The Shemwell Family

Susan Uzeed Cooper

Susan Uzeed CooperAge: 67 years18401907

Name
Susan Uzeed Cooper
Given names
Susan Uzeed
Surname
Cooper
Married name
Susan Uzeed Atkins
Birth 1840 28 20
MarriageWilliam Edward Travis AtkinsView this family
unknown

Birth of a sisterMarian Lucille Cooper
1844 (Age 4 years)

Death of a paternal grandfatherEdmund Blount Cooper
1845 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a brotherPatillo Blount Cooper
1846 (Age 6 years)

Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 6 years)
Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War
Birth of a brotherGeorge T Cooper
1849 (Age 9 years)

Death of a maternal grandmotherMary “Polly” Caruthers
1850 (Age 10 years)
Census June 1, 1850 (Age 10 years)
Birth of a brotherWilliam Cook “Willie” Cooper
February 9, 1851 (Age 11 years)
Death of a fatherEdmund Blount Cooper
about 1858 (Age 18 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 17 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Death of a brotherGeorge T Cooper
1860 (Age 20 years)

Census June 1, 1860 (Age 20 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 21 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 27 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 27 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 29 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
Death of a sisterMary Jeanette Cooper
between 1871 and 1880 (Age 31 years)
Note: Best guess -b
Death of a motherMargaret Adelaide Patton
after 1870 (Age 30 years)

Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 38 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 58 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 of a husbandWilliam Edward Travis Atkins
before 1900 (Age 60 years)
Death of a brotherPatillo Blount Cooper
1901 (Age 61 years)
Death December 9, 1907 (Age 67 years)
Last change February 14, 202010:00:37

by: Barry Shemwell
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: before 1838Maury, Tennessee, United States
1 year
elder sister
3 years
herself
Susan Uzeed CooperSusan Uzeed Cooper
Birth: 1840 28 20Henry, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 9, 1907Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States
5 years
younger sister
3 years
younger brother
4 years
younger brother
2 years
younger brother
Family with William Edward Travis Atkins - View this family
husband
herself
Susan Uzeed CooperSusan Uzeed Cooper
Birth: 1840 28 20Henry, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 9, 1907Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States
Marriage:

Susan Uzeed Cooper has 3 first cousins recorded