The Shemwell Family

Caroline Elizabeth BuntingAge: 28 years18581886

Name
Caroline Elizabeth Bunting
Given names
Caroline Elizabeth
Surname
Bunting
Birth June 20, 1858 43 26

Marriage
Never Married

Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Census August 10, 1860 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherJames Shemwell Bunting
September 5, 1860 (Age 2 years)

Death of a maternal grandmotherCaroline Briscoe
June 28, 1862 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a brotherJohn Briscoe Bunting
November 15, 1862 (Age 4 years)
Note: Family home: Oak Grove, near Budd's Creek
Birth of a sisterMary Barnes Bunting
1864 (Age 5 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 2 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
Death of a brotherJames Shemwell Bunting
June 9, 1866 (Age 7 years)

Cause: cerebral congestion
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 8 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 8 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Death of a maternal grandfatherJames Shemwell
April 5, 1869 (Age 10 years)
Birth of a brotherJames G Bunting
October 31, 1869 (Age 11 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 10 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
Census November 4, 1870 (Age 12 years)
Birth of a sisterJane Eleanor Bunting
May 21, 1871 (Age 12 years)
Birth of a sisterOlive Gertrude Bunting
October 3, 1874 (Age 16 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 19 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Census June 3, 1880 (Age 21 years)
Death of a fatherRev. James Bunting
June 24, 1880 (Age 22 years)
Address: Residence "Oak Grove"
Cause: Dysentery
Death August 18, 1886 (Age 28 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Bethel Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: April 8, 1851
3 years
elder sister
2 years
elder sister
Ellen Rose S Bunting
Birth: March 3, 1856 41 24Chaptico, St. Mary's, Maryland, United States
Death: December 6, 1945
2 years
herself
Caroline Elizabeth Bunting
Birth: June 20, 1858 43 26
Death: August 18, 1886Maryland, United States
2 years
younger brother
2 years
younger brother
John Briscoe Bunting
Birth: November 15, 1862 48 31St. Mary's, Maryland, United States
Death: May 8, 1940Calvert, Maryland, United States
2 years
younger sister
6 years
younger brother
James G Bunting
Birth: October 31, 1869 54 38Maryland, United States
Death: November 19, 1940
19 months
younger sister
3 years
younger sister
Olive Gertrude Bunting
Birth: October 3, 1874 59 43St. Mary's, Maryland, United States
Death: September 16, 1970Leonardtown, St. Mary's, Maryland, United States

Caroline Elizabeth Bunting has 0 first cousins recorded

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Census1860 United States - Census transcript - James Shemwell - Household

Chaptico, Saint Mary's, Maryland

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
James Shemwellhead72MWFarmerMD
Caroline Shemwellwife72FWMD
James Buntingson in law43MWM.E. MinisterMD
Jane E Buntingdaughter28FWMD
Mary A Buntinggrand daughter6FWMD
Rosa E Buntinggrand daughter4FWMD
Caroline E Buntinggrand daughter2FWMD

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - Rev. James Bunting - Household

St. Mary's, Maryland, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Bunting, Jameshead56MWministerMD
Bunting, Jane Ewife38FWMD
Bunting, Mary A Ldaughter16FWMD
Bunting, Ellen R Sdaughter14FWMD
Bunting, Caroline Edaughter11FWMD
Bunting, Mary Barnes Bdaughter6FWMD
Bunting, John Bson9MWMD
Bunting, James Gson1MWMD

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Rev. James Bunting - Household

St. Mary's, Maryland, United States

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Bunting, JamesWM66headMfarmerdysenteryMDMDMD
Bunting, J EleanorWF49wifeMMDMDMD
Bunting, E RoseWF24daughterSMDMDMD
Bunting, Cora EWF22daughterSMDMDMD
Bunting, J BriscoeWM17sonSMDMDMD
Bunting, Mary BWF14daughterSMDMDMD
Bunting, James GWM10sonSMDMDMD
Bunting, Jane EWF9daughterSMDMDMD
Bunting, Olivia GWF7daughterSMDMDMD