The Shemwell Family

Issac Wilburn WyattAge: 82 years18571940

Name
Issac Wilburn Wyatt
Given names
Issac Wilburn
Surname
Wyatt
Birth December 5, 1857 23
MarriageLucy “Arminta” BrownView this family
unknown

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 brotherJohn S Wyatt
1862 (Age 4 years)

Birth of a brotherThomas Henry Wyatt
1864 (Age 6 years)

Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 3 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 9 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 9 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 11 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
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 20 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 daughter
#1
Algie Clyde Wyatt
May 27, 1896 (Age 38 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 40 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 fatherJames Payton Wyatt
1908 (Age 50 years)

Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Ruby Pearl Campbell
November 27, 1914 (Age 56 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 58 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 59 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 60 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 sisterMartha S Wyatt
1922 (Age 64 years)

Death of a wifeLucy “Arminta” Brown
July 14, 1923 (Age 65 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Esther Pauline Campbell
August 9, 1924 (Age 66 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 71 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
Death of a brotherAugustus “Gus” Wyatt
March 8, 1936 (Age 78 years)

Death June 5, 1940 (Age 82 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Flat Lick Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery
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elder brother
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Issac Wilburn Wyatt
Birth: December 5, 1857 23Trigg, Kentucky, United States
Death: June 5, 1940Trigg, Kentucky, United States
5 years
younger brother
3 years
younger brother
Family with Lucy “Arminta” Brown - View this family
himself
Issac Wilburn Wyatt
Birth: December 5, 1857 23Trigg, Kentucky, United States
Death: June 5, 1940Trigg, Kentucky, United States
wife
Lucy “Arminta” Brown
Birth: May 24, 1870 21Trigg, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 14, 1923Trigg, Kentucky, United States
Marriage:
daughter

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