The Shemwell Family

Susan E TabbAge: 11 years18591870

Name
Susan E Tabb
Given names
Susan E
Surname
Tabb
Birth 1859 35 30
Census June 19, 1860 (Age 17 months)
Birth of a sisterDrucilla Frances Tabb
1861 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 2 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 8 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 8 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Death of a maternal grandfatherJohn Patrick Shemwell
July 1869 (Age 10 years)
Cause: Inflammation of bowels
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 10 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
Death before 1870 (Age 11 years)
Note: Not in 1870 Census -b
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father
mother
Marriage: March 8, 1847Todd, Kentucky, United States
9 months
elder brother
13 months
elder brother
5 years
elder sister
21 months
elder brother
2 years
elder brother
3 years
herself
Susan E Tabb
Birth: 1859 35 30Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: before 1870Kentucky, United States
3 years
younger sister
Drucilla Frances Tabb
Birth: 1861 37 32Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 9, 1934Pea Ridge, Benton, Arkansas, United States

Susan E Tabb has 44 first cousins recorded

Father's family (0)

Mother's family (44)

Parents John Franklin Driskill + Barbara Jane Shemwell
Parents William Pidcock + Nancy Isabella Shemwell
Parents John Franklin Driskill + Nancy Isabella Shemwell
Parents William Henry Shemwell + Elizabeth Jane Tomerlin
3Leroy J Shemwell18581906
4James H Shemwell18611906
7Mattie V Shemwell18741914
Parents Samuel Black Shemwell + Martha Jane “Mattie” Pidcock
3John L Shemwell18541917
6Samuel M Shemwell18611935
Parents John Pidcock + Mary Ann Shemwell
3Miranda E Pidcock18631900
Parents John Patrick Shemwell Jr. + Mary Hester Sherrod
2Willie Shemwell18711875
3Etta Bell Shemwell18721942
Parents James Lewis Shemwell + Eliza Ann “Lizia” Latham
Census1860 United States - Census transcript - John L Tabb - Household

Muhlenberg, Kentucky

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
J L Tabbhead37MWFarmerVA
Martha E Tabbwife31FWDomesticKY
Thomas W Tabbson12MWKY
Jacob S Tabbson10MWKY
Mary J Tabbdaughter7FWKY
John R Tabbson5MWKY
Joseph W Tabbson3MWKY
Susan E Tabbdaughter11mFWKY

Death
Not in 1870 Census -b