The Shemwell Family

Henryetta Adaline ShemwellAge: 26 years18641890

Name
Henryetta Adaline Shemwell
Given names
Henryetta Adaline
Surname
Shemwell
Married name
Henryetta Adaline Lewis
Birth June 27, 1864 35 27
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865

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
Birth of a brotherCalvin R Shemwell
September 20, 1867 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 2 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 2 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Birth of a brotherPinkney P Shemwell
August 7, 1869 (Age 5 years)
twin: Lovelace Lacewell Shemwell
Birth of a brotherLovelace Lacewell Shemwell
August 7, 1869 (Age 5 years)
twin: Pinkney P Shemwell
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 4 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
Death of a maternal grandfatherThomas S Reed
1874 (Age 9 years)

Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 13 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 5, 1880 (Age 15 years)
MarriagePaul A LewisView this family
February 7, 1886 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Henry Carson Lewis
October 25, 1886 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Tulah Mae Lewis
July 25, 1888 (Age 24 years)
Death July 25, 1890 (Age 26 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mount Pleasant Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: November 6, 1854Marshall, Kentucky, United States
9 months
elder brother
3 years
elder brother
4 years
elder brother
3 years
herself
3 years
younger brother
23 months
younger brother
Pinkney P Shemwell
Birth: August 7, 1869 40 32Arkansas, United States
Death: May 8, 1894Arkansas, United States
younger brother
Family with Paul A Lewis - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: February 7, 1886Randolph, Arkansas, United States
9 months
son
21 months
daughter
Tulah Mae Lewis
Birth: July 25, 1888 27 24Arkansas, United States
Death: April 23, 1979Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States

Henryetta Adaline Shemwell has 38 first cousins recorded

Father's family (38)

Parents Isaac Shemwell + Martha Ann “Mattie” Feezor
3Mary L Shemwell18521853
Parents David Alexander Shemwell + Permelia J Roach
4Sarah Ann Shemwell18521869
Parents Lovelace Wellington Shemwell + Luvenia “Vena” Roach
2Mary Emma Shemwell18541881
Parents Pinkney H Shemwell + Sarah E Williamson
1Lynn Boyd Shemwell18591906
4Ella N Shemwell18691940
Parents Willis Washington Breezeel + Nancy Shemwell
3Jamie Lee Breezeel18601860
6Henry Lee Breezeel18681952
Parents Milous R “Miles” Shemwell + Amanda Lee Wright

Mother's family (0)

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Henry Cox Shemwell - Household

Carpenter, Clay, Arkansas

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Shemwell, HenryWM51headMFarmerNCNCNC
Shemwell, JaneWF42wifeMKeeping houseKYNCKY
Shemwell, AdelineWF15daughterSAt homeARNCKY
Shemwell, CalvinWM12sonSAt homeARNCKY
Shemwell, LoveWM10sonSAt homeARNCKY
Shemwell, PinkWM10sonSAt homeARNCKY