The Shemwell Family

Margaret Anna “Maggie” GreenAge: 89 years18541943

Name
Margaret Anna “Maggie” Green
Given names
Margaret Anna
Nickname
Maggie
Surname
Green
Married name
Margaret Anna Layman
Birth February 27, 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 7 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
MarriageFrancis Marion LaymanView this family
February 16, 1873 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Hettie Boyd “Etta” Layman
September 16, 1875 (Age 21 years)
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
Birth of a son
#2
Joseph K Layman
1879 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Ada May Layman
May 21, 1883 (Age 29 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4
Alda Layman
July 7, 1886 (Age 32 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 44 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
Marriage of a childRev. Roland W ShemwellHettie Boyd “Etta” LaymanView this family
October 3, 1900 (Age 46 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Granbury Dabney “Uncle Dow” Shemwell
July 27, 1901 (Age 47 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
McMarion Shemwell
January 28, 1904 (Age 49 years)

Death of a grandsonMcMarion Shemwell
October 14, 1904 (Age 50 years)
Birth of a grandson
#3
Hubert Roland Shemwell
August 5, 1907 (Age 53 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#4
Annie Katherine Shemwell
January 3, 1909 (Age 54 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 61 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 62 years)

Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I
Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 63 years)

Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/
Death of a husbandFrancis Marion Layman
November 17, 1919 (Age 65 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 75 years)

Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 87 years)

Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
Death April 18, 1943 (Age 89 years)

Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: No Cemetery
Family with Francis Marion Layman - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: February 16, 1873Kentucky, United States
3 years
daughter
4 years
son
Joseph K Layman
Birth: 1879 31 24Grayson, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 15, 1947Grayson, Kentucky, United States
4 years
daughter
Ada May Layman
Birth: May 21, 1883 36 29Grayson, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 7, 1973Jefferson, Kentucky, United States
3 years
daughter
Alda Layman
Birth: July 7, 1886 39 32Grayson, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 19, 1982Hardin, Kentucky, United States