The Shemwell Family

Benjamin Franklin BurnettAge: 71 years1838–1910

Name: Benjamin Franklin Burnett

Given names: Benjamin Franklin

Surname: Burnett

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Events of close relatives Historical facts

Birth	December 22, 1838 38
Birth of a brother	Edward Green Burnett February 17, 1842 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event	Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 7 years) Texas, USA 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
Marriage of a parent	Oliver Cromwell — Susan Hammond — View this family 1857 (Age 18 years)
Historical Event	Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 18 years) Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Historical Event	American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 22 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 28 years) Alaska, USA 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 28 years) New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Historical Event	Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 30 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 39 years) Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Death of a brother	Edward Green Burnett August 13, 1893 (Age 54 years)
Historical Event	Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 59 years) Cuba 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	1910 (Age 71 years)

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Family with parents - View this family

father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Susan Hammond John Burnett Benjamin Franklin Burnett Edward Green Burnett … Burnett Death:
mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse … Burnett John Burnett Benjamin Franklin Burnett Edward Green Burnett Family with spouse Oliver Cromwell Susan Hammond Birth: about 1800 — Clinton, New York, United States Death:
	Marriage: —
brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree John Burnett Death:
himself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Benjamin Franklin Burnett Birth: December 22, 1838 38 Death: 1910
3 years younger brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse C A Watson Family with spouse Elizabeth Ophelia Smith Susan R Burnett James Paschal Burnett Henry Clint Burnett Laura A Burnett Enos Sutherland Burnett Annie E Burnett Edward Burnett Edward Green Burnett Birth: February 17, 1842 42 Death: August 13, 1893

Mother’s family with Oliver Cromwell - View this family

step-father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Susan Hammond Oliver Cromwell Death:
mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse … Burnett John Burnett Benjamin Franklin Burnett Edward Green Burnett Family with spouse Oliver Cromwell Susan Hammond Birth: about 1800 — Clinton, New York, United States Death:
	Marriage: 1857 —