The Shemwell Family

Elizabeth 1809

Name
Elizabeth
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Elizabeth
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Elizabeth Davis
Birth 1809
MarriageJames DavisView this family
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Historical Event
War of 1812
between 1812 and 1815 (Age 3 years)

Note: War of 1812 between the Americans and the British. The Creek (or Red Stick) War in Alabama had different origins, but it coincided with the war of 1812, and the U.S. treated it as a part of the larger war, with Jackson and his forces also in charge of defeating the Creeks - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812
Birth of a daughter
#1
Belzada Barsheba Davis
May 30, 1831 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
Cholera Epidemic
1832 (Age 23 years)
Note: Cholera killed 4,340 people in New Orleans & over 3,000 in New York City - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholera_outbreaks_and_pandemics
Birth of a daughter
#2
Nancy J Davis
January 3, 1833 (Age 24 years)

Historical Event
The Texas Revolution
between October 1835 and April 1836 (Age 26 years)
Note: The Texas Revolution (or Texas War of Independence) was fought from October 2, 1835 to April 21, 1836 between Mexico and the Texas (Tejas) portion of the Mexican state of Coahuila y Tejas. The Texas Revolution erupted in 1836, after Texas declared its independence from Mexico. Mexico responded by invading Texas, where General Santa Anna won decisive victories in the battles of the Alamo and Goliad. The war ended at the Battle of San Jacinto (about 20 miles) east of modern day downtown Houston) where General Sam Houston led the Texas Army to victory in 18 minutes over a portion of the Mexican Army under Santa Anna, who was captured shortly after the battle. The conclusion of the war resulted in the creation of the Republic of Texas - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Revolution
Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 37 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
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Nancy E Mason
June 23, 1852 (Age 43 years)

Death of a husbandJames Davis
March 28, 1853 (Age 44 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
William Jasper Mason
August 1854 (Age 45 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#3
Mary J Mason
1856 (Age 47 years)
Birth of a grandson
#4
John L Mason
September 19, 1857 (Age 48 years)
Marriage of a childQuintus Adkerson CromwellBelzada Barsheba DavisView this family
November 7, 1859 (Age 50 years)

Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 48 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Birth of a granddaughter
#5
Sarah Elizabeth Cromwell
September 12, 1860 (Age 51 years)

Birth of a grandson
#6
Oliver Clayton Cromwell
February 7, 1862 (Age 53 years)

Birth of a granddaughter
#7
Rosa Armantha Cromwell
September 16, 1864 (Age 55 years)

Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 52 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
Birth of a granddaughter
#8
Francis Auridel Cromwell
January 12, 1866 (Age 57 years)

Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 58 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 58 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 60 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
Birth of a granddaughter
#9
Ada Quint Cromwell
April 5, 1870 (Age 61 years)

Birth of a granddaughter
#10
Amanda Ella Cromwell
September 25, 1873 (Age 64 years)

Death of a daughterNancy J Davis
April 15, 1877 (Age 68 years)

Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 69 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 granddaughterRosa Armantha Cromwell
April 1896 (Age 87 years)

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 89 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 daughterBelzada Barsheba Davis
July 9, 1916 (Age 107 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 107 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 108 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 109 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/
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