The Shemwell Family

Nancy Ellen RobinsonAge: 77 years18561933

Name
Nancy Ellen Robinson
Given names
Nancy Ellen
Surname
Robinson
Married name
Nancy Ellen Hill
Birth February 15, 1856
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 10 months)

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 5 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 10 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 10 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Birth of a son
#1
John Quincy Hill
September 9, 1868 (Age 12 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 12 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
MarriageJohn Samuel HillView this family
1873 (Age 16 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 21 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 granddaughter
#1
Lottie H Hill
October 1896 (Age 40 years)
Marriage of a childJohn Quincy HillMiranda E PidcockView this family
calculated 1896 (Age 39 years)

Birth of a grandson
#2
Hubert P Hill
January 14, 1898 (Age 41 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 42 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 grandsonHubert P Hill
October 14, 1898 (Age 42 years)
Birth of a grandson
#3
Lucien Egbert Hill
January 16, 1899 (Age 42 years)
Death of a husbandJohn Samuel Hill
July 18, 1910 (Age 54 years)

Death of a sonJohn Quincy Hill
August 12, 1910 (Age 54 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 59 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 60 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 61 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 73 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
Death July 19, 1933 (Age 77 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Riverside Baptist Church Cemetery
Family with John Samuel Hill - View this family
husband
herself
Nancy Ellen Robinson
Birth: February 15, 1856Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 19, 1933Paradise, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Marriage: 1873Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
-4 years
son
John Quincy Hill
Birth: September 9, 1868 24 12Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 12, 1910Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States

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