The Shemwell Family

Littleberry Clark Sr.Age: 64 years17711835

Name
Littleberry Clark Sr.
Given names
Littleberry
Surname
Clark
Name suffix
Sr.
Birth 1771 45
MarriageSally LashleyView this family
unknown

Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1775 and 1776 (Age 4 years)

Note: In 1775, there was an epidemic of unknown cause in North America (especially New England,) followed in 1775-1776 by what is described as one of the worst worldwide influenza epidemics - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_epidemics
Historical Event
The American Revolution
from 1775 to 1783 (Age 4 years)

Note: The Thirteen American Colonies broke from the British Empire and formed the independent nation, the United States of America - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolution
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic
between 1793 and 1798 (Age 22 years)
Note: More than 4,000 Philadelphia residents died from yellow fever - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Fever_Epidemic_of_1793
Death of a fatherJohn Clark
August 1799 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
The Louisiana Purchase
1803 (Age 32 years)

Note: Napoleon Bonaparte agrees to sell 828,000 square miles of land to the United States for $15 million - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_Purchase
Historical Event
War of 1812
between 1812 and 1815 (Age 41 years)

Note: War of 1812 between the Americans and the British. The Creek (or Red Stick) War in Alabama had different origins, but it coincided with the war of 1812, and the U.S. treated it as a part of the larger war, with Jackson and his forces also in charge of defeating the Creeks - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812
Birth of a daughter
#1
Sally Clark
1818 (Age 47 years)
Historical Event
Cholera Epidemic
1832 (Age 61 years)
Note: Cholera killed 4,340 people in New Orleans & over 3,000 in New York City - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholera_outbreaks_and_pandemics
Death 1835 (Age 64 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
John Clark
Birth: October 6, 1725Surry, Virginia, United States
Death: August 1799Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States
mother
Marriage:
himself
Littleberry Clark Sr.
Birth: 1771 45Sussex, Virginia, United States
Death: 1835Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Family with Sally Lashley - View this family
himself
Littleberry Clark Sr.
Birth: 1771 45Sussex, Virginia, United States
Death: 1835Stewart, Tennessee, United States
wife
Marriage:
daughter

Note
Married Sally Lashley on FEB. 19, 1796 in Sussex Co., Virginia