John A ShemwellAge: 54 years1855–1910
- Name
- John A Shemwell
- Given names
- John A
- Surname
- Shemwell
 Birth | December 3, 1855 55 24 |
 Birth of a brother | Thomas Allen Shemwell December 20, 1857 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Joseph Mason Shemwell July 17, 1859 (Age 3 years) Note: or Tennessee |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 12 months)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
 Census | October 5, 1860 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Alice M Shemwell April 25, 1862 (Age 6 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Mahala May “Ella” Shemwell May 24, 1864 (Age 8 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 5 years)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 brother | Henry Isaac Shamwell October 14, 1867 (Age 11 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 11 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 11 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Birth of a sister | Ann C Shemwell January 15, 1869 (Age 13 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Andrew Jackson Armstrong before December 1869 (Age 13 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 13 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 14 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Susan Shemwell May 12, 1871 (Age 15 years) |
| Death of a half-sister | Clerinda Maletha Shemwell 1872 (Age 16 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Elmira A McCoy 1873 (Age 17 years) |
| Death of a father | Thomas W Shemwell July 20, 1877 (Age 21 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 22 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | Annie B Wadlington — View this family March 7, 1894 (Age 38 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 42 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 |
| Death of a sister | Susan Shemwell about 1901 (Age 45 years) |
| Death of a sister | Elizabeth Demarious “Bette” Shemwell November 20, 1907 (Age 51 years) |
| Death of a sister | Alice M Shemwell November 20, 1907 (Age 51 years) |
 Death | before 1910 (Age 54 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Thomas W Shemwell Birth: July 1800 30 30 — Tennessee, United States Death: July 20, 1877 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Mildred Elizabeth “Millie” Armstrong Birth: July 15, 1831 31 19 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States Death: February 16, 1917 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: January 11, 1853 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years elder sister |
Elizabeth Demarious “Bette” Shemwell Birth: December 31, 1854 54 23 — Kentucky, United States Death: November 20, 1907 — Kentucky, United States |
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11 months himself |
John A Shemwell Birth: December 3, 1855 55 24 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States Death: before 1910 — Kentucky, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
Thomas Allen Shemwell Birth: December 20, 1857 57 26 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States Death: April 22, 1940 — McCracken, Kentucky, United States |
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19 months younger brother |
Joseph Mason Shemwell Birth: July 17, 1859 59 28 — Kentucky, United States Death: May 9, 1925 — McCracken, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Alice M Shemwell Birth: April 25, 1862 61 30 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States Death: November 20, 1907 — Long Hollow, Trigg, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Mahala May “Ella” Shemwell Birth: May 24, 1864 63 32 — Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: February 9, 1934 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Henry Isaac Shamwell Birth: October 14, 1867 67 36 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States Death: July 3, 1943 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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15 months younger sister |
Ann C Shemwell Birth: January 15, 1869 68 37 — Kentucky, United States Death: 1910 |
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2 years younger sister |
Susan Shemwell Birth: May 12, 1871 70 39 — Kentucky, United States Death: about 1901 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States |
| Father’s family with Martha Cherry |
| father |
Thomas W Shemwell Birth: July 1800 30 30 — Tennessee, United States Death: July 20, 1877 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States |
| step-mother |
Martha Cherry Birth: April 13, 1813 42 35 Death: February 21, 1845 |
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Marriage: February 5, 1835 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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-3 years half-brother |
William H Shemwell Birth: August 10, 1832 32 19 — Tennessee, United States Death: December 25, 1912 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years half-sister |
Georgia Ann Shemwell Birth: October 23, 1835 35 22 Death: October 26, 1835 |
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3 years half-sister |
Clerinda Maletha Shemwell Birth: December 14, 1838 38 25 — Tennessee, United States Death: 1872 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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23 months half-brother |
Zachariah Thomas Shemwell Birth: November 2, 1840 40 27 Death: November 2, 1840 |
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20 months half-sister |
Mary Ann Narcissus “May” Shemwell Birth: June 23, 1842 41 29 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: |
| Family with Annie B Wadlington |
| himself |
John A Shemwell Birth: December 3, 1855 55 24 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States Death: before 1910 — Kentucky, United States |
| wife |
Annie B Wadlington Birth: January 27, 1855 — Princeton, Caldwell, Kentucky, United States Death: October 23, 1946 — Hopkins, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: March 7, 1894 — Henderson, Kentucky, United States |
John A Shemwell has 0 first cousins recorded
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| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - Thomas W. Shemwell - Household
Cadiz, Trigg, KY
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| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Thomas W. Shemwell - Household
Roaring Springs, Trigg, Kentucky, USA
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