The Shemwell Family

Marian Lucille CooperAge: 28 years1844–1872

Name
Marian Lucille Cooper
Given names
Marian Lucille
Surname
Cooper
Married name
Marian Lucille Pritchett
Birth 1844 32 24
Death of a paternal grandfatherEdmund Blount Cooper Sr.
1845 (Age 12 months)
Birth of a brotherPatillo Blount Cooper
1846 (Age 2 years)

Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 2 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 5 years)

Death of a maternal grandmotherMary “Polly” Caruthers
1850 (Age 6 years)
Census June 1, 1850 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a brotherWilliam Cook “Willie” Cooper
February 9, 1851 (Age 7 years)
Death of a fatherEdmund Blount Cooper Jr
about 1858 (Age 14 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 13 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 16 years)

Census June 1, 1860 (Age 16 years)
MarriageJames Wesley Pritchett — View this family
September 6, 1862 (Age 18 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 17 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 23 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 23 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 25 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 27 years)
Note: Best guess -b
Death of a motherMargaret Adelaide Patton
after 1870 (Age 26 years)

Death June 8, 1872 (Age 28 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: before 1838 — Maury, Tennessee, United States
1 year
elder sister
3 years
elder sister
Susan Uzeed Cooper
Birth: 1840 28 20 — Henry, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 9, 1907 — Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States
5 years
herself
Marian Lucille Cooper
Birth: 1844 32 24 — Henry, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 8, 1872 — Henry, Henry, Tennessee, United States
3 years
younger brother
4 years
younger brother
2 years
younger brother
Family with James Wesley Pritchett - View this family
husband
James Wesley Pritchett
Birth: July 16, 1842 — Henry, Henry, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 27, 1917 — Hazel, Calloway, Kentucky, United States
herself
Marian Lucille Cooper
Birth: 1844 32 24 — Henry, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 8, 1872 — Henry, Henry, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: September 6, 1862 — Henry, Tennessee, United States

Census1850 United States - Census transcript - Edmund Blount Cooper - Household

17th Dist. Henry, Tennessee, USA

NameAgeSexRaceOccupationAssetsBirthplace
E B Cooper37MWFarmerNC
Margaret Cooper30FWTN
Mary J Cooper12FWTN
Susan E Cooper10FWTN
Marian L Cooper6FWTN
Patillo B Cooper4MWTN
George T. Cooper1MWTN
Jesse Cooper Jr11MWTN

Notes: Jessie Cooper Jr. is listed.

Census1860 United States - Census transcript - Margaret A. Patton - Household

Dist. 1 Paris, Henry, Tennessee, USA

NameAgeSexRaceOccupationAssetsBirthplaceMmthEduInfirm
M A Cooper40FWTN
S U Cooper19FWTN
L Cooper16FWTN
P Cooper13MWTN
W C Cooper8MWTN
L M. Williams26MWFarmerTN
M J Williams21FWTN
G P Williams1MWTN

Notes: Ladd, Jeanette & George living with her widowed mother