The Shemwell Family

Isaac E RectorAge: 51 years18481900

Name
Isaac E Rector
Given names
Isaac E
Surname
Rector
Birth August 20, 1848 31 29
Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848
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
Census October 10, 1850 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a sisterDrusilla Jane Rector
April 20, 1851 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherCalvin Simeon Rector
February 17, 1856 (Age 7 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 8 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Birth of a sisterManerva Tennessee Rector
about 1859 (Age 10 years)
Census June 28, 1860 (Age 11 years)
Death of a brotherJames A Rector
after 1860 (Age 11 years)

Note: Can't find James after 1860 Census
Birth of a sisterElizabeth Rowen Rector
1862 (Age 13 years)
Death of a brotherWilliam J Rector Jr.
1864 (Age 15 years)

Note: Civil War
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 12 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 18 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 18 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 20 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
Census September 2, 1870 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 29 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Death of a maternal grandmotherDrucilla Selby
June 7, 1884 (Age 35 years)
Death of a fatherWilliam J Rector
February 21, 1888 (Age 39 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 49 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 of a motherElizabeth Parham
September 23, 1899 (Age 51 years)
Death May 17, 1900 (Age 51 years)
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father
mother
Marriage: September 15, 1839
2 years
elder brother
7 months
elder brother
James A Rector
Birth: July 22, 1841 24 22Tennessee, United States
Death: after 1860
2 years
elder sister
Martha Ann Rector
Birth: December 9, 1843 26 24Putnam, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 1, 1915Putnam, Tennessee, United States
2 years
elder sister
Mary C Rector
Birth: February 13, 1846 28 27Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 19, 1925Clovis, Curry, New Mexico, United States
3 years
himself
Isaac E Rector
Birth: August 20, 1848 31 29Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 17, 1900Tennessee, United States
3 years
younger sister
5 years
younger brother
Calvin Simeon Rector
Birth: February 17, 1856 38 37Tennessee, United States
Death:
4 years
younger sister
4 years
younger sister
Elizabeth Rowen Rector
Birth: 1862 44 42Putnam, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 22, 1933Brotherton, Putnam, Tennessee, United States

Isaac E Rector has 55 first cousins recorded

Father's family (0)

Mother's family (55)

Parents Johnson Parham Jr + Elizabeth Betsy Brown
1Sarah Jane Parham18421893
6John W Parham18521931
Parents Willaim Taylor Orme + Martha Ann “Patsy” Parham
2James Isaac Orme18511875
3Mary Tennesse Orme18531934
5Thomas Allen Orme18581948
Parents William “Bill” Parham + Sarah Brown
1Johnson M Parham18511936
2Martha Jane Parham18521935
6Sarah Jane Parham18601940
7Lucy A Parham18621911
10Alice Parham18681868
11Lafayette Parham18681868
12James Emmett Parham18691944
Parents Isaac Parham + Stacy Emma Taylor
3Stacy L Parham18591917
Parents James Washington Parham + Martha Elizabeth Stephens
3James Edwin Parham18611894
Parents Allen Parham + Mary Elizabeth Jones
1Mary Haret Parham18561940
Parents Allen Parham + Nancy Ashley
2William A Parham18661935
3Allen Parham Jr.18721943
Parents William Andrew Dial + Mary Parham
1James A Dial18531931
3Annie Louisa Dial18581914
7Alice Dial18661898
8Ida Dial18681897
9Ella Dial18701969
11Willie Lee Dial18751965
12Walter Malcomb Dial18781954
Census1850 United States - Census transcript - William J Rector - Household

Bledsoe, Tennessee

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
William Rectorhead33MWFarmerVA
Elizabeth Rectorwife31FWTN
William J Rectorson11MWTN
James R Rectorson8MWTN
Martha A Rectordaughter6FWTN
Mary C Rectordaughter4FWTN
Isaac E Rectorson2MWTN

Census1860 United States - Census transcript - William J Rector - Household

Putnam, Tennessee

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
William Rectorhead44MWFarmerVA
Elizabeth Rectorwife41FWTN
William Rectorson19MWFarmerTN
James A Rectorson17MWTN
Martha Rectordaughter15FWTN
Mary Rectordaughter14FWTN
Isaac Rectorson11MWTN
Jane Rectordaughter9FWTN
Calvin Rectorson4MWTN
Tennessee Rectordaughter1FWTN

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - William J Rector - Household

Putnam, Tennessee

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Rector, Williamhead53MWFarmerVA
Rector, Elizabethwife50FWKeeping houseTN
Rector, Isaac Eson22MWWorking on farnTN
Rector, Drusilladaughter19FWWithout occupationTN
Rector, Calvin Sson14MWAt homeTN
Rector, Manerva Tdaughter11FWAt homeTN
Rector, Eliza Rdaughter8FWTN