The Shemwell Family

Lenora Monroe RileyAge: 30 years18611891

Name
Lenora Monroe Riley
Given names
Lenora Monroe
Surname
Riley
Married name
Lenora Monroe Reed
Birth March 27, 1861
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 5 days)

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 5 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 5 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 7 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 16 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageWilliam Robert ReedView this family
about 1886 (Age 24 years)

Birth of a daughter
#1
Maude Robert Reed
December 23, 1887 (Age 26 years)
Death of a husbandWilliam Robert Reed
January 28, 1888 (Age 26 years)

Death August 3, 1891 (Age 30 years)

Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Farmer Cemetery
Family with William Robert Reed - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: about 1886
2 years
daughter

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