The Shemwell Family

Lorenzo D ShemwellAge: 33 years18391872

Name
Lorenzo D Shemwell
Given names
Lorenzo D
Surname
Shemwell
Birth 1839 49 38
Death of a fatherAlexander Shemwell Sr.
1841 (Age 2 years)
Census September 28, 1850 (Age 11 years)
Death of a brotherWilliam Travis Shemwell
August 20, 1852 (Age 13 years)
Death of a brotherJames Isaac Shemwell
about 1860 (Age 21 years)
Census September 6, 1860 (Age 21 years)
Death of a motherNancy Jane Daniel
after September 6, 1860 (Age 21 years)

Death of a maternal grandfatherJames Daniel
May 1861 (Age 22 years)
Military
Enlisted Rowan County, . 7th North Carolina Inf. Co F. CSA
June 29, 1861 (Age 22 years)

Note: enlisted rank Corporal
Military
Promoted to Sergeant
September 15, 1861 (Age 22 years)

Military
Discharged at Richmond, Virginia, USA
September 27, 1862 (Age 23 years)

Note: Reason:"Pulmonary phthisis"
Death of a brotherThomas Franklin Shemwell
December 11, 1862 (Age 23 years)
Cause: Pneumonia
Death of a brotherWhitson Berry Shemwell
October 1, 1864 (Age 25 years)
Cause: Killed near Petersburg Virginia
Note: Siege of Peeble's Farm
Census August 4, 1870 (Age 31 years)
Occupation
Teacher-Dry Goods Merchant

Death about 1872 (Age 33 years)

Will 1873 (12 months after death)

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father
mother
Marriage: about 1814
2 years
elder brother
James Isaac Shemwell
Birth: about 1815 25 14North Carolina, United States
Death: about 1860Kentucky, United States
4 years
elder brother
William Travis Shemwell
Birth: September 7, 1818 28 18North Carolina, United States
Death: August 20, 1852Rowan, North Carolina, United States
2 years
elder brother
2 years
elder brother
2 years
elder brother
5 years
elder brother
1 year
elder sister
2 years
elder brother
22 months
elder sister
3 years
elder sister
2 years
elder brother
Thomas Franklin Shemwell
Birth: about 1836 46 35North Carolina, United States
Death: December 11, 1862Charlottesville, Albemarle, Virginia, United States
4 years
himself
Lorenzo D Shemwell
Birth: 1839 49 38Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: about 1872

Lorenzo D Shemwell has 27 first cousins recorded

Census1850 United States - Census transcript - Whitson Barry Shemwell - Household

Davidson, NC

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
Whitson P Shemwellhead22MWFarmerNC
Nancy Shemwellmother47FWNC
Obediah Shemwellyounger brother20MWLaborerNC
Charlotte J Shemwellyounger sister18FWNC
Margaret Shemwellyounger sister16FWNC
Franklin T Shemwellyounger brother14MWNC
Lorenzo D Shemwellyounger brother12MWLaborerNC
Pinkney Redwine23MNC

Census1860 United States - Census transcript - Nancy Shemwell - Household

Davidson, North Carolina

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
Nancy Shemwellhead60FWDomesticNC
Thomas F Shemwellson23MWNC
Lorenzo D Shemwellson21MWNC

Military
enlisted rank Corporal
Military
Reason:"Pulmonary phthisis"
Census1870 United States - Census transcript - Lorenzo D Shemwell - Household

Jackson Hill, Davidson, NC

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirm
Lorenzo Shemwellhead31MWDry Goods MerchantNC

Living alone