Mary Elizabeth ReedAge: 25 years1860–1886
- Name
- Mary Elizabeth Reed
- Given names
- Mary Elizabeth
- Surname
- Reed
- Married name
- Mary Elizabeth Shamel
 Birth | March 15, 1860 |
 Marriage | Thomas William Shamel — View this family unknown |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 12 months)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 6 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 6 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 8 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 daughter#1 | Alverta “Vertie” Shamel March 1877 (Age 16 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 17 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 #2 | Myrtle M Shamel March 17, 1879 (Age 19 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | William “Bill” Shamel March 28, 1883 (Age 23 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | Nelson VanBuren Shamel January 1, 1884 (Age 23 years) |
 Death | January 26, 1886 (Age 25 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Competition Cemetery |
| Family with Thomas William Shamel |
| husband |
Thomas William Shamel Birth: March 11, 1849 26 25 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: June 28, 1923 — Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States |
| herself |
Mary Elizabeth Reed Birth: March 15, 1860 Death: January 26, 1886 |
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Marriage: — |
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| daughter |
Alverta “Vertie” Shamel Birth: March 1877 27 16 — Missouri, United States Death: September 10, 1915 — Pomeroy, Garfield, Washington, United States |
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2 years daughter |
Myrtle M Shamel Birth: March 17, 1879 30 19 — Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States Death: January 27, 1932 — Monett, Barry, Missouri, United States |
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4 years son |
William “Bill” Shamel Birth: March 28, 1883 34 23 — Laclede, Missouri, United States Death: July 24, 1970 — Laclede, Missouri, United States |
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9 months son |
Nelson VanBuren Shamel Birth: January 1, 1884 34 23 — Laclede, Missouri, United States Death: April 10, 1951 — Lebanon, Laclede, Missouri, United States |