The Shemwell Family

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Birth	1838 Indiana, United States
Birth of a brother	Ira Cook about 1838 Indiana, United States
Historical Event	Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 8 years) Texas, USA 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
Historical Event	Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 19 years) Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Census	July 23, 1860 (Age 22 years) Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States Shared note: 1860 United States - Census transcript - Fielding Cook - Household 1860 United States - Census transcript - Fielding Cook - Household Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri Name Relation Age Sex Color Occupation RE PE Birthplace Mar School R+W Infirm Phalon Cook head 25 M W Farmer IN Mary J Cook wife 24 F W MO J T Cook son 6 M W MO Nancy J Cook daughter 3 F W MO John W M son 4m M W MO Andrew Cook brother? 22 M W Farm Laborer IN Ira Cook brother? 22 M W Farm Laborer IN Are Andrew & Ira Fielding's brothers -b
Death of a brother	Fielding Cook December 28, 1864 (Age 26 years) Alton Prison, Alton, Madison, Illinois, United States Cause: Pneumonia Note: Prisoner of War
Birth of a daughter #1	Georgeann Isabelle “Belle” Cook March 12, 1865 (Age 27 years) Pilot Grove, Cooper, Missouri, United States
Historical Event	American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 23 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
Marriage	Mary Jane “Nancy” Shemwell — View this family September 11, 1866 (Age 28 years) Pilot Grove, Cooper, Missouri, United States
Historical Event	The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 29 years) Alaska, USA 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 29 years) New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Birth of a daughter #2	May Margaret “Maggie” Cook December 5, 1868 (Age 30 years) Pilot Grove, Cooper, Missouri, United States
Historical Event	Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 31 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
Death	April 1870 (Age 32 years) Pilot Grove, Cooper, Missouri, United States

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father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse … … Fielding Cook Ira Cook Andrew Cook … Cook Death:
mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse … Cook Fielding Cook Ira Cook Andrew Cook … … Death:
	Marriage: —
elder brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Mary Jane “Nancy” Shemwell James Thomas Milton Cook Nancy Jane Cook John William “J.W.” Cook Everett Fielding Cook Fielding Cook Birth: estimated 1835 — Indiana, United States Death: December 28, 1864 — Alton Prison, Alton, Madison, Illinois, United States
4 years twin brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Ira Cook Birth: about 1838 — Indiana, United States Death:
1 year himself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Mary Jane “Nancy” Shemwell Georgeann Isabelle “Belle” Cook May Margaret “Maggie” Cook Andrew Cook Birth: 1838 — Indiana, United States Death: April 1870 — Pilot Grove, Cooper, Missouri, United States

Family with Mary Jane “Nancy” Shemwell - View this family

himself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Mary Jane “Nancy” Shemwell Georgeann Isabelle “Belle” Cook May Margaret “Maggie” Cook Andrew Cook Birth: 1838 — Indiana, United States Death: April 1870 — Pilot Grove, Cooper, Missouri, United States
wife	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Fielding Cook James Thomas Milton Cook Nancy Jane Cook John William “J.W.” Cook Everett Fielding Cook Family with spouse Andrew Cook Georgeann Isabelle “Belle” Cook May Margaret “Maggie” Cook Family with spouse Andrew Thomas Richard “Dick” Thomas Amanda Ellen Thomas Family with spouse Cornelius Cornine Mary Jane “Nancy” Shemwell Birth: September 16, 1835 34 34 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: March 31, 1920 — Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma, United States
	Marriage: September 11, 1866 — Pilot Grove, Cooper, Missouri, United States
-18 months daughter	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse John G Griffin William G Griffin Georgeann Isabelle “Belle” Cook Birth: March 12, 1865 27 29 — Pilot Grove, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: December 27, 1941 — Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma, United States
4 years daughter	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse James Hurt Brown Family with spouse William Henry Coons Ethel Vivian Coons Georgia Anna Coons William Beck “Willie” Coons Susie May Bertha Coons Family with spouse Francis Marion Grandstaff May Margaret “Maggie” Cook Birth: December 5, 1868 30 33 — Pilot Grove, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: July 4, 1938 — Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States

