The Shemwell Family

Sally Clark1818

Name
Sally Clark
Given names
Sally
Surname
Clark
Married name
Sally Wallace
Birth 1818 47
MarriageAxium Green “A G” WallaceView this family
unknown

Historical Event
Cholera Epidemic
1832 (Age 14 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 of a fatherLittleberry Clark Sr.
1835 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
The Texas Revolution
between October 1835 and April 1836 (Age 17 years)
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 son
#1
Littleberry “Berry” Wallace
February 17, 1838 (Age 20 years)
Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 28 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
Marriage of a childLittleberry “Berry” WallaceRebecca Susan WhitehurstView this family
January 20, 1859 (Age 41 years)

Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 39 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Birth of a grandson
#1
Martin VanBuren Wallace
August 24, 1860 (Age 42 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Sarah Floyd “Sallie” Wallace
March 28, 1863 (Age 45 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#3
Elizabeth “Bessie” Wallace
1864 (Age 46 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 43 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 granddaughter
#4
Lucy Jane Wallace
September 12, 1866 (Age 48 years)
Birth of a grandchild
#5
Wallace
1867 (Age 49 years)

Death of a grandchildWallace
1867 (Age 49 years)

Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 49 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 49 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Birth of a granddaughter
#6
Fannie Wallace
March 27, 1869 (Age 51 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 51 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 grandson
#7
Sanford Laney “Lannie” Wallace
1871 (Age 53 years)
Birth of a grandson
#8
Dudley Monroe Wallace
1873 (Age 55 years)
Birth of a grandson
#9
Joshua “Commander” Wallace
March 15, 1875 (Age 57 years)
Birth of a grandson
#10
Thomas Yateman Wallace
October 1877 (Age 59 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 60 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 granddaughter
#11
Dora Wallace
April 1880 (Age 62 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#12
Mattie Bell Wallace
April 15, 1882 (Age 64 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#13
Mannie Wallace
1882 (Age 64 years)
Birth of a grandson
#14
Berry Wallace Jr.
October 20, 1889 (Age 71 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 80 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 husbandAxium Green “A G” Wallace
April 29, 1904 (Age 86 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 98 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 99 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 100 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/
Death of a sonLittleberry “Berry” Wallace
February 8, 1920 (Age 102 years)
Cause: Influenza
Death of a grandsonMartin VanBuren Wallace
April 23, 1920 (Age 102 years)
Cause: Typhoid Fever
Death of a granddaughterSarah Floyd “Sallie” Wallace
August 13, 1923 (Age 105 years)
Cause: Carsenoma of the liver
Deathunknown

Family with parents - View this family
father
Littleberry Clark Sr.
Birth: 1771 45Sussex, Virginia, United States
Death: 1835Stewart, Tennessee, United States
mother
Marriage:
herself
Family with Axium Green “A G” Wallace - View this family
husband
Axium Green “A G” Wallace
Birth: March 13, 1813 35 29Bumpus Mills, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 29, 1904Stewart, Tennessee, United States
herself
Marriage:
son