The Shemwell Family

Andrew Jackson ReedAge: 56 years18431899

Name
Andrew Jackson Reed
Given names
Andrew Jackson
Surname
Reed
Birth May 16, 1843 39 39

MarriageEmaline RileyView this family
unknown

Death of a brotherWilliam Murphy Reed
1847 (Age 3 years)
Cause: Accident, Falling Tree
Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 2 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
Census August 29, 1850 (Age 7 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 13 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 11, 1860 (Age 17 years)
Death of a fatherNoah Reed
after 1860 (Age 16 years)

Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 17 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 23 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 23 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 25 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 34 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Death of a motherNancy Shemwell
February 22, 1879 (Age 35 years)
Note: Newspaper Abstracts of Graves County, Kentucky
Death of a brotherHenry S Reed
July 31, 1887 (Age 44 years)
Death of a brotherMilus G Reed
May 15, 1890 (Age 46 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 54 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 November 6, 1899 (Age 56 years)

Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Clark's River Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
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mother
Marriage: January 14, 1823Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, United States
3 years
elder brother
2 years
elder brother
8 years
elder brother
sister
brother
sister
elder sister
4 years
elder brother
4 years
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Family with Emaline Riley - View this family
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wife
Marriage:

Andrew Jackson Reed has 30 first cousins recorded

Census1850 United States - Census transcript - Noah Reed - Household

Graves, Kentucky, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
Noah Reedhead46MWfarmerNC
Nancy Reedwife46FWNC
Jane Reeddaughter17FWKY
Rebeccah Reeddaughter15MWKY
James Reedson24MWfarmerNC
John Reedson15MWKY
Henry Reedson10MWKY
Andrewson7MWKY
Nancy Shamwellniece17FWNC

Census1860 United States - Census transcript - Noah Reed - Household

Graves, Kentucky, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
Noah Reedhead56MWfarmerNC
Nancy Reedwife56FWhousekeeperKY
Andrew Jackson Reedson17MWfarmerKY
James Wesley Reedson26MWfarmerKY