The Shemwell Family

Amanda Matilda Yarbourgh1840

Name
Amanda Matilda Yarbourgh
Given names
Amanda Matilda
Surname
Yarbourgh
Married name
Amanda Matilda Sink
Birth November 26, 1840 30 23

Birth of a sisterLucy Elizabeth Yarbourgh
June 3, 1842 (Age 18 months)

Birth of a brotherCharles Allison Yarbourgh
March 3, 1844 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherWilson Winifred Yarborough
December 11, 1845 (Age 5 years)

Death of a brotherWilson Winifred Yarborough
September 28, 1846 (Age 5 years)

Birth of a brotherJames Knox Yarbourgh
September 13, 1847 (Age 6 years)

Death of a sisterLucy Elizabeth Yarbourgh
January 27, 1848 (Age 7 years)

Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 5 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 brotherWilliam Harrison Yarbourgh
November 11, 1849 (Age 8 years)

Birth of a brotherSamuel Milton Yarbourgh
September 29, 1851 (Age 10 years)

Birth of a brotherAlbert Lovelace Yarbourgh
September 2, 1853 (Age 12 years)

Birth of a sisterMary Frances “Fannie” Yarbourgh
October 29, 1855 (Age 14 years)

Death of a sisterJemima Jane Yarborough
January 18, 1857 (Age 16 years)

Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 16 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 brotherIsaac Green Yarbourgh
February 1, 1860 (Age 19 years)

Birth of a sisterLaura Amelia Yarbourgh
July 6, 1862 (Age 21 years)

Death of a brotherRobert Alexander Yarborough
November 19, 1862 (Age 21 years)
Cause: Pneumonia
Death of a brotherCharles Allison Yarbourgh
May 5, 1864 (Age 23 years)
Address: Battle of the Wilderness
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
MarriageDavid SinkView this family
September 21, 1865 (Age 24 years)

Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 26 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 26 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 28 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 sisterLaura Amelia Yarbourgh
April 16, 1877 (Age 36 years)

Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 37 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 fatherCharles Yarborough
July 17, 1879 (Age 38 years)
Death of a motherMary Polly Serene Womack
May 18, 1896 (Age 55 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
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 75 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 76 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 77 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/
Death of a brotherJohn Thomas Yarbourgh
1925 (Age 84 years)

Death of a brotherSamuel Milton Yarbourgh
December 6, 1926 (Age 86 years)

Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 88 years)

Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression
Death of a brotherJames Knox Yarbourgh
June 29, 1938 (Age 97 years)

Death of a brotherAlbert Lovelace Yarbourgh
February 12, 1939 (Age 98 years)

Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 101 years)

Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
Death of a brotherIsaac Green Yarbourgh
May 26, 1946 (Age 105 years)

Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 105 years)
Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
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father
mother
Marriage: September 10, 1833Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
15 months
elder sister
20 months
elder brother
Robert Alexander Yarborough
Birth: August 17, 1836 25 18Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: November 19, 1862Charlottesville, Albemarle, Virginia, United States
3 years
elder brother
22 months
herself
18 months
younger sister
21 months
younger brother
Charles Allison Yarbourgh
Birth: March 3, 1844 33 26North Carolina, United States
Death: May 5, 1864Virginia, United States
21 months
younger brother
21 months
younger brother
2 years
younger brother
23 months
younger brother
23 months
younger brother
2 years
younger sister
4 years
younger brother
2 years
younger sister
Family with David Sink - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: September 21, 1865