Mary Seabury GrandinAge: 78 years1857–1935
- Name
- Mary Seabury Grandin
- Given names
- Mary Seabury
- Surname
- Grandin
- Married name
- Mary Seabury Bennett
 Birth | May 1857 43 29 |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
 Death of a maternal grandfather | William Shemwell January 10, 1862 (Age 4 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 3 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 |
 Census | June 1, 1870 (Age 13 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Ann Virginia Grandin December 20, 1875 (Age 18 years) |
| Death of a sister | Ann Virginia Grandin November 11, 1876 (Age 19 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 daughter #1 | Louise Bennett January 1879 (Age 21 years) |
 Religious marriage | Andrew Jackson Bennett — View this family October 28, 1879 (Age 22 years) |
| Census | June 10, 1880 (Age 23 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Grandin Lyne Bennett September 8, 1882 (Age 25 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | Gatewood Seabury Bennett March 31, 1884 (Age 26 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | Joshua Marsden Bennett October 1, 1892 (Age 35 years) |
| Death of a father | Joshua Marsden Grandin 1897 (Age 39 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 40 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 1, 1900 (Age 43 years) |
| Death of a mother | Ann Dove Shemwell February 5, 1907 (Age 49 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | John Bennett Moffett 1913 (Age 55 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 58 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 59 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 60 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/ |
| Marriage of a child | Joshua Marsden Bennett — Margaret M Dingemann — View this family Type: Religious marriage March 1, 1919 (Age 61 years) |
| Census | January 15, 1920 (Age 62 years) |
| Death of a husband | Andrew Jackson Bennett December 6, 1928 (Age 71 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 72 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 |
| Census | April 3, 1930 (Age 72 years) |
 Death | June 24, 1935 (Age 78 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Joshua Marsden Grandin Birth: April 3, 1814 — Schuyler, Herkimer, New York, United States Death: 1897 |
| mother |
Ann Dove Shemwell Birth: June 1827 42 34 — Maryland, United States Death: February 5, 1907 — Washington, District of Columbia, United States |
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Marriage: February 19, 1841 — St. Mary's, Maryland, United States |
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16 years herself |
Mary Seabury Grandin Birth: May 1857 43 29 — Maryland, United States Death: June 24, 1935 |
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19 years younger sister |
Ann Virginia Grandin Birth: December 20, 1875 61 48 Death: November 11, 1876 — Maryland, United States |
| Family with Andrew Jackson Bennett |
| husband |
Andrew Jackson Bennett Birth: December 31, 1851 — Virginia, United States Death: December 6, 1928 — Washington, District of Columbia, United States |
| herself |
Mary Seabury Grandin Birth: May 1857 43 29 — Maryland, United States Death: June 24, 1935 |
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Marriage: October 28, 1879 — Washington, District of Columbia, United States |
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-9 months daughter |
Louise Bennett Birth: January 1879 27 21 — Washington, District of Columbia, United States Death: |
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4 years son |
Grandin Lyne Bennett Birth: September 8, 1882 30 25 — Virginia, United States Death: April 11, 1987 |
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19 months son |
Gatewood Seabury Bennett Birth: March 31, 1884 32 26 — Maryland, United States Death: December 30, 1960 — Fredericksburg, Virginia, United States |
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9 years son |
Joshua Marsden Bennett Birth: October 1, 1892 40 35 — Maryland, United States Death: June 15, 1947 — Warth, Sanilac, Michigan, United States |
Mary Seabury Grandin has 20 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (20)
Parents James Harvey Griffin + Elizabeth Julianna Shemwell
Parents George Washington Dowell Sr. + Mary Eliza Shemwell
Parents Rev Job Wesley Lambeth + Jane Shemwell
Parents John Wesley Shemwell + Sallie Eliza Christiana Freeland
Parents Richard Snowden Dare + Caroline Henrietta “Carrie” Shemwell
| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Joshua Marsden Grandin - Household
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - Jane Shemwell - Household
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Andrew J Bennett - Household
St. Mary's, Maryland, United States
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Andrew Jackson Bennett - Household
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Mary Seabury Grandin - Household
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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