The Shemwell Family

Mariah Katherine “Katie” RobeyAge: 75 years18441919

Name
Mariah Katherine “Katie” Robey
Given names
Mariah Katherine
Surname
Robey
Nickname
Katie
Married name
Mariah Katherine Frost
Birth March 4, 1844
Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 21 months)
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
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 12 years)

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 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 22 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 22 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
MarriageYoung Brigham FrostView this family
September 1868 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 24 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
Birth of a daughter
#1Anna M E Frost
about 1870 (Age 25 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2Mary Emma Snow Frost
about 1871 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3Eleanor Young Frost
about 1874 (Age 29 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4Mattie Lee W Frost
March 1878 (Age 33 years)
Census between 1 and June 2, 1880
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 33 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
#5John William Robey Frost
December 8, 1881 (Age 37 years)
Marriage of a childJohn E JohnsonAnna M E FrostView this family
January 20, 1887 (Age 42 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1Jennie Johnson
September 1888 (Age 44 years)
Marriage of a childMathew M “Matie” SheldonMary Emma Snow FrostView this family
January 6, 1890 (Age 45 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#2Estella Amelia Fern Sheldon
September 10, 1890 (Age 46 years)
Marriage of a childElven Glenn “Elvey” ClarkMattie Lee W FrostView this family
December 18, 1892 (Age 48 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#3Jessie K Clark
November 1893 (Age 49 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#4Mamie Ellen Sheldon
November 30, 1893 (Age 49 years)
Birth of a grandson
#5Elvey Young Clark
June 7, 1897 (Age 53 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 54 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
Birth of a grandson
#6Arvel Glenn Clark
December 1898 (Age 54 years)
Death of a daughterAnna M E Frost
before 1900 (Age 55 years)

Death of a daughterMary Emma Snow Frost
before 1900 (Age 55 years)

Death of a daughterEleanor Young Frost
before 1900 (Age 55 years)

Census June 12, 1900 (Age 56 years)
Marriage of a childJohn William Robey FrostMabel KelsoView this family
May 5, 1904 (Age 60 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#7Juliah K Frost
December 10, 1905 (Age 61 years)

Marriage of a childHorace Franklin MillerMattie Lee W FrostView this family
September 18, 1907 (Age 63 years)
Birth of a grandson
#8Leo Franklin Miller
July 18, 1909 (Age 65 years)
Death of a granddaughterJuliah K Frost
September 19, 1909 (Age 65 years)

Death of a sonJohn William Robey Frost
April 18, 1916 (Age 72 years)
Burial of a sonJohn William Robey Frost
April 20, 1916 (Age 72 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Carterville Cemetery
Death of a husbandYoung Brigham Frost
September 28, 1916 (Age 72 years)
Burial of a husbandYoung Brigham Frost
September 29, 1916 (Age 72 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Snow Cemetery
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 71 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death of a daughterMattie Lee W Frost
before 1917 (Age 72 years)
Death of a granddaughterMamie Ellen Sheldon
January 6, 1917 (Age 72 years)
Burial of a granddaughterMamie Ellen Sheldon
January 7, 1917 (Age 72 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Carterville Cemetery
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 72 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 73 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 September 18, 1919 (Age 75 years)
Burial September 19, 1919 (1 day after death)
Last change February 12, 202317:52:29

by: Barry Shemwell
Family with Young Brigham Frost - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: September 1868Washington, Kentucky, United States
2 years
daughter
2 years
daughter
4 years
daughter
Eleanor Young Frost
Birth: about 1874 31 29Kentucky, United States
Death: before 1900
4 years
daughter
4 years
son
John William Robey Frost
Birth: December 8, 1881 39 37Missouri, United States
Death: April 18, 1916Jackson, Jasper, Missouri, United States

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