Dora Elizabeth ShemwellAge: 73 years1862–1935
- Name
- Dora Elizabeth Shemwell
- Given names
- Dora Elizabeth
- Surname
- Shemwell
- Married name
- Dora Elizabeth Harris
 Birth | February 9, 1862 34 23 |
 Birth of a sister | Lula Lea Shemwell August 17, 1864 (Age 2 years) |
| Death of a father | Whitson Berry Shemwell October 1, 1864 (Age 2 years) Cause: Killed near Petersburg Virginia Note: Siege of Peeble's Farm |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865Note: 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 |
| Marriage of a parent | John Cheek — Margaret Elizabeth Oldham — View this family Type: Religious marriage December 21, 1865 (Age 3 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 4 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 4 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 6 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 | July 27, 1870 (Age 8 years) |
| Census | August 24, 1870 (Age 8 years) |
| Death of a mother | Margaret Elizabeth Oldham November 1, 1877 (Age 15 years) |
 Marriage | Julius Kerr Harris — View this family June 11, 1878 (Age 16 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 15 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Census | June 1, 1880 (Age 18 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Margaret L “Maggie” Harris December 20, 1880 (Age 18 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Rona Pearl Harris April 23, 1884 (Age 22 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | Herbert Finch Harris May 15, 1884 (Age 22 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Elizabeth Ann Brewer December 22, 1885 (Age 23 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Thomas Douglas Oldham 1886 (Age 23 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | Roberta Mae “Bertie” Harris December 17, 1887 (Age 25 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #5 | Lula M Harris December 1889 (Age 27 years) |
| Birth of a son #6 | Zebulon Vance Harris November 10, 1896 (Age 34 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 36 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 |
| Census | June 1, 1900 (Age 38 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Wilkes Estes Lowe Sr — Margaret L “Maggie” Harris — View this family Type: Religious marriage December 20, 1900 (Age 38 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Elizabeth Harris Lowe August 1, 1902 (Age 40 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Dorothy Lowe January 8, 1904 (Age 41 years) |
| Death of a brother | Thomas A Shemwell April 1905 (Age 43 years) Cause: Typhoid pneumonia |
| Marriage of a child | Durant Murray Ballance — Roberta Mae “Bertie” Harris — View this family September 20, 1906 (Age 44 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | Durant Murray Ballance Jr. June 27, 1909 (Age 47 years) |
| Census | May 18, 1910 (Age 48 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #4 | Lydia Elizabeth Ballance March 7, 1911 (Age 49 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #5 | Wilkes Estes Lowe Jr August 17, 1911 (Age 49 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #6 | Herbert Edgar Ballance October 20, 1915 (Age 53 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 53 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 54 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 55 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/ |
| Census | January 8, 1920 (Age 57 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 67 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 10, 1930 (Age 68 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Roberta Mae “Bertie” Harris August 4, 1932 (Age 70 years) |
| Death of a sister | Lula Lea Shemwell May 26, 1933 (Age 71 years) |
 Death | August 13, 1935 (Age 73 years) Note: Says father was Thomas |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Trinity Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Whitson Berry Shemwell Birth: 1828 38 27 — North Carolina, United States Death: October 1, 1864 — Petersburg, Virginia, United States |
| mother |
Margaret Elizabeth Oldham Birth: May 7, 1838 38 29 — North Carolina, United States Death: November 1, 1877 — Orange, North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: October 20, 1859 — Wilmington, New Hanover, North Carolina, United States |
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14 months elder brother |
Thomas A Shemwell Birth: 1860 32 21 Death: April 1905 — New York, New York, United States |
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2 years herself |
Dora Elizabeth Shemwell Birth: February 9, 1862 34 23 — Fayetteville, Cumberland, North Carolina, United States Death: August 13, 1935 — Trinity, Randolph, North Carolina, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Lula Lea Shemwell Birth: August 17, 1864 36 26 — Orange, North Carolina, United States Death: May 26, 1933 — Burlington, Alamance, North Carolina, United States |
| Mother’s family with John Cheek |
| step-father |
John Cheek Birth: April 18, 1829 35 — Orange, North Carolina, United States Death: May 5, 1889 — Orange, North Carolina, United States |
| mother |
Margaret Elizabeth Oldham Birth: May 7, 1838 38 29 — North Carolina, United States Death: November 1, 1877 — Orange, North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: December 21, 1865 — Orange, North Carolina, United States |
| Family with Julius Kerr Harris |
| husband |
Julius Kerr Harris Birth: January 26, 1857 27 — Randolph, North Carolina, United States Death: May 21, 1939 — Trinity, Randolph, North Carolina, United States |
| herself |
Dora Elizabeth Shemwell Birth: February 9, 1862 34 23 — Fayetteville, Cumberland, North Carolina, United States Death: August 13, 1935 — Trinity, Randolph, North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: June 11, 1878 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Margaret L “Maggie” Harris Birth: December 20, 1880 23 18 — Trinity, Randolph, North Carolina, United States Death: February 28, 1954 — Burlington, Alamance, North Carolina, United States |
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3 years son |
Herbert Finch Harris Birth: May 15, 1884 27 22 — Randolph, North Carolina, United States Death: January 4, 1941 — Enderlin, Ransom, North Dakota, United States |
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-1 months daughter |
Rona Pearl Harris Birth: April 23, 1884 27 22 — Randolph, North Carolina, United States Death: February 3, 1973 — Thomasville, Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
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4 years daughter |
Roberta Mae “Bertie” Harris Birth: December 17, 1887 30 25 — Trinity, Randolph, North Carolina, United States Death: August 4, 1932 — Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina, United States |
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2 years daughter |
Lula M Harris Birth: December 1889 32 27 — Randolph, North Carolina, United States Death: |
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7 years son |
Zebulon Vance Harris Birth: November 10, 1896 39 34 — Randolph, North Carolina, United States Death: December 8, 1940 — North Carolina, United States |
Dora Elizabeth Shemwell has 45 first cousins recorded
Father's family (42)
Parents James Isaac Shemwell + … …
Parents Poindexter Shemwell + Elizabeth J McClennan
Parents Alexander “Alex” Shemwell Jr. + Catharine Reed
Parents John L Reid + Louisa Shemwell
Parents Dr. Obediah Marcellus Shemwell + Sarah Elizabeth “Sally” Thompson
Parents Casper A Owen + Charlotte Jane Shemwell
Parents Jesse H Maley + Charlotte Jane Shemwell
Parents Robert Alexander Yarborough + Margaret Shemwell
Mother's family (3)
Parents Moses Strowd + Mary J Oldham
Parents Alexander Oldham + Smitha A Pipkin
Parents Thomas Jefferson Oldham + Esther Ann “Anna” Clegg
| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Alexander Oldham - Household
Wilmington, New Hanover, North Carolina
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - William Otho Harris - Household
Trinity, Randolph, North Carolina
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Julius Kerr Harris - Household
Trinity, Randolph, North Carolina
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Julius Kerr Harris - Household
Trinity, Randolph, North Carolina
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Julius Kerr Harris - Household
Trinity, Randolph, North Carolina
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Julius Kerr Harris - Household
North Main Street Trinity, Randolph, North Carolina
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| Death | Says father was Thomas |