The Shemwell Family

Mary McMillan1813

Name
Mary McMillan
Given names
Mary
Surname
McMillan
Birth December 29, 1813 29 24

Historical Event
War of 1812
between 1812 and 1815

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 brotherNeil McMillan
June 17, 1816 (Age 2 years)
Marriage of a parentJohn Hugh McMillanMargaret McLeodView this family
August 15, 1817 (Age 3 years)
Death of a motherMary McKethan
about 1817 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a half-brotherJohn Leo McMillan
February 6, 1818 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a half-sisterMargaret McMillan
July 25, 1821 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a half-brotherDaniel McMillan
October 26, 1824 (Age 10 years)
Birth of a half-sisterNancy Jane McMillan
October 26, 1826 (Age 12 years)
Birth of a half-brotherWilliam McMillan
June 15, 1828 (Age 14 years)
Birth of a half-brotherSanford G McMillan
1831 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
Cholera Epidemic
1832 (Age 18 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 half-sisterSally McMillan
December 18, 1833 (Age 19 years)

Historical Event
The Texas Revolution
between October 1835 and April 1836 (Age 21 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
Death of a paternal grandfatherJohn W McMillan
February 23, 1844 (Age 30 years)
Death of a fatherJohn Hugh McMillan
September 6, 1847 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 32 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
Death of a paternal grandmotherJean Mitchell
January 20, 1855 (Age 41 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 43 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 47 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 53 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 53 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 55 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 64 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 half-brotherJohn Leo McMillan
after 1881 (Age 67 years)

Death of a half-sisterMargaret McMillan
October 18, 1882 (Age 68 years)
Death of a half-brotherDaniel McMillan
after 1891 (Age 77 years)
Death of a brotherNeil McMillan
October 24, 1893 (Age 79 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 84 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 sisterCatherine C “Katie” McMillan
October 20, 1898 (Age 84 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 102 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 103 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 104 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/
Deathunknown

Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: March 7, 1811Cumberland, North Carolina, United States
16 months
elder sister
18 months
herself
3 years
younger brother
Neil McMillan
Birth: June 17, 1816 32 27Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 24, 1893Tennessee, United States
Father’s family with Margaret McLeod - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: August 15, 1817Randolph, North Carolina, United States
6 months
half-brother
4 years
half-sister
3 years
half-brother
2 years
half-sister
Nancy Jane McMillan
Birth: October 26, 1826 42 33Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death:
20 months
half-brother
4 years
half-brother
3 years
half-sister