Almiranda J “Allie” ShemwellAge: 82 years1846–1928
- Name
- Almiranda J “Allie” Shemwell
- Given names
- Almiranda J
- Surname
- Shemwell
- Married name
- Almiranda J Richardson
- Nickname
- Allie
 Birth | 1846 22 24 Note: or Green County, Kentucky |
 Birth of a brother | James Caswell Shemwell April 22, 1848 (Age 2 years) |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | James Shemwell June 1849 (Age 3 years) Cause: Typhoid Fever |
| Birth of a sister | Elphina Ella Shemwell March 13, 1850 (Age 4 years) |
 Census | June 1, 1850 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Nancy Elizabeth Shemwell August 12, 1857 (Age 11 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Rebecca Parallel “Becca” Shemwell May 4, 1859 (Age 13 years) |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 11 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Census | June 8, 1860 (Age 14 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Virginia D “Jennie” Shemwell September 23, 1861 (Age 15 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 15 years)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 21 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 21 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 23 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 1, 1870 (Age 24 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Mary “Polly” Shemwell March 18, 1876 (Age 30 years) |
 Civil marriage | Adam Houston Richardson — View this family April 5, 1876 (Age 30 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | John Hall December 8, 1878 (Age 32 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 32 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Death of a husband | Adam Houston Richardson February 4, 1879 (Age 33 years) Note: Or 04 FEB 1878 - If so Jr. is not his son. I can't find any sources for death date.-b |
| Birth of a son #1 | Adam Houston Richardson Jr. April 1879 (Age 33 years) |
| Census | June 1, 1880 (Age 34 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 52 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 54 years) |
| Death of a father | Benjamin Franklin Shemwell November 11, 1905 (Age 59 years) Cause: Pneumonia |
| Death of a mother | Mary Catherine Hall November 14, 1905 (Age 59 years) Cause: Pneumonia |
| Census | April 15, 1910 (Age 64 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 70 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Death of a brother | William McKinley Shemwell November 25, 1917 (Age 71 years) Cause: Pneumonia & Paralysis |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 71 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 72 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/ |
| Census | January 12, 1920 (Age 74 years) |
| Death of a brother | James Caswell Shemwell March 27, 1927 (Age 81 years) |
| Death of a sister | Elphina Ella Shemwell June 12, 1927 (Age 81 years) Cause: Cirrhosis of the liver not acoholic |
 Death | August 11, 1928 (Age 82 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Benjamin Franklin Shemwell Birth: March 7, 1823 25 23 — Kentucky, United States Death: November 11, 1905 — Pettis, Missouri, United States |
| mother |
Mary Catherine Hall Birth: December 23, 1821 24 22 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: November 14, 1905 — Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: estimated 1842 — |
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2 years elder brother |
William McKinley Shemwell Birth: December 20, 1843 20 21 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: November 25, 1917 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
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3 months elder sister |
Mary Ann Shemwell Birth: March 28, 1844 21 22 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: November 4, 1933 |
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3 years herself |
Almiranda J “Allie” Shemwell Birth: 1846 22 24 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: August 11, 1928 — Cleveland, Oklahoma, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
James Caswell Shemwell Birth: April 22, 1848 25 26 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: March 27, 1927 — Pettis, Missouri, United States |
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23 months younger sister |
Elphina Ella Shemwell Birth: March 13, 1850 27 28 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: June 12, 1927 — Elk Fork, Pettis, Missouri, United States |
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7 years younger sister |
Nancy Elizabeth Shemwell Birth: August 12, 1857 34 35 — Kentucky, United States Death: October 10, 1942 — Lexington, Cleveland, Oklahoma, United States |
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21 months younger sister |
Rebecca Parallel “Becca” Shemwell Birth: May 4, 1859 36 37 — Bowling Green, Pettis, Missouri, United States Death: December 15, 1942 — Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Virginia D “Jennie” Shemwell Birth: September 23, 1861 38 39 — Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States Death: November 26, 1947 — Noble, Cleveland, Oklahoma, United States |
| Family with Adam Houston Richardson |
| husband |
Adam Houston Richardson Birth: August 19, 1848 — Pettis, Missouri, United States Death: February 4, 1879 |
| herself |
Almiranda J “Allie” Shemwell Birth: 1846 22 24 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: August 11, 1928 — Cleveland, Oklahoma, United States |
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Marriage: April 5, 1876 — Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States |
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3 years son |
Adam Houston Richardson Jr. Birth: April 1879 30 33 — Missouri, United States Death: |
Almiranda J “Allie” Shemwell has 35 first cousins recorded
Father's family (7)
Parents Henry Mitchell + Harriet Miranda “Mary” Shemwell
Mother's family (28)
Parents John Y Carneal + Barbary Ann Hall
Parents Irvin Gilbert + Elizabeth “Betsy” Hall
Parents James F “Jin” Hall + Rebecca A “Becky” Munday
Parents Micajah Merriman “Cage” Hall + Martha Jane Sherrell
Parents Micajah Merriman “Cage” Hall + Martha E Tatum
Parents William Charles Neal + Lucinda A Hall
| Birth | or Green County, Kentucky | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1850 United States - Census transcript - Benjamin Franklin Shemwell - Household
Dist. 2 Todd, Kentucky, USA
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| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - Benjamin Franklin Shemwell - Household
Bowling Green Twp, Pettis, Missouri, United States
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| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Benjamin Franklin Shemwell - Household
Pilot Grove, Cooper, Missouri, United States
Notes: Jane Cook living next door who was married to Fielding Cook. She was a cousin; father was Samuel Shemwell. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - Benjamin Franklin Shemwell - Household
Washington, Pettis Mo.
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Benjamin Franklin Shemwell - Household
Washington Township, Pettis, MO
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - John Russell Rukes - Household
Green Ridge, Pettis, Missouri
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Elphina Ella Shemwell - Household
Green Ridge, Pettis, Missouri
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