The Shemwell Family

Mary Elizabeth MorrisAge: 60 years18551915

Name
Mary Elizabeth Morris
Given names
Mary Elizabeth
Surname
Morris
Married name
Mary Elizabeth Hinch
Birth March 18, 1855
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 21 months)

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 6 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 11 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 11 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 13 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
MarriageCraven HinchView this family
January 17, 1872 (Age 16 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 22 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 43 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 26, 1915 (Age 60 years)
Family with Craven Hinch - View this family
husband
Craven Hinch
Birth: August 31, 1849 23 19Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 2, 1928Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
herself
Mary Elizabeth Morris
Birth: March 18, 1855Grassy Cove, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 26, 1915Burke, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: January 17, 1872Burke, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States