The Shemwell Family

Mary Ann ShemwellAge: 89 years18441933

Name
Mary Ann Shemwell
Given names
Mary Ann
Surname
Shemwell
Married name
Mary Ann Mallott
Note: Mary L. ?
Birth March 28, 1844 21 22
Birth of a sisterAlmiranda J “Allie” Shemwell
1846 (Age 21 months)
Note: or Green County, Kentucky
Birth of a brotherJames Caswell Shemwell
April 22, 1848 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 21 months)
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 paternal grandfatherJames Shemwell
June 1849 (Age 5 years)
Cause: Typhoid Fever
Birth of a sisterElphina Ella Shemwell
March 13, 1850 (Age 5 years)
Census June 1, 1850 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a sisterNancy Elizabeth Shemwell
August 12, 1857 (Age 13 years)
Birth of a sisterRebecca Parallel “Becca” Shemwell
May 4, 1859 (Age 15 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 12 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Census June 8, 1860 (Age 16 years)
Birth of a sisterVirginia D “Jennie” Shemwell
September 23, 1861 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 17 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
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 22 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 22 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 24 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 26 years)
Religious marriageAsa W MallottView this family
October 26, 1871 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a son
#1
William Franklin Mallott
February 27, 1875 (Age 30 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMary “Polly” Shemwell
March 18, 1876 (Age 31 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Wayman Mallott
1877 (Age 32 years)

Death of a maternal grandfatherJohn Hall
December 8, 1878 (Age 34 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 33 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Birth of a son
#3
Etna Caswell Mallott
October 4, 1879 (Age 35 years)
Census June 18, 1880 (Age 36 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 54 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
Marriage of a childWilliam Franklin MallottAugusta M CarpenterView this family
Type: Religious marriage
December 31, 1899 (Age 55 years)

Census June 9, 1900 (Age 56 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Harry Leroy Mallott
1902 (Age 57 years)
Death of a fatherBenjamin Franklin Shemwell
November 11, 1905 (Age 61 years)
Cause: Pneumonia
Death of a motherMary Catherine Hall
November 14, 1905 (Age 61 years)
Cause: Pneumonia
Census April 20, 1910 (Age 66 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Jean Ailene Mallott
November 10, 1910 (Age 66 years)
Birth of a grandson
#3
Earl William Mallott
January 8, 1912 (Age 67 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 71 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death of a brotherWilliam McKinley Shemwell
November 25, 1917 (Age 73 years)
Cause: Pneumonia & Paralysis
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 72 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 73 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 13, 1920 (Age 75 years)
Death of a brotherJames Caswell Shemwell
March 27, 1927 (Age 82 years)
Death of a sisterElphina Ella Shemwell
June 12, 1927 (Age 83 years)
Cause: Cirrhosis of the liver not acoholic
Death of a sisterAlmiranda J “Allie” Shemwell
August 11, 1928 (Age 84 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 85 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 November 4, 1933 (Age 89 years)

Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: estimated 1842
2 years
elder brother
3 months
herself
3 years
younger sister
2 years
younger brother
23 months
younger sister
7 years
younger sister
21 months
younger sister
2 years
younger sister
Family with Asa W Mallott - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: October 26, 1871Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States
3 years
son
William Franklin Mallott
Birth: February 27, 1875 23 30Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: June 11, 1957Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States
5 years
son
-21 months
son

Mary Ann Shemwell has 35 first cousins recorded

Census1850 United States - Census transcript - Benjamin Franklin Shemwell - Household

Dist. 2 Todd, Kentucky, USA

NameAgeSexRaceOccupationAssetsBirthplaceMmthEduInfirm
Ben F Shemwell26MWCarpenterKY
Catherine Shemwell26FWKY
William Shemwell7MWKY
Mary L Shemwell6FWKY
Almiranda J. Shemwell4FWKY
James Shemwell2MWKY
Belly T Shemwell6mFWKY

Census1860 United States - Census transcript - Benjamin Franklin Shemwell - Household

Bowling Green Twp, Pettis, Missouri, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
B F Shemwellhead35MWfarmerKY
Mary Shemwellwife38FWKY
William Shemwellson18MWKY
Mary Ann Shemwelldaughter14FWKY
Almiranda J “Allie” Shemwelldaughter13FWKY
James C Shemwellson11MWKY
Paulina Ella Shemwelldaughter9FWKY
Nancy Elizabeth Shemwelldaughter4FWMO
Elizabeth Shemwelldaughter1FWMO

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - Benjamin Franklin Shemwell - Household

Pilot Grove, Cooper, Missouri, United States

NameAgeSexRaceOccupationAssetsBirthplaceParBmthMmthEduInfirm
B F Shemwell47MWFarmerKY
Mary C Shemwell48FWKY
Mary A Shemwell26FWKY
Alle M J Shemwell22FWKY
James Shemwell21MWFarmhandKY
Ella Shemwell19FWKY
Nancy E Shemwell12FWKY
Rebecca Shemwell10FWMO
Virginia Shemwell8FWMO

Notes: Jane Cook living next door who was married to Fielding Cook. She was a cousin; father was Samuel Shemwell.

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Asa W Mallott - Household

Leesville, Henry, Missouri, United States

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Mallott, Asa WWM28headMfarmerMOOHTN
Mallott, Mary AWF35wifeMkeeping houseKYKYKY
Mallott, William WM5sonSMOMOKY
Mallott, WaymanWM3sonSMOMOKY
Mallott, EtnaWM3 monthssonSMOMOKY

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Asa W Mallott - Household

Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Mallott, Asa WheadWMNov185148M29MOMOMOplasterer
Mallott, Mary AwifeWFMar184455M2973KYKYKY
Mallott, William FsonWMFeb187525MMOMOKYcarpenter
Mallott, Augustadaughter in lawWFSep187629MKSNYMI
Mallott, WaynnardsonWMMay187723SMOMOKYpainter
Mallott, Etna CsonWMOct187920SMOMOKYlaborer packing house

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Asa W Mallott - Household

Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Mallott, Asa WheadMW59M38MOLAOHplastererodd jobs
Mallott, Mary wifeFW66M3872KYKYKY

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Asa W Mallott - Household

Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Mallott, Asa headMW67MMOOHUSconcrete mixersoap plant
Mallott, Mary wifeFW70MKYKYKY

Name
Mary L. ?