The Shemwell Family

Robert Allen TraftonAge: 79 years18491928

Name
Robert Allen Trafton
Given names
Robert Allen
Surname
Trafton
Birth January 17, 1849 33 25
MarriageSarah CornView this family
unknown

Birth of a sisterEmily Trafton
1849
Birth of a sisterSarah Jane Trafton
April 4, 1850 (Age 14 months)
Birth of a brotherJames Self Trafton
September 1852 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 7 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 12 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
MarriageLenora Anne Scott GilbertView this family
October 9, 1867 (Age 18 years)
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 17 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 17 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Birth of a daughter
#1
Mary J Trafton
1869 (Age 19 years)

Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 19 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
#2
Martha Ann Trafton
January 18, 1870 (Age 21 years)

Birth of a son
#3
Robert Lee Trafton
January 6, 1871 (Age 21 years)

Birth of a daughter
#4
Laura C Trafton
December 25, 1872 (Age 23 years)

Birth of a daughter
#5
Emily Mamie Trafton
April 2, 1877 (Age 28 years)

Birth of a son
#6
William E Trafton
November 1878 (Age 29 years)

Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 28 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Birth of a son
#7
Malachi C Trafton
January 1, 1879 (Age 29 years)

Birth of a daughter
#8
Ella Lane Trafton
1880 (Age 30 years)

Death of a wifeLenora Anne Scott Gilbert
1880 (Age 30 years)
Birth of a son
#9
Richard Trafton
May 23, 1885 (Age 36 years)

Death of a fatherMalachi Trafton
1885 (Age 35 years)
Birth of a daughter
#10
Lydia Trafton
1887 (Age 37 years)

Birth of a daughter
#11
Elvira Birdie Trafton
1890 (Age 40 years)

Birth of a son
#12
Oron Trafton
October 28, 1890 (Age 41 years)

Birth of a son
#13
Vincent Trafton
October 3, 1893 (Age 44 years)

Birth of a daughter
#14
Bessie Trafton
1897 (Age 47 years)

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 49 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 brotherHenry Edwin Trafton
before 1900 (Age 50 years)

Death of a brotherBenjamin Edward Trafton
November 13, 1906 (Age 57 years)
Death of a motherNancy Womack
September 26, 1913 (Age 64 years)
Death of a sisterEmily Trafton
after September 26, 1913 (Age 64 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 66 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 67 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 68 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/
Marriage of a childOron TraftonCharlotte “Lottie” B HornsbyView this family
1923 (Age 73 years)

Death of a brotherElisha B Trafton
January 18, 1928 (on the date of death)
Death January 18, 1928 (Age 79 years)
Family with parents - View this family
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
elder brother
Henry Edwin Trafton
Birth: 1843 27 19Mississippi, United States
Death: before 1900
5 years
elder brother
16 months
elder sister
13 months
himself
11 months
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
Family with Lenora Anne Scott Gilbert - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: October 9, 1867Gonzales, Texas, United States
2 years
daughter
13 months
daughter
1 year
son
2 years
daughter
6 years
son
2 months
son
2 years
daughter
Family with Sarah Corn - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage:
daughter
8 years
son
3 years
daughter
4 years
daughter
10 months
son
3 years
son
4 years
daughter

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