The Shemwell Family

Willie Fossie ShemwellAge: 82 years18841967

Name
Willie Fossie Shemwell
Given names
Willie Fossie
Surname
Shemwell
Married name
Willie Fossie Melton
Birth January 20, 1884 39 38
Death of a paternal grandmotherElizabeth “Betsey” Evans
estimated January 25, 1884 (Age 5 days)

Note: Her death date is unknown, it was believed to be 25 Jan 1884 but her will was dated in 1889.
Death of a fatherThomas Henry “Tom” Shemwell
April 1, 1886 (Age 2 years)
Address: District 4
Birth of a sisterTommie Sarah Shemwell
July 10, 1886 (Age 2 years)
Death of a motherSarah Margaret “Sally” Elam
October 24, 1887 (Age 3 years)
Census June 1, 1900 (Age 16 years)
Death of a sisterElizabeth Anne “Lizzie” Shemwell
July 27, 1906 (Age 22 years)
Cause: Typhoid Fever
Census April 15, 1910 (Age 26 years)
Death of a sisterTommie Sarah Shemwell
July 23, 1913 (Age 29 years)
Cause: Tuberculosis
MarriageLeonard Martin MeltonView this family
December 23, 1933 (Age 49 years)

Death of a husbandLeonard Martin Melton
June 18, 1948 (Age 64 years)
Death of a brotherSamuel Allen Shemwell
July 9, 1948 (Age 64 years)
Census April 23, 1950 (Age 66 years)
Death of a sisterSusan Evans “Sudie” Shemwell
April 19, 1953 (Age 69 years)
Cause: Acute pancreatitis
Burial of a sisterSusan Evans “Sudie” Shemwell
April 20, 1953 (Age 69 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Smith Cemetery
Death January 1, 1967 (Age 82 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Saint Louis Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: February 13, 1869Stewart, Tennessee, United States
2 years
elder sister
4 years
elder brother
4 years
elder sister
Mary Lelia Shemwell
Birth: October 11, 1878 34 32Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 29, 1973Pembroke, Christian, Kentucky, United States
3 years
elder sister
Susan Evans “Sudie” Shemwell
Birth: June 3, 1881 36 35Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 19, 1953Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
3 years
herself
Willie Fossie Shemwell
Birth: January 20, 1884 39 38Tennessee, United States
Death: January 1, 1967Henderson, Kentucky, United States
3 years
younger sister
Tommie Sarah Shemwell
Birth: July 10, 1886 41 40Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 23, 1913Lafayette, Christian, Kentucky, United States
Family with Leonard Martin Melton - View this family
husband
herself
Willie Fossie Shemwell
Birth: January 20, 1884 39 38Tennessee, United States
Death: January 1, 1967Henderson, Kentucky, United States
Marriage: December 23, 1933
Leonard Martin Melton + Mary A Clark - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage:
step-son
15 months
step-son

Willie Fossie Shemwell has 3 first cousins recorded

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - James Anderson Worley - Household

Hurricane, Tolu, Ky.

NameRelationRaceSexDOBAgeMCYrsMChBChLBPFBPMBPYUSYOIN/AOccupationMnsUEduEng?Home
James A. WorleyheadWMDec 186435M3--KYTNTNFarm laborer
Elizabeth A. WorleywifeWFFeb 187030M321TNTNTN
Samuel M. WorleysonWMJan 19005mS---KYKYTN
Fossie W Shemwellsister-in-lawWFJan 188416S---TNTNTNAt School

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - James Anderson Worley - Household

Tolu, Crittenden, Ky

NameRelationSexRaceAgeMCYrsMChBChLBPFBPMBPYOIN/AEngLOccupationIndustryEmployEmNWksUEduHomeVetInfirm
James A WorleyheadMW45W---KYTNTNEngineer? Mill
Myrl WorleysonMW10S---KYKYTN
James E WorleysonMW7S---KYKYTN
Bernice M WorleydaughterFW5S---KYKYTN
Fossie Shemwellsister-in-lawFW25S---TNTNTN

Census1950 United States - Census transcript - Willie Fossie Shemwell - Household

227 Burdette St. Henderson, Henderson, Kentucky

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Melton, Flossie WheadFW66WdTN
Walker, Mary Lelder sisterFW71WdTN