The Shemwell Family

Mattie E ClinardAge: 44 years18541899

Name
Mattie E Clinard
Given names
Mattie E
Surname
Clinard
Married name
Mattie E Shemwell
Birth July 1854
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 2 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 6 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 12 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 12 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 14 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 23 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageHenry Hall ShemwellView this family
October 15, 1884 (Age 30 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Harris E Shemwell
August 16, 1885 (Age 31 years)

Birth of a son
#2
Joseph H Shemwell
March 12, 1887 (Age 32 years)
Death of a sonHarris E Shemwell
June 13, 1887 (Age 32 years)

Birth of a daughter
#3
Inez Mattie Shemwell
June 1888 (Age 33 years)
Death of a sonJoseph H Shemwell
August 19, 1889 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 43 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 1899 (Age 44 years)

Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: McKinney Cemetery
Family with Henry Hall Shemwell - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: October 15, 1884Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
10 months
son
19 months
son
Joseph H Shemwell
Birth: March 12, 1887 32 32Trigg, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 19, 1889Trigg, Kentucky, United States
16 months
daughter
Inez Mattie Shemwell
Birth: June 1888 33 33Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death:
Henry Hall Shemwell + Irene B “Rena” Killebrew - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage: December 9, 1901Stewart, Tennessee, United States

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