The Shemwell Family

Name
James William Freeman
Given names
James William
Surname
Freeman
Birth December 2, 1867 23 21
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867
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
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Birth of a sisterSarah Ann “Anna” Freeman
February 1869 (Age 13 months)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 12 months)

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 June 20, 1870 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherMilas Erasmus “Miley” Freeman
February 22, 1872 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a sisterMary S C “Ettie” Freeman
March 10, 1874 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a sisterEdna Glendora Freeman
January 2, 1876 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a sisterMinnie Lee Freeman
April 1878 (Age 10 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 10 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Census June 4, 1880 (Age 12 years)
Birth of a brotherJohn Chesley Freeman
December 20, 1880 (Age 13 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherWilliam Calvin Freeman
after 1880 (Age 12 years)

Death of a paternal grandmotherEmily Ross
after 1880 (Age 12 years)

Death of a brotherJohn Chesley Freeman
September 9, 1881 (Age 13 years)
Birth of a brotherJasper Newton Freeman
July 10, 1882 (Age 14 years)
Birth of a brotherJoseph Elmer Freeman
February 10, 1885 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a sisterGrace Alice Freeman
September 25, 1890 (Age 22 years)
MarriageNancy Ellen Jane MillerView this family
August 13, 1891 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Ellis Erasmus Freeman
October 17, 1894 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a brotherFreddie Freeman
October 1894 (Age 26 years)
Death of a brotherFreddie Freeman
October 21, 1894 (Age 26 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 30 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 sisterAmanda Freeman
before 1900 (Age 32 years)

Census June 6, 1900 (Age 32 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Grace May “Gracie” Freeman
May 27, 1908 (Age 40 years)
Census April 15, 1910 (Age 42 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 48 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 49 years)

Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I
Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 50 years)

Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/
Census January 20, 1920 (Age 52 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Charles William “Bill” Freeman
about 1921 (Age 53 years)
Death of a motherAmanda J “Mandy” Shemwell
February 8, 1922 (Age 54 years)
Cause: Influenza & bronco infection
Birth of a grandson
#2
Thomas Leslie “Tom” Freeman
September 6, 1922 (Age 54 years)
Birth of a grandson
#3
John Wesley Freeman
September 6, 1922 (Age 54 years)
Death of a fatherJohn Wesley Freeman
May 9, 1923 (Age 55 years)
Birth of a grandson
#4
Ray Jack Freeman
December 20, 1924 (Age 57 years)
Birth of a grandson
#5
Robert Lane “Bob” Freeman
December 20, 1924 (Age 57 years)
Death February 8, 1929 (Age 61 years)
Cause of death: Angina Pectosis
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Roller Cemetery
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