The Shemwell Family

Robert Newton CarnealAge: 33 years18481881

Name
Robert Newton Carneal
Given names
Robert Newton
Surname
Carneal
Birth February 22, 1848 23 32
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
Census August 15, 1850 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherGeorge T Carneal
May 19, 1853 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a brotherBenjamin Franklin Carneal
November 16, 1854 (Age 6 years)
Note: Kentucky Birth Record lists birth in December, 1854
Birth of a brotherJoseph M Carneal
February 24, 1859 (Age 11 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherElizabeth “Betsey” Ashbourn
August 1859 (Age 11 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 8 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Census August 3, 1860 (Age 12 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 13 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 18 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 18 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 20 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
MarriageNancy Jane WelbornView this family
January 27, 1870 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Walter Columbus “Lum” Carneal
October 7, 1870 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Beatrice Elizabeth Carneal
March 6, 1872 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Joseph Newton “Joe” Carneal
October 28, 1874 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a son
#4
Edgar L Carneal
March 1876 (Age 28 years)
Death of a brotherJoseph M Carneal
July 12, 1878 (Age 30 years)
Burial of a brotherJoseph M Carneal
July 1878 (Age 30 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Carneal Cemetery
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 29 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
#5
Mattie T Carneal
December 23, 1879 (Age 31 years)
Census June 10, 1880 (Age 32 years)
Death October 28, 1881 (Age 33 years)

Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Carneal Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: March 17, 1846Todd, Kentucky, United States
23 months
himself
5 years
younger brother
18 months
younger brother
4 years
younger brother
Joseph M Carneal
Birth: February 24, 1859 34 43Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 12, 1878Todd, Kentucky, United States
Family with Nancy Jane Welborn - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: January 27, 1870Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
8 months
son
17 months
daughter
3 years
son
17 months
son
Edgar L Carneal
Birth: March 1876 28 29Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: November 18, 1940McLean, Kentucky, United States
4 years
daughter
Mattie T Carneal
Birth: December 23, 1879 31 33Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 3, 1911Todd, Kentucky, United States

Robert Newton Carneal has 10 first cousins recorded

Census1850 United States - Census transcript - Joseph Stewart Carneal - Household

District 2, Todd, Kentucky, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
William Carnealhead26MWfarmerKY
Lucinda Carnealwife26FWKY
Robert N Carnealson3MWKY

Census1860 United States - Census transcript - Joseph Stewart Carneal - Household

Todd, Kentucky, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
J S Carnealhead35MWfarmerKY
Lucinda Carnealwife37FWKY
R N Carnealson12MWKY
G T Carnealson7MWKY
B F Carnealson6MWKY
J M Carnealson1MWKY

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Robert N Carneal - Household

Clifty, Todd, Kentucky, United States

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Carneal, R NWM31headMfarmerKYKYKY
Carneal, N JWF31wifeMkeeping houseKYKYKY
Carneal, W CWM8sonSKYKYKY
Carneal, L BWF7daughterSKYKYKY
Carneal, J NWM6sonSKYKYKY
Carneal, E LWM4sonSKYKYKY
Carneal, Mattie TWF0daughterSKYKYKY