The Shemwell Family

Mary Elizabeth PattersonAge: 53 years18561910

Name
Mary Elizabeth Patterson
Given names
Mary Elizabeth
Surname
Patterson
Married name
Mary Elizabeth Allen
Birth June 14, 1856
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 6 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 4 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 10 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 10 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 12 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
MarriageJames Henry AllenView this family
June 6, 1875 (Age 18 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 21 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
#1
Butler Allen
June 6, 1882 (Age 25 years)

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 41 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
Marriage of a childButler AllenJenny SmithView this family
January 25, 1901 (Age 44 years)

Birth of a grandson
#1
Clarence Edward Allen
November 10, 1902 (Age 46 years)
Birth of a son
#2
C W Allen
September 2, 1904 (Age 48 years)

Birth of a grandson
#2
Charles H Allen
September 2, 1904 (Age 48 years)

Birth of a grandson
#3
Francis O Allen
January 14, 1910 (Age 53 years)

Death 1910 (Age 53 years)
Family with James Henry Allen - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: June 6, 1875Shelbyville, Shelby, Illinois, United States
7 years
son
22 years
son
C W Allen
Birth: September 2, 1904 62 48
Death: Shelbyville, Shelby, Illinois, United States
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daughter
son
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