The Shemwell Family

Margaret Elizabeth GriffinAge: 78 years18491928

Name
Margaret Elizabeth Griffin
Given names
Margaret Elizabeth
Surname
Griffin
Married name
Margaret Elizabeth Powers
Birth September 4, 1849 28 28
MarriageJames Winfield Scott PowersView this family
unknown

Birth of a brotherJames Blickman Griffin
about 1853 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherWilliam Hugh Griffin
September 8, 1854 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a sisterCatherine Griffin
about 1857 (Age 7 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 7 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Census June 22, 1860 (Age 10 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 11 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 17 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 17 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 19 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 7, 1870 (Age 20 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMargaret McLeod
1878 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 28 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Death of a motherMargaret McMillan
October 18, 1882 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 48 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 fatherWilliam Riley Griffin
1903 (Age 53 years)
Death of a husbandJames Winfield Scott Powers
July 17, 1911 (Age 61 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 66 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 67 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 68 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/
Death July 23, 1928 (Age 78 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Cedar Hill Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: October 12, 1842Stewart, Tennessee, United States
6 years
elder sister
Mary Griffin
Birth: about 1848 27 26Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death:
20 months
herself
Margaret Elizabeth Griffin
Birth: September 4, 1849 28 28Tennessee, United States
Death: July 23, 1928Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
4 years
younger brother
James Blickman Griffin
Birth: about 1853 32 31Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death:
20 months
younger brother
William Hugh Griffin
Birth: September 8, 1854 33 33Tennessee, United States
Death: August 20, 1939Houston, Tennessee, United States
3 years
younger sister
Catherine Griffin
Birth: about 1857 36 35Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death:
Family with James Winfield Scott Powers - View this family
husband
James Winfield Scott Powers
Birth: February 1853 26 23Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 17, 1911Houston, Tennessee, United States
herself
Margaret Elizabeth Griffin
Birth: September 4, 1849 28 28Tennessee, United States
Death: July 23, 1928Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
Marriage:

Margaret Elizabeth Griffin has 17 first cousins recorded

Census1860 United States - Census transcript - William Riley Griffin - Household

Stewart, Tennessee

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
William Riley Griffinhead39MWFarmerTN
Margaret Griffinwife38FWTN
Mary Griffindaughter12FWTN
Margaret Griffindaughter9FWTN
Blickman Griffinson7MWTN
William Griffinson5MWTN
Catherine Griffindaughter3FWTN
Mag McMillanmother in law67FWNC

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - William Riley Griffin - Household

Erin, Houston, Tennessee

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Griffin, Rileyhead49MWFarmerTN
Griffin, Margaretwife48FWKeeping HouseTN
Griffin, Elizabethdaughter19FWat homeTN
Griffin, Jamesson17MWFarm handTN
Griffin, Williamson15MWFarm handTN