The Shemwell Family

Sarah Cunningham

Name
Sarah Cunningham
Given names
Sarah
Surname
Cunningham
Married name
Sarah Whitehurst
MarriageJoshua WhitehurstView this family
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Historical Event
Cholera Epidemic
1832
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
Historical Event
The Texas Revolution
between October 1835 and April 1836
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 daughter
#1
Rebecca Susan Whitehurst
December 1, 1845
Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848
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

Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859

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
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Sarah Floyd “Sallie” Wallace
March 28, 1863
Birth of a granddaughter
#3
Elizabeth “Bessie” Wallace
1864
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865

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
Birth of a grandchild
#5
Wallace
1867

Death of a grandchildWallace
1867

Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867
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
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
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869

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
Birth of a grandson
#8
Dudley Monroe Wallace
1873
Birth of a grandson
#9
Joshua “Commander” Wallace
March 15, 1875
Birth of a grandson
#10
Thomas Yateman Wallace
October 1877
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878

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
Birth of a granddaughter
#12
Mattie Bell Wallace
April 15, 1882
Birth of a granddaughter
#13
Mannie Wallace
1882
Birth of a grandson
#14
Berry Wallace Jr.
October 20, 1889
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898
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 daughterRebecca Susan Whitehurst
December 1, 1915
Address: Center Point Com.
Burial of a daughterRebecca Susan Whitehurst
December 4, 1915
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Pleasant Hill Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916

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

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

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 grandsonMartin VanBuren Wallace
April 23, 1920
Cause: Typhoid Fever
Death of a granddaughterSarah Floyd “Sallie” Wallace
August 13, 1923
Cause: Carsenoma of the liver
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