The Shemwell Family

Albert Ewing BrownAge: 82 years18411923

Name
Albert Ewing Brown
Given names
Albert Ewing
Surname
Brown
Birth March 26, 1841
MarriageMahala May “Ella” ShemwellView this family
unknown

MarriageWilmeth CarrView this family
unknown

Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 4 years)
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 15 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Civil War
Civil War
between 1861 and 1865 (Age 19 years)

Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 20 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 25 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 25 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 27 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
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 36 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 daughter
#1
Belle L Brown
March 1880 (Age 38 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Joseph Wise Brown
May 24, 1882 (Age 41 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Birdie L Brown
April 1886 (Age 45 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4
Temperance H Brown
October 1888 (Age 47 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 57 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
Census June 2, 1900 (Age 59 years)
Census April 21, 1910 (Age 69 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 74 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 75 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 76 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 March 8, 1920 (Age 78 years)
Death June 22, 1923 (Age 82 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Flat Lick Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Family with Mahala May “Ella” Shemwell - View this family
himself
wife
Mahala May “Ella” Shemwell
Birth: May 24, 1864 63 32Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 9, 1934Trigg, Kentucky, United States
Marriage:
Family with Wilmeth Carr - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage:
daughter
2 years
son
4 years
daughter
3 years
daughter

No family available

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Albert Ewing Brown - Household

Stewart, Tenn

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Brown, AlbertheadWMMar184159MTNTNTNFarmer
Brown, Ella MwifeWFMay186436M44KYKYKY
Brown, Belle LdaughterWFMar188020SKYTNKY
Brown, Temperance HdaughterWFOct188811SKYTNKY
Brown, Joseph WsonWMMay188317SKYTNKYfarm laborer
Brown, Birdie LdaughterWFApr188614SKYTNKY
Mathis, Robert LnephewWMFeb187921STNKYKYfarm laborer

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Albert Ewing Brown - Household

Trigg, Kentucky

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Brown, AlbertheadMW69M211KYKYKYFarmerGeneral farm
Brown, May EwifeFW46M11110KYTNKY
Brown, Birtie LdaughterFW24SKYTNKY

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Albert Ewing Brown - Household

Long Hollow, Trigg, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPFBPMBPEngOccupationIndEmp
Brown, AlbertheadMW78MTNTNTN
Shemwell, EllawifeFW55MKYTNKY