Milous Green ShemwellAge: 61 years1860–1921
- Name
- Milous Green Shemwell
- Given names
- Milous Green
- Surname
- Shemwell
 Birth | July 1860 37 35 |
 Birth of a brother | Charles Lee “Charlie” Shemwell December 1, 1863 (Age 3 years) |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 9 months)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 6 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 6 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 8 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 7, 1870 (Age 9 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 17 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 8, 1880 (Age 19 years) |
| Death of a sister | Mary Emma Shemwell December 4, 1881 (Age 21 years) |
 Marriage | Emma Holmes — View this family January 23, 1889 (Age 28 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Elzy Clifford Shemwell December 27, 1889 (Age 29 years) |
| Death of a wife | Emma Holmes 1891 (Age 30 years) |
| Death of a sister | Rebecca Ann Shemwell June 25, 1891 (Age 30 years) |
| Marriage | Mordecia “Decia” Thompson — View this family after 1891 (Age 30 years) |
| Death of a mother | Luvenia “Vena” Roach October 12, 1892 (Age 32 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Lovie Shemwell October 24, 1893 (Age 33 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | John Daniel Shemwell July 29, 1895 (Age 35 years) |
| Death of a father | Lovelace Wellington Shemwell March 8, 1897 (Age 36 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | Moses Wurth Shemwell August 1897 (Age 37 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 37 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 39 years) |
| Death of a sister | Nancy Clementine Shemwell February 27, 1905 (Age 44 years) |
| Census | April 18, 1910 (Age 49 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 55 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Marriage of a child | Elzy Clifford Shemwell — Ocie Blanche McIlvain — View this family May 26, 1917 (Age 56 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 56 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 |
| Marriage of a child | Moses Wurth Shemwell — Lela May Reed — View this family 1918 (Age 57 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 57 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/ |
| Marriage of a child | Clint Randle Smith — Lovie Shemwell — View this family November 3, 1919 (Age 59 years) |
| Marriage of a child | John Daniel Shemwell — Lucy May Johnson — View this family December 27, 1919 (Age 59 years) |
| Census | January 1, 1920 (Age 59 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Edna Earl Shemwell November 23, 1920 (Age 60 years) |
 Death | December 7, 1921 (Age 61 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Shemwell Cemetery Note: (Decia, Green and Emma are on one stone.) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Lovelace Wellington Shemwell Birth: September 11, 1822 30 22 — North Carolina, United States Death: March 8, 1897 — Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Luvenia “Vena” Roach Birth: 1825 30 30 — Tennessee, United States Death: October 12, 1892 |
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Marriage: December 10, 1850 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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15 months elder sister |
Nancy Clementine Shemwell Birth: March 24, 1852 29 27 — Kentucky, United States Death: February 27, 1905 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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23 months elder sister |
Mary Emma Shemwell Birth: February 27, 1854 31 29 — Kentucky, United States Death: December 4, 1881 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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23 months elder sister |
Rebecca Ann Shemwell Birth: February 7, 1856 33 31 — Kentucky, United States Death: June 25, 1891 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years elder brother |
William Elza “Bill” Shemwell Birth: February 20, 1858 35 33 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: March 2, 1944 — Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years himself |
Milous Green Shemwell Birth: July 1860 37 35 — Kentucky, United States Death: December 7, 1921 — Oak Level, Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Charles Lee “Charlie” Shemwell Birth: December 1, 1863 41 38 — Kentucky, United States Death: December 1, 1932 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
| Family with Emma Holmes |
| himself |
Milous Green Shemwell Birth: July 1860 37 35 — Kentucky, United States Death: December 7, 1921 — Oak Level, Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
| wife |
Emma Holmes Birth: 1870 Death: 1891 |
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Marriage: January 23, 1889 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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11 months son |
Elzy Clifford Shemwell Birth: December 27, 1889 29 19 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: January 1987 — Sun City, Maricopa, Arizona, United States |
| Family with Mordecia “Decia” Thompson |
| himself |
Milous Green Shemwell Birth: July 1860 37 35 — Kentucky, United States Death: December 7, 1921 — Oak Level, Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
| wife |
Mordecia “Decia” Thompson Birth: February 1867 — Kentucky, United States Death: August 31, 1931 — Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: after 1891 — |
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3 years daughter |
Lovie Shemwell Birth: October 24, 1893 33 26 — Kentucky, United States Death: February 22, 1988 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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21 months son |
John Daniel Shemwell Birth: July 29, 1895 35 28 — Kentucky, United States Death: March 17, 1957 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years son |
Moses Wurth Shemwell Birth: August 1897 37 30 — Kentucky, United States Death: December 7, 1961 — Vanzora, Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
Milous Green Shemwell has 54 first cousins recorded
Father's family (39)
Parents Isaac Shemwell + Martha Ann “Mattie” Feezor
Parents David Alexander Shemwell + Permelia J Roach
Parents Pinkney H Shemwell + Sarah E Williamson
Parents Henry Cox Shemwell + Eliza Jane Reed
Parents Willis Washington Breezeel + Nancy Shemwell
Parents Milous R “Miles” Shemwell + Amanda Lee Wright
Mother's family (15)
Parents David Alexander Shemwell + Permelia J Roach
Parents Milus G Reed + Mary “Polly” Roach
| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Lovelace Wellington Shemwell - Household
Marshall, Kentucky
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - Lovelace Wellington Shemwell - Household
Benton, Marshall, Kentucky
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Green Miles Shemwell - Household
Oak Level, Marshall Ky.
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Milous Greene Shemwell - Household
Graves, Kentucky
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Green Miles Shemwell - Household
Oak Level, Marshall, Ky.
Notes: Living next door to William, Rex & Martha Shemwell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Burial | (Decia, Green and Emma are on one stone.) |