The Shemwell Family

Birth July 1800 30
Marriage of a parentZachariah Shemwell — Susan Jemimah Whatley — View this family
September 6, 1802 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a half-sisterMary Elizabeth Shemwell
about 1809 (Age 8 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherMary Jane Higgs
1810 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a half-sisterJemima Shemwell
1814 (Age 13 years)
Birth of a half-brotherJohn P Shemwell
about 1815 (Age 14 years)
Birth of a half-sisterMaletha Shemwell
1818 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a half-brotherJoseph Shemwell
about 1822 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a half-brotherWilliam Alexander Shemwell
about 1825 (Age 24 years)
Death of a fatherZachariah Shemwell
1826 (Age 25 years)
Birth of a son
#1William H Shemwell
August 10, 1832 (Age 32 years)
MarriageMartha Cherry — View this family
February 5, 1835 (Age 34 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2Georgia Ann Shemwell
October 23, 1835 (Age 35 years)
Death of a daughterGeorgia Ann Shemwell
October 26, 1835 (Age 35 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3Clerinda Maletha Shemwell
December 14, 1838 (Age 38 years)
Birth of a son
#4Zachariah Thomas Shemwell
November 2, 1840 (Age 40 years)
Death of a sonZachariah Thomas Shemwell
November 2, 1840 (Age 40 years)
Census 1840 (Age 39 years)
Census June 1, 1840 (Age 39 years)
Birth of a daughter
#5Mary Ann Narcissus “May” Shemwell
June 23, 1842 (Age 41 years)
Death of a wifeMartha Cherry
February 21, 1845 (Age 44 years)
Death of a half-brotherJoseph Shemwell
February 19, 1847 (Age 46 years)
Census June 1, 1850 (Age 49 years)
MarriageMildred Elizabeth “Millie” Armstrong — View this family
January 11, 1853 (Age 52 years)
Marriage of a childWilliam M Riggins Jr. — Clerinda Maletha Shemwell — View this family
December 22, 1853 (Age 53 years)
Occupation
Lawsuit 1853 (Age 52 years)
Birth of a daughter
#6Elizabeth Demarious “Bette” Shemwell
December 31, 1854 (Age 54 years)
Birth of a son
#7John A Shemwell
December 3, 1855 (Age 55 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1Walthen P Riggins
about 1855 (Age 54 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#2Annie E Riggins
January 31, 1857 (Age 56 years)
Death of a half-sisterJemima Shemwell
June 1, 1857 (Age 56 years)
Birth of a son
#8Thomas Allen Shemwell
December 20, 1857 (Age 57 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#3Martha Earl Riggins
June 30, 1858 (Age 57 years)
Birth of a son
#9Joseph Mason Shemwell
July 17, 1859 (Age 59 years)
Census October 5, 1860 (Age 60 years)
Birth of a daughter
#10Alice M Shemwell
April 25, 1862 (Age 61 years)
Birth of a daughter
#11Mahala May “Ella” Shemwell
May 24, 1864 (Age 63 years)
Birth of a grandson
#4William Riggins
March 1, 1866 (Age 65 years)
Birth of a son
#12Henry Isaac Shamwell
October 14, 1867 (Age 67 years)
Birth of a grandson
#5Thomas Magus Riggins
August 28, 1868 (Age 68 years)
Birth of a daughter
#13Ann C Shemwell
January 15, 1869 (Age 68 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#6Fannie Bell Riggins
November 1870 (Age 70 years)
Birth of a daughter
#14Susan Shemwell
May 12, 1871 (Age 70 years)
Death of a daughterClerinda Maletha Shemwell
1872 (Age 71 years)
Birth of a grandson
#7William Santford Shemwell
June 15, 1873 (Age 72 years)
Death of a half-brotherWilliam Alexander Shemwell
between 1870 and 1875 (Age 69 years)
Census June 1, 1870 (Age 69 years)
