The Shemwell Family

Andrew Jackson WebbAge: 27 years18591886

Name
Andrew Jackson Webb
Given names
Andrew Jackson
Surname
Webb
Birth April 27, 1859 38 36
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Census June 26, 1860 (Age 13 months)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 23 months)

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
Birth of a brotherJames Monroe Webb Jr.
January 1866 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 7 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 7 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 9 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 July 9, 1870 (Age 11 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 18 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 17, 1880 (Age 21 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherLloyd Selby
October 9, 1880 (Age 21 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherRebecca Parham
March 31, 1884 (Age 24 years)
Death July 29, 1886 (Age 27 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Parham Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: estimated 1841
3 years
elder brother
2 years
elder sister
3 years
elder brother
3 years
elder brother
6 years
elder brother
3 years
himself
Andrew Jackson Webb
Birth: April 27, 1859 38 36Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 29, 1886Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
7 years
younger brother
James Monroe Webb Jr.
Birth: January 1866 45 43Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 15, 1922

Census1860 United States - Census transcript - James Monroe Webb Sr. - Household

Cumberland, Tennessee

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
Monroe Webb Sr.head38MWFarmerVA
Mary A Webbwife37FWKeeping HouseAL
William M Webbson16MWFarmingTN
Mary J Webbdaughter15FWTN
Lloyd J Webbson11MWTN
George W Webbson10MWTN
Jesse B Webbson3MWTN
Andrew J Webbson1MWTN

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - James Monroe Webb - Household

Cumberland, Tennessee

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Webb, James Mhead50MWFarmerVA
Webb, Mary Awife48FWKeeping HouseAL
Webb, Lloyd Wson21MWHelps on farmTN
Webb, George Wson19MWHelps on farmTN
Webb, Jesse Bson12MWHelps on farmTN
Webb, Andrew Json11MWHelps on farmTN
Webb, James Mson3MWAt HomeTN

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - James Monroe Webb - Household

Cumberland, Tennessee

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Webb, James MWM60headMFarmerTNVAVA
Webb, Mary AWF58wifeMKeeping HouseALKYNC
Webb, AndrewWM20sonSWorks on FarmTNALTN
Webb, JamesWM14sonSWorks on FarmTNTNAL
Selby, LloydWM82father in lawMNo ProfessionNCNCNC
Selby, RebeccaWF88mother in lawMNo ProfessionTNVAAL