The Shemwell Family

Beverly Belmont EllisAge: 81 years18631944

Name
Beverly Belmont Ellis
Given names
Beverly Belmont
Surname
Ellis
Birth October 17, 1863 38 28
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865

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
Birth of a brotherEdgar DeWitt Ellis
September 15, 1865 (Age 22 months)
Birth of a brotherWillie Ellis
1867 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 3 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 3 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Birth of a sisterClara Vashti Ellis
December 27, 1869 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 5 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
Census June 1, 1870 (Age 6 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherLucy C Downer
after 1870 (Age 6 years)

Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 14 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 34 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
MarriageRosella “Rose” BlackView this family
December 9, 1909 (Age 46 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 52 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 53 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 54 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 brotherJohn Thaddeus Ellis
October 16, 1919 (Age 55 years)
Cause: hemiplegia
Burial of a brotherJohn Thaddeus Ellis
October 17, 1919 (Age 56 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Forest Hill Cemetery
Census January 13, 1920 (Age 56 years)
Death of a brotherEdgar DeWitt Ellis
September 10, 1928 (Age 64 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 65 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
Census April 3, 1930 (Age 66 years)
Death of a sisterClara Vashti Ellis
1938 (Age 74 years)
Address: 2602 Autumn
Burial of a sisterClara Vashti Ellis
April 4, 1938 (Age 74 years)
Address: Plot: Section B Single (West part of Section B)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Forest Hill Cemetery
Census April 6, 1940 (Age 76 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 78 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
Death December 12, 1944 (Age 81 years)
Cause of death: Carcinoma of the throat
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Identification number
LYVK-36R
Type: FamilySearch

Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: January 6, 1849Shelby, Tennessee, United States
2 years
elder sister
Margaret Ellis
Birth: estimated 1850 24 15Shelby, Tennessee, United States
Death:
16 months
elder brother
3 years
elder brother
3 years
elder brother
4 years
elder sister
Mildred F “Millie” Ellis
Birth: November 1, 1858 33 23Tennessee, United States
Death: December 17, 1944Shelby, Tennessee, United States
5 years
himself
Beverly Belmont Ellis
Birth: October 17, 1863 38 28Tennessee, United States
Death: December 12, 1944Bartlett, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
23 months
younger brother
Edgar DeWitt Ellis
Birth: September 15, 1865 40 30Tennessee, United States
Death: September 10, 1928Bartlett, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
2 years
younger brother
3 years
younger sister
Family with Rosella “Rose” Black - View this family
himself
Beverly Belmont Ellis
Birth: October 17, 1863 38 28Tennessee, United States
Death: December 12, 1944Bartlett, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
wife
Rosella “Rose” Black
Birth: October 16, 1870Tennessee, United States
Death: June 11, 1956Shelby, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: December 9, 1909Shelby, Tennessee, United States

Beverly Belmont Ellis has 13 first cousins recorded

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - Robtert L. Ellis - Household

District No. 9

NameAgeSexRaceOccupationAssetsBirthplace
Ellis, Robert Sr.45MWFarmerVA
Ellis, Mary C35FWTN
Ellis, John T19MWTN
Ellis, Charlie V17MWTN
Ellis, Robert Le15MWTN
Ellis, Millie11FWTN
Ellis, Beverly9MWTN
Ellis, Edgar5MWTN
Ellis, Willie3MWTN
Ellis, Clara V7mFWTN
Ellis, Lucy C72FWTN
Ellis, Columbia28FWTN

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Beverly Belmont Ellis - Household

Memphis & Summerville Road Bartlett, Shelby, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Ellis, BeverlyheadMW58MTNTNTNCarpenterHouse
Ellis, RosewifeFW49MTNTNTN

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Beverly Belmont Ellis - Household

Somerville Road Bartlett, Shelby, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Ellis, Beverly BheadMW68MTNVAUSRetired
Ellis, RosawifeFW57MTNTNTN

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Beverly Belmont Ellis - Household

Main Street Bartlett, Shelby, Tennessee

NameInfoRelationInfoHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Ellis, Beverly BheadMW78MTNSame House
Ellis, RosellaXwifeFW69MTNSame House