Fielding Cook + Mary Jane “Nancy” Shemwell - View this family

elder brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Mary Jane “Nancy” Shemwell James Thomas Milton Cook Nancy Jane Cook John William “J.W.” Cook Everett Fielding Cook Fielding Cook Birth: estimated 1835 — Indiana, United States Death: December 28, 1864 — Alton Prison, Alton, Madison, Illinois, United States
wife	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Fielding Cook James Thomas Milton Cook Nancy Jane Cook John William “J.W.” Cook Everett Fielding Cook Family with spouse Andrew Cook Georgeann Isabelle “Belle” Cook May Margaret “Maggie” Cook Family with spouse Andrew Thomas Richard “Dick” Thomas Amanda Ellen Thomas Family with spouse Cornelius Cornine Mary Jane “Nancy” Shemwell Birth: September 16, 1835 34 34 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: March 31, 1920 — Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma, United States
	Marriage: December 14, 1854 — Cooper, Missouri, United States
1 month nephew	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Margaret Cornine J T Cook Cornelius Cornine “C C” Cook John Richard Cook Mary Ellen “Marie” Cook Jerry Cook James Thomas Milton Cook Birth: 1854 19 18 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death:
4 years niece	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Cornelius Cornine Jr. Nancy Jane Cook Birth: 1857 22 21 — Missouri, United States Death: before August 1880 — Pettis, Missouri, United States
3 years nephew	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Mary Emma Cornine Claude M Cook Irene A Cook Walter Herbert Cook John William “J.W.” Cook Birth: April 4, 1860 25 24 — Nelson, Saline, Missouri, United States Death: December 2, 1954 — Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States
2 years nephew	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Sarah Margaret Maude “Maggie” Cornine Birdie Ellen Cook Edward Everett Cook Albert Cook I Dovie Cook Isaiah McKinley Cook Everett Fielding Cook Birth: September 16, 1862 27 27 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: April 16, 1931 — Pettis, Missouri, United States

Andrew Thomas + Mary Jane “Nancy” Shemwell - View this family

wife’s husband	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Mary Jane “Nancy” Shemwell Richard “Dick” Thomas Amanda Ellen Thomas Andrew Thomas Birth: 1838 — North Carolina, United States Death:
wife	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Fielding Cook James Thomas Milton Cook Nancy Jane Cook John William “J.W.” Cook Everett Fielding Cook Family with spouse Andrew Cook Georgeann Isabelle “Belle” Cook May Margaret “Maggie” Cook Family with spouse Andrew Thomas Richard “Dick” Thomas Amanda Ellen Thomas Family with spouse Cornelius Cornine Mary Jane “Nancy” Shemwell Birth: September 16, 1835 34 34 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: March 31, 1920 — Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma, United States
	Marriage: before 1873 —
-9 months step-son	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Mary Catherine Gross Leo Martin Thomas Family with spouse Mary Geneva “Mamie” Russell Goldie Thomas Everett Guy Thomas Marjorie Ellen Thomas Richard “Dick” Thomas Birth: April 11, 1872 34 36 — Saline, Missouri, United States Death: September 6, 1949 — Lexington, Cleveland, Oklahoma, United States
4 years step-daughter	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse George Washington Hopkins Blanch Mable Hopkins Ruth Viola Hopkins Mae Mildred Hopkins Robert Michael Hopkins Amanda Ellen Thomas Birth: February 29, 1876 38 40 — Pilot Grove, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: August 22, 1915 — Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma, United States

