The Shemwell Family

Leonard Gragg1837–

Name
Leonard Gragg
Given names
Leonard
Surname
Gragg
Birth calculated 1837 32 28
Birth of a sisterSophia Gragg
calculated 1839 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a sisterElizabeth Gragg
calculated 1841 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a sisterAmerica Adeline “Addie” Gragg
March 29, 1842 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a sisterMinerva “Nervie” Gragg
June 1848 (Age 11 years)
Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 9 years)
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
Census June 1, 1850 (Age 13 years)
Birth of a sisterCordelia Emeline “Cordelie” Gragg
May 23, 1852 (Age 15 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherWilliam Buchanan “Buck” Gragg
May 3, 1856 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 20 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 24 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 30 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 30 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 32 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
Death of a paternal grandmotherCelia Caroline Boone
October 29, 1874 (Age 37 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 41 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 brotherEdmund Gragg
before 1880 (Age 43 years)

Death of a motherRebecca “Becky” Estes
October 1890 (Age 53 years)
Death of a fatherEnoch Gragg
calculated 1893 (Age 56 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 61 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
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 79 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 80 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 81 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 of a sisterElizabeth Gragg
May 1, 1920 (Age 83 years)
Death of a sisterMinerva “Nervie” Gragg
February 17, 1922 (Age 85 years)

Death of a sisterChaney Elvira “Clannie” Gragg
February 15, 1923 (Age 86 years)
Burial of a sisterChaney Elvira “Clannie” Gragg
February 16, 1923 (Age 86 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Boone/Moore Cemetery
Note: The Cemetery was destroyed in the 1940 Flood.
Death of a sisterAmerica Adeline “Addie” Gragg
January 30, 1927 (Age 90 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 92 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 of a sisterCordelia Emeline “Cordelie” Gragg
March 31, 1936 (Age 99 years)
Burial of a sisterCordelia Emeline “Cordelie” Gragg
April 3, 1936 (Age 99 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 104 years)

Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 109 years)
Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
Deathunknown

Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: March 16, 1829 — Burke, North Carolina, United States
5 years
elder brother
Edmund Gragg
Birth: calculated 1833 28 24 — North Carolina, United States
Death: before 1880
13 months
elder sister
21 months
elder sister
Selena Gragg
Birth: October 1835 30 27 — Burke, North Carolina, United States
Burial:
2 years
himself
Leonard Gragg
Birth: calculated 1837 32 28 — Johns River, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
Death:
3 years
younger sister
Sophia Gragg
Birth: calculated 1839 34 30 — Johns River, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
Death:
3 years
younger sister
Elizabeth Gragg
Birth: calculated 1841 36 32 — Johns River, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
Death: May 1, 1920 — Ventura, California, United States
15 months
younger sister
America Adeline “Addie” Gragg
Birth: March 29, 1842 37 34 — Collettsville, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
Death: January 30, 1927 — Crossnore, Avery, North Carolina, United States
6 years
younger sister
Minerva “Nervie” Gragg
Birth: June 1848 43 40 — Johns River, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
Death: February 17, 1922
4 years
younger sister
Cordelia Emeline “Cordelie” Gragg
Birth: May 23, 1852 47 44 — Johns River, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
Death: March 31, 1936 — Pomona, Los Angeles, California, United States

Census1850 United States - Census transcript - Enoch Gragg - Household

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
Enoch Gragghead43MWLaborerBurke, NC
Rebecca Graggwife42FWBurke, NC
Edmund Graggson17MWnoneBurke, NC/
Chainy Graggdaughter16FWBurke, NC/
Selina Graggdaughter15FWBurke, NC/
Leonard Graggson13MWBurke, NC/
Sophia Graggdaughter11FWBurke, NC/
Elizabeth Graggdaughter8FWCaldwell, NC/
America Graggdaughter7FWCaldwell, NC/
Manerva Graggdaughter1FWCaldwell, NC