Harold ShemwellAge: 59 years1876–1936
- Name
- Harold Shemwell
- Given names
- Harold
- Surname
- Shemwell
 Birth | August 17, 1876 46 38 |
 Birth of a sister | Mary “May” Shemwell April 12, 1877 (Age 7 months) |
 Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 16 months)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Census | June 4, 1880 (Age 3 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Odell Shemwell August 5, 1880 (Age 3 years) |
| Death of a father | Dr. Obediah Marcellus Shemwell October 25, 1880 (Age 4 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 21 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 |
| Death of a sister | Etta Shemwell January 2, 1901 (Age 24 years) Cause: typhoid fever |
 Marriage | Ella May Doyle — View this family July 5, 1901 (Age 24 years) |
| Death of a brother | Odell Shemwell July 13, 1904 (Age 27 years) Address: Shemwell Home Cause: typhoid fever |
| Marriage | Sallie Borum Dey — View this family November 27, 1907 (Age 31 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Margaret Dey Shemwell January 28, 1909 (Age 32 years) |
| Death of a mother | Sarah Elizabeth “Sally” Thompson February 21, 1916 (Age 39 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 39 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
 Military | WWI Draft Registration September 12, 1918 (Age 42 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 40 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 41 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/ |
| Blackshere-Texas Oil Company | Newspaper April 29, 1921 (Age 44 years) |
| Exonerated Hit and killed Newsboy George Mumford | Newspaper November 2, 1922 (Age 46 years) |
| Death of a sister | Della Shemwell April 7, 1923 (Age 46 years) Cause: stroke Note: Death Certificate says "single" |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 53 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 of a brother | Baxter Shemwell May 31, 1932 (Age 55 years) Cause: Gun shot wound to abdomen |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Sally Forrest Lash October 20, 1932 (Age 56 years) |
 Residence | 1932 (Age 55 years) |
 Death | January 4, 1936 (Age 59 years) |
 Burial | January 7, 1936 (3 days after death) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Fort Lincoln Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Dr. Obediah Marcellus Shemwell Birth: February 27, 1830 40 29 — North Carolina, United States Death: October 25, 1880 — Tyro, Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
| mother |
Sarah Elizabeth “Sally” Thompson Birth: June 30, 1838 28 38 — North Carolina, United States Death: February 21, 1916 — Tyro, Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: April 7, 1857 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
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11 months elder brother |
Baxter Shemwell Birth: March 12, 1858 28 19 — North Carolina, United States Death: May 31, 1932 — Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
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16 months elder sister |
Mary Louisa Shemwell Birth: July 14, 1859 29 21 — Tyro, Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: April 7, 1860 — Tyro, Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
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17 months elder brother |
William Whitehead Shemwell Birth: December 2, 1860 30 22 — Tyro, Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: December 26, 1861 — Tyro, Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
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23 months elder brother |
Edward Marcellus Shemwell Birth: October 28, 1862 32 24 — Tyro, Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: March 13, 1864 — Tyro, Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
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22 months elder sister |
Cora B Shemwell Birth: August 21, 1864 34 26 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: November 7, 1950 — Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States |
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2 years elder brother |
Frederick Shemwell Birth: October 13, 1866 36 28 — Tyro, Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: June 23, 1867 |
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17 months elder sister |
Della Shemwell Birth: March 17, 1868 38 29 — North Carolina, United States Death: April 7, 1923 — Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
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2 years elder sister |
Etta Shemwell Birth: June 30, 1870 40 32 — Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: January 2, 1901 — Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
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2 years elder sister |
Sara Frances Shemwell Birth: September 11, 1872 42 34 — Tyro, Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: September 13, 1875 — Tyro, Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
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23 months elder sister |
Alice Shemwell Birth: August 11, 1874 44 36 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: September 12, 1946 — Richmond, Virginia, United States |
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2 years himself |
Harold Shemwell Birth: August 17, 1876 46 38 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: January 4, 1936 — Washington, District of Columbia, United States |
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8 months younger sister |
Mary “May” Shemwell Birth: April 12, 1877 47 38 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: March 29, 1961 |
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3 years younger brother |
Odell Shemwell Birth: August 5, 1880 50 42 — Tyro, Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: July 13, 1904 — Tyro, Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
| Family with Sallie Borum Dey |
| himself |
Harold Shemwell Birth: August 17, 1876 46 38 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: January 4, 1936 — Washington, District of Columbia, United States |
| wife |
Sallie Borum Dey Birth: June 13, 1885 33 25 — Virginia, United States Death: May 1967 |
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Marriage: November 27, 1907 — Norfolk, Virginia, United States |
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14 months daughter |
Margaret Dey Shemwell Birth: January 28, 1909 32 23 — Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, United States Death: May 2, 1991 — Brevard, Florida, United States |
| Family with Ella May Doyle |
| himself |
Harold Shemwell Birth: August 17, 1876 46 38 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: January 4, 1936 — Washington, District of Columbia, United States |
| wife |
Ella May Doyle Birth: 1879 — Nebraska, United States Death: |
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Marriage: July 5, 1901 — St. Joseph, Berrien, Michigan, United States |
Harold Shemwell has 32 first cousins recorded
Father's family (32)
Parents James Isaac Shemwell + … …
Parents Poindexter Shemwell + Elizabeth J McClennan
Parents Alexander “Alex” Shemwell Jr. + Catharine Reed
Parents John L Reid + Louisa Shemwell
Parents Whitson Berry Shemwell + Margaret Elizabeth Oldham
Parents Casper A Owen + Charlotte Jane Shemwell
Parents Jesse H Maley + Charlotte Jane Shemwell
Parents Robert Alexander Yarborough + Margaret Shemwell
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - Dr. Obediah Marcellus Shemwell - Household
Tyro, Davidson, NC
Note: At school |