The Shemwell Family

Nancy Elizabeth GilliamAge: 41 years18491891

Name
Nancy Elizabeth Gilliam
Given names
Nancy Elizabeth
Surname
Gilliam
Married name
Nancy Elizabeth Fields
Birth January 11, 1849 37 27
Birth of a sisterAmerica Capitola Gilliam
1853 (Age 3 years)

Birth of a brotherThomas Gray Gilliam
October 23, 1855 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 7 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 brotherEmerson Gilliam
1859 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a sisterEmma B Gilliam
November 23, 1863 (Age 14 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 12 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 sisterAlthea G Gilliam
June 2, 1865 (Age 16 years)
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 17 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 17 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
MarriageAllen Dodd FieldsView this family
1868 (Age 18 years)

Birth of a son
#1
Robert Arthur Fields
September 25, 1869 (Age 20 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 19 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
Death of a fatherWilliam Luther “Buck” Gilliam
about 1871 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Rose Althea Fields
April 8, 1876 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 28 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
#3
Mary Neil Fields
May 29, 1882 (Age 33 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4
Capitola Georgia Fields
November 24, 1884 (Age 35 years)

Death 1891 (Age 41 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: about 1838
2 years
elder sister
6 years
elder sister
4 years
elder brother
13 months
herself
5 years
younger sister
3 years
younger brother
4 years
younger brother
5 years
younger sister
18 months
younger sister
Althea G Gilliam
Birth: June 2, 1865 53 43Como, Henry, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 12, 1938
Family with Allen Dodd Fields - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: 1868
21 months
son
Robert Arthur Fields
Birth: September 25, 1869 19 20Thayer, Oregon, Missouri, United States
Death: December 15, 1948Cayce, Fulton, Kentucky, United States
7 years
daughter
Rose Althea Fields
Birth: April 8, 1876 26 27Thayer, Oregon, Missouri, United States
Death: November 2, 1962Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States
6 years
daughter
3 years
daughter

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