The Shemwell Family

Elven Glenn “Elvey” ClarkAge: 43 years18631907

Name
Elven Glenn “Elvey” Clark
Given names
Elven Glenn
Surname
Clark
Nickname
Elvey
Birth May 1863
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865

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 3 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 3 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 5 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
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 14 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageMattie Lee W FrostView this family
December 18, 1892 (Age 29 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1Jessie K Clark
November 1893 (Age 30 years)
Birth of a son
#2Elvey Young Clark
June 7, 1897 (Age 34 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 34 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 son
#3Arvel Glenn Clark
December 1898 (Age 35 years)
Death before 1907 (Age 43 years)

Last change April 23, 202204:32:54

by: Brian Shemwell
Family with Mattie Lee W Frost - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: December 18, 1892Lawrence, Missouri, United States
11 months
daughter
Jessie K Clark
Birth: November 1893 30 15Missouri, United States
Death: before 1922
4 years
son
Elvey Young Clark
Birth: June 7, 1897 34 19Joplin, Jasper, Missouri, United States
Death: April 17, 1945Mount Vernon, Lawrence, Missouri, United States
19 months
son
Arvel Glenn Clark
Birth: December 1898 35 20Hooker, Laclede, Missouri, United States
Death: January 4, 1922Cardin, Ottawa, Oklahoma, United States
Horace Franklin Miller + Mattie Lee W Frost - View this family
wife’s husband
Horace Franklin Miller
Birth: May 11, 1874Lawrence, Missouri, United States
Death: May 19, 1911Mount Pleasant, Lawrence, Missouri, United States
wife
Marriage: September 18, 1907Carthage, Jasper, Missouri, United States
22 months
step-son
Leo Franklin Miller
Birth: July 18, 1909 35 31Jasper, Missouri, United States
Death: April 12, 1994Tulare, California, United States

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