The Shemwell Family

Margaret Elizabeth OldhamAge: 39 years18381877

Name
Margaret Elizabeth Oldham
Given names
Margaret Elizabeth
Surname
Oldham
Married name
Margaret Elizabeth Shemwell
Married name
Margaret Elizabeth Cheek
Birth May 7, 1838 38 29
Birth of a brotherHenry Clay Oldham
May 22, 1839 (Age 12 months)

Birth of a brotherThomas Jefferson Oldham
June 3, 1841 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a sisterNancy Caroline Oldham
April 4, 1844 (Age 5 years)

Birth of a sisterSarah Jeanette “Sallie” Oldham
June 2, 1846 (Age 8 years)

Religious marriageWhitson Berry ShemwellView this family
October 20, 1859 (Age 21 years)
Note: October 26, 1859 Hillsborough Recorder Newspaper
Birth of a son
#1
Thomas A Shemwell
1860 (Age 21 years)

Census August 1, 1860 (Age 22 years)
Note: Living in Poindexters "Shemwell House"
Birth of a daughter
#2
Dora Elizabeth Shemwell
February 9, 1862 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Lula Lea Shemwell
August 17, 1864 (Age 26 years)
Death of a husbandWhitson Berry Shemwell
October 1, 1864 (Age 26 years)
Cause: Killed near Petersburg Virginia
Note: Siege of Peeble's Farm
Religious marriageJohn CheekView this family
December 21, 1865 (Age 27 years)
Note: F.M.Jordan-Minister
Death November 1, 1877 (Age 39 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Hillsborough Town Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: January 1827Orange, North Carolina, United States
1 year
elder brother
2 years
elder sister
23 months
elder brother
5 years
elder brother
19 months
herself
1 year
younger brother
2 years
younger brother
3 years
younger sister
2 years
younger sister
Family with Whitson Berry Shemwell - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: October 20, 1859Wilmington, New Hanover, North Carolina, United States
14 months
son
2 years
daughter
3 years
daughter
Lula Lea Shemwell
Birth: August 17, 1864 36 26Orange, North Carolina, United States
Death: May 26, 1933Burlington, Alamance, North Carolina, United States
Family with John Cheek - View this family
husband
John Cheek
Birth: April 18, 1829 35Orange, North Carolina, United States
Death: May 5, 1889Orange, North Carolina, United States
herself
Marriage: December 21, 1865Orange, North Carolina, United States
John Cheek + Mary Jane Faucett - View this family
husband
John Cheek
Birth: April 18, 1829 35Orange, North Carolina, United States
Death: May 5, 1889Orange, North Carolina, United States
husband’s wife
Marriage: July 12, 1853Orange, North Carolina, United States

Margaret Elizabeth Oldham has 0 first cousins recorded

Father's family (0)

Mother's family (0)

Marriage
October 26, 1859 Hillsborough Recorder Newspaper
Census1860 United States - Census transcript - Poindexter Shemwell - Household

Fayetteville, Cumberland, NC

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
Poindexter Shemwellhead35MWLandlordNC
Elizabeth Shemwellwife32FWNC
William Shemwellson7MWNC
Allen Shemwellson6MWNC
Walter Shemwellson2MWNC
Whitfield Shemwell32MWClerkNC
Margaret Shemwellwife22FWNC

There are 27 people living in the "Shemwell House"

Census
Living in Poindexters "Shemwell House"
Marriage
F.M.Jordan-Minister Charels M. Parks-Best Man