The Shemwell Family

Amanda E WorleyAge: 30 years18601890

Name
Amanda E Worley
Given names
Amanda E
Surname
Worley
Married name
Amanda E Bennett
Birth about 1860
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 15 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
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
MarriageFranklin Evan BennettView this family
August 16, 1878 (Age 18 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
Death 1890 (Age 30 years)
Family with Franklin Evan Bennett - View this family
husband
Franklin Evan Bennett
Birth: November 28, 1858 36 31Indian Creek Township, Monroe, Indiana, United States
Death: August 1, 1935Beach, Greene, Indiana, United States
herself
Amanda E Worley
Birth: about 1860Indiana, United States
Death: 1890Hume, Edgar, Illinois, United States
Marriage: August 16, 1878Monroe, Indiana, United States
Franklin Evan Bennett + Maude Lenore Williams - View this family
husband
Franklin Evan Bennett
Birth: November 28, 1858 36 31Indian Creek Township, Monroe, Indiana, United States
Death: August 1, 1935Beach, Greene, Indiana, United States
husband’s wife
Maude Lenore Williams
Birth: September 12, 1862Indiana, United States
Death: October 10, 1939Bloomington, Monroe, Indiana, United States
Marriage: June 5, 1896Monroe, Indiana, United States

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