The Shemwell Family

Joseph D SmartAge: 69 years17501819

Name
Joseph D Smart
Given names
Joseph D
Surname
Smart
Birth 1750 30

Birth of a half-sisterMargaret Smart
1761 (Age 11 years)

Historical Event
The French & Indian War
between 1754 and 1763 (Age 4 years)

Note: The French and Indian War is the American name for the North American theater of the Seven Years War, fought primarily between the colonies of British America and New France - http://goo.gl/SiIuNc
Birth of a half-sisterJane Smart
1763 (Age 13 years)

Birth of a half-sisterMary Smart
1765 (Age 15 years)

Birth of a half-brotherThomas Smart
1769 (Age 19 years)

Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1775 and 1776 (Age 25 years)

Note: In 1775, there was an epidemic of unknown cause in North America (especially New England,) followed in 1775-1776 by what is described as one of the worst worldwide influenza epidemics - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_epidemics
Death of a brotherJohn Smart
October 7, 1780 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
The American Revolution
from 1775 to 1783 (Age 25 years)

Note: The Thirteen American Colonies broke from the British Empire and formed the independent nation, the United States of America - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolution
Death of a fatherWilliam Smart
1795 (Age 45 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic
between 1793 and 1798 (Age 43 years)
Note: More than 4,000 Philadelphia residents died from yellow fever - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Fever_Epidemic_of_1793
Historical Event
The Louisiana Purchase
1803 (Age 53 years)

Note: Napoleon Bonaparte agrees to sell 828,000 square miles of land to the United States for $15 million - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_Purchase
Historical Event
War of 1812
between 1812 and 1815 (Age 62 years)

Note: War of 1812 between the Americans and the British. The Creek (or Red Stick) War in Alabama had different origins, but it coincided with the war of 1812, and the U.S. treated it as a part of the larger war, with Jackson and his forces also in charge of defeating the Creeks - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812
Death October 8, 1819 (Age 69 years)

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elder brother
2 years
elder brother
John Smart
Birth: 1745 25
Death: October 7, 1780Kings Mountain, York, South Carolina, United States
3 years
elder sister
4 years
himself
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