKY
Smith, Author ThomasWM1sonSpneumoniaMOILKY