The Shemwell Family

Events of close relatives Historical facts
Birth	September 15, 1869 28 27 Alexander, Benton, Missouri, 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
Death of a paternal grandmother	Atsey Mae Ethridge November 30, 1878 (Age 9 years) Hickory, Missouri, United States
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	Henry Methusalah Colbert — View this family September 28, 1890 (Age 21 years) Benton, Missouri, United States
Birth of a daughter #1	Leona May Colbert August 3, 1897 (Age 27 years) Benton, Missouri, 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
Death of a husband	Henry Methusalah Colbert December 6, 1907 (Age 38 years) Molson, Okanogan, Washington, United States
Death of a mother	Susannah Ihrig October 3, 1909 (Age 40 years) Hickory, Missouri, United States
Marriage of a child	Oliver Arthur “Babe” Cook — Leona May Colbert — View this family April 12, 1914 (Age 44 years) Tonasket, Okanogan, Washington, United States
Historical Event	Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 46 years) Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Historical Event	World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 47 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 48 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/
Death of a father	John Martin VanBuren Breshears February 4, 1922 (Age 52 years) Benton, Missouri, United States
Birth of a grandson #1	Ralph Arthur Cook May 18, 1922 (Age 52 years) Washington, United States
Historical Event	The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 60 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
Historical Event	World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 72 years) Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
Death	December 12, 1941 (Age 72 years) Tonasket, Okanogan, Washington, United States

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father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Susannah Ihrig Elizabeth Ellen Breshears John Martin VanBuren Breshears Birth: November 19, 1840 39 34 — Benton, Missouri, United States Death: February 4, 1922 — Benton, Missouri, United States
mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse John Martin VanBuren Breshears Elizabeth Ellen Breshears Susannah Ihrig Birth: October 29, 1841 — Hanover, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States Death: October 3, 1909 — Hickory, Missouri, United States
	Marriage: January 30, 1862 — Wheatland, Hickory, Missouri, United States
8 years herself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Henry Methusalah Colbert Leona May Colbert Elizabeth Ellen Breshears Birth: September 15, 1869 28 27 — Alexander, Benton, Missouri, United States Death: December 12, 1941 — Tonasket, Okanogan, Washington, United States

Family with Henry Methusalah Colbert - View this family

husband	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Elizabeth Ellen Breshears Leona May Colbert Henry Methusalah Colbert Birth: March 25, 1867 — Mason, Illinois, United States Death: December 6, 1907 — Molson, Okanogan, Washington, United States
herself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Henry Methusalah Colbert Leona May Colbert Elizabeth Ellen Breshears Birth: September 15, 1869 28 27 — Alexander, Benton, Missouri, United States Death: December 12, 1941 — Tonasket, Okanogan, Washington, United States
	Marriage: September 28, 1890 — Benton, Missouri, United States
7 years daughter	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Oliver Arthur “Babe” Cook Ralph Arthur Cook Leona May Colbert Birth: August 3, 1897 30 27 — Benton, Missouri, United States Death: March 6, 1959 — Tonasket, Okanogan, Washington, United States

Family with parents
father Parents Henry Alexander Breshears Jr. Atsey Mae Ethridge	John Martin VanBuren Breshears 1840–1922
mother Parents (unknown)	Susannah Ihrig 1841–1909
herself Family Henry Methusalah Colbert Leona May Colbert	Elizabeth Ellen Breshears 1869–1941
Family with Henry Methusalah Colbert
husband Parents (unknown)	Henry Methusalah Colbert 1867–1907
herself Parents John Martin VanBuren Breshears Susannah Ihrig	Elizabeth Ellen Breshears 1869–1941
daughter Family Oliver Arthur “Babe” Cook Ralph Arthur Cook	Leona May Colbert 1897–1959