Cornelius Cornine + Mary Jane “Nancy” Shemwell - View this family

wife’s husband	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Mary Jane “Nancy” Shemwell Family with spouse Sally Williams Isiah Cornine Family with spouse Delilah Jane Basinger Cornelius Cornine Jr. Margaret Cornine Cornelius Cornine Birth: about 1804 — New York, United States Death: December 9, 1883 — Lawrence, Missouri, United States
wife	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Fielding Cook James Thomas Milton Cook Nancy Jane Cook John William “J.W.” Cook Everett Fielding Cook Family with spouse Andrew Cook Georgeann Isabelle “Belle” Cook May Margaret “Maggie” Cook Family with spouse Andrew Thomas Richard “Dick” Thomas Amanda Ellen Thomas Family with spouse Cornelius Cornine Mary Jane “Nancy” Shemwell Birth: September 16, 1835 34 34 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: March 31, 1920 — Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma, United States
	Marriage: September 13, 1878 — Cooper, Missouri, United States

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1860 United States - Census transcript - Fielding Cook - Household Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri Name Relation Age Sex Color Occupation RE PE Birthplace Mar School R+W Infirm Phalon Cook head 25 M W Farmer IN Mary J Cook wife 24 F W MO J T Cook son 6 M W MO Nancy J Cook daughter 3 F W MO John W M son 4m M W MO Andrew Cook brother? 22 M W Farm Laborer IN Ira Cook brother? 22 M W Farm Laborer IN Are Andrew & Ira Fielding's brothers -b

Family with parents
father Parents (unknown)	… Cook –
mother Parents (unknown)	… … –
elder brother Family Mary Jane “Nancy” Shemwell James Thomas Milton Cook Nancy Jane Cook John William “J.W.” Cook Everett Fielding Cook	Fielding Cook 1835–1864
twin brother Family (none)	Ira Cook 1838–
himself Family Mary Jane “Nancy” Shemwell Georgeann Isabelle “Belle” Cook May Margaret “Maggie” Cook	Andrew Cook 1838–1870
Family with Mary Jane “Nancy” Shemwell
himself Parents … Cook … …	Andrew Cook 1838–1870
wife Parents Thomas Shemwell Nancy Bone	Mary Jane “Nancy” Shemwell 1835–1920
daughter Family John G Griffin William G Griffin	Georgeann Isabelle “Belle” Cook 1865–1941
daughter Family James Hurt Brown William Henry Coons Ethel Vivian Coons Georgia Anna Coons William Beck “Willie” Coons Susie May Bertha Coons Francis Marion Grandstaff	May Margaret “Maggie” Cook 1868–1938
Fielding Cook + Mary Jane “Nancy” Shemwell
elder brother Parents … Cook … …	Fielding Cook 1835–1864
wife Parents Thomas Shemwell Nancy Bone	Mary Jane “Nancy” Shemwell 1835–1920
nephew Family Margaret Cornine J T Cook Cornelius Cornine “C C” Cook John Richard Cook Mary Ellen “Marie” Cook Jerry Cook	James Thomas Milton Cook 1854–
niece Family Cornelius Cornine Jr.	Nancy Jane Cook 1857–1880
nephew Family Mary Emma Cornine Claude M Cook Irene A Cook Walter Herbert Cook	John William “J.W.” Cook 1860–1954
nephew Family Sarah Margaret Maude “Maggie” Cornine Birdie Ellen Cook Edward Everett Cook Albert Cook I Dovie Cook Isaiah McKinley Cook	Everett Fielding Cook 1862–1931
Andrew Thomas + Mary Jane “Nancy” Shemwell
wife’s husband Parents (unknown)	Andrew Thomas 1838–
wife Parents Thomas Shemwell Nancy Bone	Mary Jane “Nancy” Shemwell 1835–1920
step-son Family Mary Catherine Gross Leo Martin Thomas Mary Geneva “Mamie” Russell Goldie Thomas Everett Guy Thomas Marjorie Ellen Thomas	Richard “Dick” Thomas 1872–1949
step-daughter Family George Washington Hopkins Blanch Mable Hopkins Ruth Viola Hopkins Mae Mildred Hopkins Robert Michael Hopkins	Amanda Ellen Thomas 1876–1915
Cornelius Cornine + Mary Jane “Nancy” Shemwell
wife’s husband Parents (unknown)	Cornelius Cornine 1804–1883
wife Parents Thomas Shemwell Nancy Bone	Mary Jane “Nancy” Shemwell 1835–1920