Nancy Benevolence “Nannie” ChristianAge: 96 years1835–1931
- Name
- Nancy Benevolence “Nannie” Christian
- Given names
- Nancy Benevolence
- Surname
- Christian
- Married name
- Nancy Benevolence Dobyns
- Married name
- Nancy Benevolence Bicknell
- Nickname
- Nannie
 Birth | May 17, 1835 23 23 |
 Historical Event | The Texas Revolution between October 1835 and April 1836 (Age 4 months)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 |
 Birth of a brother | William Lemuel Christian September 21, 1837 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Allen W Christian 1841 (Age 5 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Kesiah Fada Harris 1841 (Age 5 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Mary H J Christian 1844 (Age 8 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Adelia Harris Christian April 25, 1848 (Age 12 years) |
| Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 10 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 brother | Albion R Christian April 21, 1850 (Age 14 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Jane “Jenny” Dickerson 1850 (Age 14 years) |
 Census | November 8, 1850 (Age 15 years) |
 Marriage | John Thomas Dobyns — View this family December 19, 1854 (Age 19 years) |
| Death of a husband | John Thomas Dobyns March 4, 1855 (Age 19 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | John Christian October 20, 1858 (Age 23 years) |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 21 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Census | June 25, 1860 (Age 25 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Samuel James Shemwell August 17, 1860 (Age 25 years) |
| Death of a mother | Jane Shemwell December 4, 1862 (Age 27 years) |
| Death of a brother | Allen W Christian October 23, 1864 (Age 29 years) Address: Battle of the Big Blue River Cause: Killed in battle |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 25 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 31 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 31 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 33 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 | August 9, 1870 (Age 35 years) |
| Religious marriage | John Dustin Bicknell — View this family May 12, 1872 (Age 36 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Mary Ellen Bicknell December 3, 1872 (Age 37 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Edna Jane Bicknell February 5, 1874 (Age 38 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | John D Bicknell 1876 (Age 40 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 42 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 12, 1880 (Age 45 years) |
| Death of a sister | Adelia Harris Christian March 29, 1886 (Age 50 years) |
| Death of a brother | Albion R Christian January 15, 1895 (Age 59 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Dr. Horace Getchell Cates — Mary Ellen Bicknell — View this family June 15, 1895 (Age 60 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 62 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 son | John D Bicknell 1900 (Age 64 years) Cause: Meningitisis |
| Census | June 6, 1900 (Age 65 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Dr Charles Perry Bagg — Edna Jane Bicknell — View this family December 4, 1902 (Age 67 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | John Bicknell Bagg March 14, 1904 (Age 68 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Marion Nancy Bagg June 10, 1909 (Age 74 years) |
| Census | April 18, 1910 (Age 74 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | Charles Carroll Bagg October 8, 1910 (Age 75 years) |
| Death of a husband | John Dustin Bicknell July 7, 1911 (Age 76 years) Cause: Myocarditis with cardiac dilation |
| Burial of a husband | John Dustin Bicknell July 10, 1911 (Age 76 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Inglewood Park Cemetery |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 80 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 81 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 82 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/ |
| Census | January 10, 1920 (Age 84 years) |
| Death of a brother | William Lemuel Christian April 2, 1925 (Age 89 years) |
| Death of a sister | Sarah Melvina Christian December 30, 1926 (Age 91 years) Cause: Heart disease |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 94 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Census | April 9, 1930 (Age 94 years) |
 Death | November 1, 1931 (Age 96 years) Cause of death: Terminal Broncho Pneumonia |
 Burial | November 4, 1961 (30 years after death) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Inglewood Park Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Alexander McEwing Christian Birth: about 1812 38 42 — North Carolina, United States Death: |
| mother |
Jane Shemwell Birth: October 29, 1811 35 31 — Kentucky, United States Death: December 4, 1862 — Warrensburg, Johnson, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: December 14, 1830 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years elder sister |
Sarah Melvina Christian Birth: April 18, 1833 21 21 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: December 30, 1926 — Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States |
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2 years herself |
Nancy Benevolence “Nannie” Christian Birth: May 17, 1835 23 23 — Pettis, Missouri, United States Death: November 1, 1931 — Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
William Lemuel Christian Birth: September 21, 1837 25 25 — Pettis, Missouri, United States Death: April 2, 1925 — Bartlesville, Washington, Oklahoma, United States |
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4 years younger brother |
Allen W Christian Birth: 1841 29 29 — Missouri, United States Death: October 23, 1864 — Battle of Byram's Ford, Jackson, Missouri, United States |
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4 years younger sister |
Mary H J Christian Birth: 1844 32 32 — Missouri, United States Death: |
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4 years younger sister |
Adelia Harris Christian Birth: April 25, 1848 36 36 — Pettis, Missouri, United States Death: March 29, 1886 — Missouri, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
Albion R Christian Birth: April 21, 1850 38 38 — Missouri, United States Death: January 15, 1895 — Kansas, United States |
| Family with John Thomas Dobyns |
| husband |
John Thomas Dobyns Birth: September 21, 1829 Death: March 4, 1855 — Johnson, Missouri, United States |
| herself |
Nancy Benevolence “Nannie” Christian Birth: May 17, 1835 23 23 — Pettis, Missouri, United States Death: November 1, 1931 — Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States |
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Marriage: December 19, 1854 — Johnson, Missouri, United States |
| Family with John Dustin Bicknell |
| husband |
John Dustin Bicknell Birth: June 25, 1838 — Chittenden, Vermont, United States Death: July 7, 1911 — Los Angeles, California, United States |
| herself |
Nancy Benevolence “Nannie” Christian Birth: May 17, 1835 23 23 — Pettis, Missouri, United States Death: November 1, 1931 — Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States |
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Marriage: May 12, 1872 — Pettis, Missouri, United States |
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7 months daughter |
Mary Ellen Bicknell Birth: December 3, 1872 34 37 — Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States Death: July 17, 1955 — Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States |
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14 months daughter |
Edna Jane Bicknell Birth: February 5, 1874 35 38 — Los Angeles, California, United States Death: December 8, 1949 — Los Angeles, California, United States |
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3 years son |
John D Bicknell Birth: 1876 37 40 — Los Angeles, California, United States Death: 1900 — Los Angeles, California, United States |
Nancy Benevolence “Nannie” Christian has 33 first cousins recorded
Father's family (4)
Parents Nicholas Christian + Sarah “Sally” Shemwell
Mother's family (29)
Parents James Shemwell + Nancy Green
Parents Thomas Holland + Nancy Shemwell
Parents Thomas Shemwell + Nancy Bone
Parents Nicholas Christian + Sarah “Sally” Shemwell
Parents Samuel Shemwell + Permelia Belinda Rickman
Parents William Green Shemwell + Susan Kerna Tabb
| Census | 1850 United States - Census transcript - Alexander McEwing Christian - Household
Saline, Missouri
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| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - Alexander McEwing Christian - Household
Jackson, Johnson, Missouri
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| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Nancy Benevolence Christian - Household
Greenfield, Dade, Missouri, United States
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - John Dustin Bicknell - Household
Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - John Dustin Bicknell - Household
Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - John Dustin Bicknell - Household
Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Nancy Benevolence Christian - Household
Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Nancy Benevolence Christian - Household
Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
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