The Shemwell Family

Lurania Ann LakeAge: 49 years18571906

Name
Lurania Ann Lake
Given names
Lurania Ann
Surname
Lake
Married name
Lurania Ann Sexson
Birth January 17, 1857
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859

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 4 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 9 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 9 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 11 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
MarriageWinfield Scott SexsonView this family
about 1878 (Age 20 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 20 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
#1
Oscar Wallace Sexson
August 29, 1885 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Bessie Ellen Sexson
July 13, 1887 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 41 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
Census June 11, 1900 (Age 43 years)
Marriage of a childMartin Sylvester “Vess” HatfillBessie Ellen SexsonView this family
about 1903 (Age 45 years)

Marriage of a childOscar Wallace SexsonRosalta CrabtreeView this family
June 3, 1905 (Age 48 years)
Death August 8, 1906 (Age 49 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Dodge Grove Cemetery
Family with Winfield Scott Sexson - View this family
husband
Winfield Scott Sexson
Birth: February 20, 1849 27 23Monroe, Indiana, United States
Death: October 22, 1914Coles, Illinois, United States
herself
Marriage: about 1878Illinois, United States
8 years
son
Oscar Wallace Sexson
Birth: August 29, 1885 36 28Mattoon, Coles, Illinois, United States
Death: August 7, 1947Mattoon, Coles, Illinois, United States
22 months
daughter

No family available

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Winfield Scott Sexson - Household

Woodbury, Cumberland, Illinois

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Sexson, WinfieldheadWMFeb184951M22INKYTNLaborer
Sexson, LuraniawifeWFJan185743M22102IL??
Sexson, OscarsonWMAug188514SILINIL
Sexson, BessiedaughterWFJul188712SILINIL