The Shemwell Family

Sallie Eliza Christiana FreelandAge: 32 years18421874

Name
Sallie Eliza Christiana Freeland
Given names
Sallie Eliza Christiana
Surname
Freeland
Married name
Sallie Eliza Christiana Shemwell
Birth August 11, 1842 39 34
Death of a paternal grandmotherPriscilla Gover Sewall
February 25, 1843 (Age 6 months)
Birth of a sisterFrances Diana Dare Freeland
November 9, 1844 (Age 2 years)

Birth of a sisterAgnes Amelia Freeland
June 29, 1847 (Age 4 years)

Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 3 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 sisterAgnes Amelia Freeland
August 21, 1852 (Age 10 years)

Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 14 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
MarriageJohn Wesley ShemwellView this family
before 1864 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Dr. Joseph Freeland Shemwell
May 25, 1864 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 18 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 son
#2
Wesley Shemwell
February 27, 1866 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 24 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 24 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Birth of a son
#3
William S Shemwell
1868 (Age 25 years)
Death of a motherElizabeth Crane
June 15, 1868 (Age 25 years)

Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 26 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
Birth of a daughter
#4
Eliza Rebecca Shemwell
April 21, 1870 (Age 27 years)
Census June 1, 1870 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a son
#5
Fayette Shemwell
1872 (Age 29 years)

Birth of a daughter
#6
Sallie Shemwell
August 27, 1873 (Age 31 years)
Death of a daughterSallie Shemwell
June 8, 1874 (Age 31 years)
Death December 28, 1874 (Age 32 years)
Burial December 30, 1874 (2 days after death)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Saint Paul's Episcopal Cemetery
Note: Shemwell, Sallie [Mrs.]
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father
mother
Marriage:
elder sister
22 months
elder sister
2 years
elder sister
Zaenett Priscilla Freeland
Birth: March 14, 1833 29 25Maryland, United States
Death: October 23, 1903Calvert, Maryland, United States
2 years
elder brother
sister
elder sister
4 years
herself
2 years
younger sister
3 years
younger sister
Family with John Wesley Shemwell - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: before 1864Calvert, Maryland, United States
5 months
son
Dr. Joseph Freeland Shemwell
Birth: May 25, 1864 32 21Prince Frederick, Calvert, Maryland, United States
Death: June 25, 1939
21 months
son
Wesley Shemwell
Birth: February 27, 1866 34 23Prince Frederick, Calvert, Maryland, United States
Death: November 11, 1934Calvert, Maryland, United States
3 years
son
William S Shemwell
Birth: 1868 35 25Prince Frederick, Calvert, Maryland, United States
Death: about 1907Calvert, Maryland, United States
2 years
daughter
Eliza Rebecca Shemwell
Birth: April 21, 1870 38 27Prince Frederick, Calvert, Maryland, United States
Death: February 6, 1955Prince Frederick, Calvert, Maryland, United States
3 years
daughter
Sallie Shemwell
Birth: August 27, 1873 41 31Prince Frederick, Calvert, Maryland, United States
Death: June 8, 1874Prince Frederick, Calvert, Maryland, United States
-8 months
son
John Wesley Shemwell + Zaenett Priscilla Freeland - View this family
husband
elder sister
Zaenett Priscilla Freeland
Birth: March 14, 1833 29 25Maryland, United States
Death: October 23, 1903Calvert, Maryland, United States
Marriage: after 1880

Sallie Eliza Christiana Freeland has 0 first cousins recorded

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Census1870 United States - Census transcript - John Wesley Shemwell - Household

Prince Frederick, Calvert, Maryland, USA

NameAgeSexRaceOccupationEduBP
John Wesley Shemwell36MWRetail MerchantMD
Sallie E. C. Shemwell27FWKeeping HouseMD
Joseph F. Shemwell6MWMD
Wesley Shemwell4MWMD
William S. Shemwell1MWMD
Eliza R. Shemwell1mFWMD

Burial
Shemwell, Sallie [Mrs.] Death: Dec. 28, 1874 Burial: Dec. 30, 1874 Source: SPECIAL COLLECTIONS (St. Paul's Church Collection) Parish Register 1841-1900, p. 238 [MSA SC 2648 M 271]