Mary Ann Narcissus “May” Shemwell1842–
- Name
- Mary Ann Narcissus “May” Shemwell
- Given names
- Mary Ann Narcissus
- Surname
- Shemwell
- Nickname
- May
 Birth | June 23, 1842 41 29 |
 Death of a mother | Martha Cherry February 21, 1845 (Age 2 years) |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 3 years)Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | William Cherry May 7, 1849 (Age 6 years) |
 Census | June 1, 1850 (Age 7 years) Note: Living with Maletha (married 1st cousin) |
| Marriage of a parent | Thomas W Shemwell — Mildred Elizabeth “Millie” Armstrong — View this family January 11, 1853 (Age 10 years) |
| Birth of a half-sister | Elizabeth Demarious “Bette” Shemwell December 31, 1854 (Age 12 years) |
| Birth of a half-brother | John A Shemwell December 3, 1855 (Age 13 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Lydia Minerva Daniel September 1856 (Age 14 years) |
| Birth of a half-brother | Thomas Allen Shemwell December 20, 1857 (Age 15 years) |
| Birth of a half-brother | Joseph Mason Shemwell July 17, 1859 (Age 17 years) Note: or Tennessee |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 14 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Birth of a half-sister | Alice M Shemwell April 25, 1862 (Age 19 years) |
| Birth of a half-sister | Mahala May “Ella” Shemwell May 24, 1864 (Age 21 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 18 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 half-brother | Henry Isaac Shamwell October 14, 1867 (Age 25 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 24 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 24 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Birth of a half-sister | Ann C Shemwell January 15, 1869 (Age 26 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 26 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 |
| Birth of a half-sister | Susan Shemwell May 12, 1871 (Age 28 years) |
| Death of a sister | Clerinda Maletha Shemwell 1872 (Age 29 years) |
| Death of a father | Thomas W Shemwell July 20, 1877 (Age 35 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 35 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 55 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 half-sister | Susan Shemwell about 1901 (Age 58 years) |
| Death of a half-sister | Elizabeth Demarious “Bette” Shemwell November 20, 1907 (Age 65 years) |
| Death of a half-sister | Alice M Shemwell November 20, 1907 (Age 65 years) |
| Death of a half-brother | John A Shemwell before 1910 (Age 67 years) |
| Death of a half-sister | Ann C Shemwell 1910 (Age 67 years) |
| Death of a brother | William H Shemwell December 25, 1912 (Age 70 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 73 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 74 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 75 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 half-brother | Joseph Mason Shemwell May 9, 1925 (Age 82 years) Cause: Suicide |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 87 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 |
| Death of a half-sister | Mahala May “Ella” Shemwell February 9, 1934 (Age 91 years) |
| Death of a half-brother | Thomas Allen Shemwell April 22, 1940 (Age 97 years) Note: Never Married |
| Death of a half-brother | Henry Isaac Shamwell July 3, 1943 (Age 101 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 99 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 |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 107 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 103 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
 Death | unknown |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Thomas W Shemwell Birth: July 1800 30 30 — Tennessee, United States Death: July 20, 1877 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States |
| 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 elder 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 elder sister |
Georgia Ann Shemwell Birth: October 23, 1835 35 22 Death: October 26, 1835 |
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3 years elder 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 elder brother |
Zachariah Thomas Shemwell Birth: November 2, 1840 40 27 Death: November 2, 1840 |
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20 months herself |
Mary Ann Narcissus “May” Shemwell Birth: June 23, 1842 41 29 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: |
| Father’s family with Mildred Elizabeth “Millie” Armstrong |
| father |
Thomas W Shemwell Birth: July 1800 30 30 — Tennessee, United States Death: July 20, 1877 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States |
| step-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 half-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 half-brother |
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 half-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 half-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 half-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 half-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 half-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 half-sister |
Ann C Shemwell Birth: January 15, 1869 68 37 — Kentucky, United States Death: 1910 |
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2 years half-sister |
Susan Shemwell Birth: May 12, 1871 70 39 — Kentucky, United States Death: about 1901 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States |
Mary Ann Narcissus “May” Shemwell has 24 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (24)
Parents Lemuel G Cherry + Julia Sallee
Parents Lemuel G Cherry + Delilah Dodd
Parents William B Cherry + Daisy Jane …
Parents Henry George Clay Cherry + Maletha Shemwell
| Census | 1850 United States - Census transcript - Henry G. Cherry - Household
Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Notes: Who are William, Adaline,May & Letha Wise Shemwell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | Living with Maletha (married 1st cousin) |