Death July 20, 1877 (Age 77 years)

Family with parents
father Parents James Shemwell Sr. Mary Jane Higgs	Zachariah Shemwell 1770–1826
mother Parents Dent Suit	Mary Suit –
sister Family Robert Trice	Rebecca Shemwell –
himself Family Martha Cherry Georgia Ann Shemwell William H Shemwell Clerinda Maletha Shemwell Zachariah Thomas Shemwell Mary Ann Narcissus “May” Shemwell Mildred Elizabeth “Millie” Armstrong Elizabeth Demarious “Bette” Shemwell John A Shemwell Thomas Allen Shemwell Joseph Mason Shemwell Alice M Shemwell Mahala May “Ella” Shemwell Henry Isaac Shamwell Ann C Shemwell Susan Shemwell	Thomas W Shemwell 1800–1877
Father’s family with Susan Jemimah Whatley
father Parents James Shemwell Sr. Mary Jane Higgs	Zachariah Shemwell 1770–1826
step-mother Parents Thomas Whatley Ann …	Susan Jemimah Whatley 1782–1853
half-sister Family William Clauson Eleanor “Ellen” Clauson Elizabeth Clauson	Mary Elizabeth Shemwell 1809–
half-sister Family James R Hooks Eramus Hooks Ann Hooks Mary Elizabeth Hooks Hiram R Hooks James C Hooks	Jemima Shemwell 1814–1857
half-brother Family Mahalia Adeline Dodd Georgia Ann Shemwell William Henry Shemwell Joseph Zachariah “Joe” Shemwell John Wesley “Bitty” Shemwell Thomas Shemwell James Elbert Shemwell	John P Shemwell 1815–1880
half-sister Family Henry George Clay Cherry John Randolph Cherry Sarah Cherry William Zachariah Cherry Mary Aliza Cherry Thomas H “Tom” Cherry Joseph Howard “Joe” Cherry	Maletha Shemwell 1818–1894
half-brother Family (none)	Joseph Shemwell 1822–1847
half-brother Family Mary Demarious Gray Hiram Rice Shemwell John Thomas Shemwell Nancy Ann Shemwell Sarah Shemwell William Francis Marian “Will” Shemwell	William Alexander Shemwell 1825–1870
Family with Martha Cherry
himself Parents Zachariah Shemwell Mary Suit	Thomas W Shemwell 1800–1877
wife Parents William Cherry Lydia Minerva Daniel	Martha Cherry 1813–1845
daughter Family (none)	Georgia Ann Shemwell 1835–1835
son Family (none)	William H Shemwell 1832–1912
daughter Family William M Riggins Jr. Walthen P Riggins Annie E Riggins Martha Earl Riggins William Riggins Thomas Magus Riggins Fannie Bell Riggins	Clerinda Maletha Shemwell 1838–1872
son Family (none)	Zachariah Thomas Shemwell 1840–1840
daughter Family (none)	Mary Ann Narcissus “May” Shemwell 1842–
Family with Mildred Elizabeth “Millie” Armstrong
himself Parents Zachariah Shemwell Mary Suit	Thomas W Shemwell 1800–1877
wife Parents Andrew Jackson Armstrong Elmira A McCoy	Mildred Elizabeth “Millie” Armstrong 1831–1917
daughter Family Josiah McKinney Carr “Dock” Stagner Henry Ernest Stagner Maude Gertrude “Maudie” Stagner (unknown) William Santford Shemwell	Elizabeth Demarious “Bette” Shemwell 1854–1907
son Family Annie B Wadlington	John A Shemwell 1855–1910
son Family (none)	Thomas Allen Shemwell 1857–1940
son Family Josephine “Josie” Gibbs Genie Belle Shemwell Clifton “Cliff” Shemwell Ernest E Shemwell Vera Shemwell	Joseph Mason Shemwell 1859–1925
daughter Family (none)	Alice M Shemwell 1862–1907
daughter Family Albert Ewing Brown	Mahala May “Ella” Shemwell 1864–1934
son Family Rebecca Kennedy Samuel Franklin Shemwell Eliza Ann Burkhart Eva Lilly Shamwell Henry Elmer Shamwell Barney S Shamwell Grace May Shamwell James Thomas “Tom” Shamwell	Henry Isaac Shamwell 1867–1943
daughter Family William Henry Harrison Simmons Annie Simmons Roscoe Simmons	Ann C Shemwell 1869–1910
daughter Family Robert Lysander Choate Julia Ethel Choate Anne Rosella “Annie” Choate Melvin Lee Choate	Susan Shemwell 1871–1901