The Shemwell Family

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Birth	October 3, 1869 30 32 Kentucky, United States
Historical Event	Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 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
Historical Event	Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 8 years) Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Marriage	Mary Susan “Susie” Shemwell — View this family January 7, 1892 (Age 22 years) Niagara, Henderson, Kentucky, United States
Birth of a daughter #1	Effie R Sights November 1892 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a son #2	Herman Russel Sights estimated March 1896 (Age 26 years) Henderson, Kentucky, United States
Birth of a daughter #3	Blanche H Sights April 29, 1898 (Age 28 years) Henderson, Kentucky, United States
Historical Event	Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 28 years) Cuba 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
Birth of a son #4	Ashford Rankin Sights April 20, 1903 (Age 33 years)
Death	September 24, 1906 (Age 36 years)
Burial	Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Henderson, Kentucky, United States Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Pleasant Valley Cemetery

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Family with parents - View this family

father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Annie Russell Sandefur James Mathew Sights James Jeffries Sights Birth: March 29, 1839 Death:
mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse James Jeffries Sights James Mathew Sights Annie Russell Sandefur Birth: 1837 Death:
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himself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Mary Susan “Susie” Shemwell Effie R Sights Herman Russel Sights Blanche H Sights Ashford Rankin Sights James Mathew Sights Birth: October 3, 1869 30 32 — Kentucky, United States Death: September 24, 1906

Family with Mary Susan “Susie” Shemwell - View this family

himself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Mary Susan “Susie” Shemwell Effie R Sights Herman Russel Sights Blanche H Sights Ashford Rankin Sights James Mathew Sights Birth: October 3, 1869 30 32 — Kentucky, United States Death: September 24, 1906
wife	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse James Mathew Sights Effie R Sights Herman Russel Sights Blanche H Sights Ashford Rankin Sights Family with spouse Edward Alexander Ross Homer Alston Ross Madge Lucille Ross Mary Susan “Susie” Shemwell Birth: November 6, 1873 32 28 — Kentucky, United States Death: September 2, 1946 — Henderson, Kentucky, United States
	Marriage: January 7, 1892 — Niagara, Henderson, Kentucky, United States
11 months daughter	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Effie R Sights Birth: November 1892 23 18 Death: April 24, 1980 — Henderson, Kentucky, United States
3 years son	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Herman Russel Sights Birth: estimated March 1896 26 22 — Henderson, Kentucky, United States Death: March 2, 1939
2 years daughter	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Jessie Hampton Brooks Blanche H Sights Birth: April 29, 1898 28 24 — Henderson, Kentucky, United States Death: September 10, 1972 — Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States
5 years son	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Ashford Rankin Sights Birth: April 20, 1903 33 29 Death: August 11, 1985 — Henderson, Kentucky, United States

Edward Alexander Ross + Mary Susan “Susie” Shemwell - View this family

wife’s husband	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Mary Susan “Susie” Shemwell Homer Alston Ross Madge Lucille Ross Edward Alexander Ross Birth: March 9, 1867 — Illinois, United States Death: January 28, 1927
wife	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse James Mathew Sights Effie R Sights Herman Russel Sights Blanche H Sights Ashford Rankin Sights Family with spouse Edward Alexander Ross Homer Alston Ross Madge Lucille Ross Mary Susan “Susie” Shemwell Birth: November 6, 1873 32 28 — Kentucky, United States Death: September 2, 1946 — Henderson, Kentucky, United States
	Marriage: August 23, 1910 — Henderson, Kentucky, United States
2 years step-son	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Homer Alston Ross Birth: October 6, 1912 45 38 — Henderson, Kentucky, United States Death: October 1, 1913 — Henderson, Kentucky, United States
2 years step-daughter	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Hampton Henry Book Jr. Ashford Lee Book Charles Rayburn Book Henry Edward Book Madge Lucille Ross Birth: October 2, 1914 47 40 — Henderson, Kentucky, United States Death: October 11, 1998 — Henderson, Kentucky, United States

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