The Shemwell Family

Mary Jane EdwardsAge: 63 years18481911

Name
Mary Jane Edwards
Given names
Mary Jane
Surname
Edwards
Married name
Mary Jane Hathcock
Birth March 15, 1848
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
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
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 13 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
MarriageFletcher Reed HathcockView this family
1868 (Age 19 years)

Birth of a daughter
#1
Hettie Louise Hathcock
March 28, 1869 (Age 21 years)
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
Birth of a son
#2
James Alfred Hathcock
December 6, 1871 (Age 23 years)

Birth of a daughter
#3
Ella Hathcock
March 12, 1874 (Age 25 years)

Birth of a daughter
#4
Arminitha Hathcock
1874 (Age 25 years)

Birth of a daughter
#5
Rosa Elizabeth Hathcock
April 9, 1876 (Age 28 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
Birth of a son
#6
William Edward Hathcock
January 20, 1879 (Age 30 years)

Birth of a son
#7
Samuel A Hathcock
June 19, 1881 (Age 33 years)

Marriage of a childThomas Alonzo ShemwellHettie Louise HathcockView this family
April 22, 1886 (Age 38 years)

Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Verna Belle Shemwell
March 15, 1887 (Age 39 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Perna Shemwell
April 6, 1889 (Age 41 years)
Birth of a grandson
#3
Earl Shemwell
December 30, 1890 (Age 42 years)
Birth of a grandson
#4
Byron Shemwell
January 24, 1893 (Age 44 years)
Birth of a grandson
#5
Hoke Adley Shemwell
February 1895 (Age 46 years)
Birth of a grandson
#6
Rollie Theron Shemwell
February 6, 1897 (Age 48 years)
Death of a grandsonHoke Adley Shemwell
October 14, 1897 (Age 49 years)

Note: died as an infant of 2 years and 8 months.
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 50 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 husbandFletcher Reed Hathcock
February 8, 1899 (Age 50 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#7
Idella Shemwell
June 10, 1899 (Age 51 years)
Birth of a grandson
#8
Isaac Reed Shemwell
September 29, 1901 (Age 53 years)
Marriage of a childWilliam Edward HathcockEliza Ellen CrowellView this family
May 15, 1902 (Age 54 years)
Birth of a grandson
#9
Homer Acton Shemwell
October 26, 1904 (Age 56 years)
Birth of a grandson
#10
Thomas Albin Shemwell
July 9, 1906 (Age 58 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#11
Zena McManus Hathcock
October 19, 1908 (Age 60 years)

Birth of a granddaughter
#12
Eunice Lorraine Shemwell
March 6, 1911 (Age 62 years)
Death March 30, 1911 (Age 63 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Clarks River Cemetery
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Marriage: 1868
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