The Shemwell Family

Henry Edwin TraftonAge: 57 years18431900

Name
Henry Edwin Trafton
Given names
Henry Edwin
Surname
Trafton
Birth 1843 27 19
Birth of a brotherElisha B Trafton
September 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
Birth of a sisterMary C Trafton
1848 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a brotherRobert Allen Trafton
January 17, 1849 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a sisterEmily Trafton
1849 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a sisterSarah Jane Trafton
April 4, 1850 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a brotherJames Self Trafton
September 1852 (Age 9 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
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
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
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
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 35 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 fatherMalachi Trafton
1885 (Age 42 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 55 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 before 1900 (Age 57 years)

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father
mother
Marriage: February 23, 1841Copiah, Mississippi, United States
22 months
elder brother
Benjamin Edward Trafton
Birth: 1842 26 18Copiah, Mississippi, United States
Death: November 13, 1906Stonewall, Texas, United States
2 years
himself
Henry Edwin Trafton
Birth: 1843 27 19Mississippi, United States
Death: before 1900
5 years
younger brother
16 months
younger sister
13 months
younger brother
11 months
younger sister
Emily Trafton
Birth: 1849 33 25Copiah, Mississippi, United States
Death: after September 26, 1913Copiah, Mississippi, United States
15 months
younger sister
3 years
younger brother

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