The Shemwell Family

Laura Amelia YarbourghAge: 14 years18621877

Name
Laura Amelia Yarbourgh
Given names
Laura Amelia
Surname
Yarbourgh
Birth July 6, 1862 51 44

Death of a brotherRobert Alexander Yarborough
November 19, 1862 (Age 4 months)
Cause: Pneumonia
Death of a brotherCharles Allison Yarbourgh
May 5, 1864 (Age 21 months)
Address: Battle of the Wilderness
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865

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 4 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 4 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 6 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 April 16, 1877 (Age 14 years)

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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
elder sister
18 months
elder sister
21 months
elder brother
Charles Allison Yarbourgh
Birth: March 3, 1844 33 26North Carolina, United States
Death: May 5, 1864Virginia, United States
21 months
elder brother
21 months
elder brother
2 years
elder brother
23 months
elder brother
23 months
elder brother
2 years
elder sister
4 years
elder brother
2 years
herself