Amanda Elizabeth “Manda” ShemwellAge: 53 years1840–1893
- Name
- Amanda Elizabeth “Manda” Shemwell
- Given names
- Amanda Elizabeth
- Surname
- Shemwell
- Married name
- Amanda Elizabeth Hudspeth
- Nickname
- Manda
 Birth | February 23, 1840 29 22 |
 Census | June 1, 1840 (Age 3 months) |
 Birth of a sister | Almira Caroline “Carrie” Shemwell March 31, 1842 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Mary Francis “Fanny” Shemwell April 13, 1844 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Augustine America “Gussie” Shemwell August 9, 1846 (Age 6 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Christopher Columbus “Bud” Shemwell September 2, 1848 (Age 8 years) Note: or September 12, 1848 |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 5 years)Note: 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 |
| Census | June 1, 1850 (Age 10 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Martha A “Mattie” Shemwell December 4, 1851 (Age 11 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Charles Lafayette “Fate” Shemwell May 17, 1853 (Age 13 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Marquis Delumuel “Mark” Shemwell March 13, 1856 (Age 16 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Thomas W Shemwell October 20, 1858 (Age 18 years) Note: 19 OCT 1858 ? |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Elizabeth “Betsey” Ashbourn August 1859 (Age 19 years) |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 16 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 1, 1860 (Age 20 years) |
 Religious marriage | Thomas Ayres Hudspeth — View this family December 27, 1860 (Age 20 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | James Shemwell Hudspeth January 30, 1862 (Age 21 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | George U Hudspeth September 23, 1864 (Age 24 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 21 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 26 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 26 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Birth of a son #3 | Edgar D “Eddie” Hudspeth June 17, 1868 (Age 28 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 28 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 | October 12, 1870 (Age 30 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | Boadecia T Hudspeth April 25, 1871 (Age 31 years) |
| Death of a husband | Thomas Ayres Hudspeth May 30, 1876 (Age 36 years) |
| Death of a mother | Elizabeth Floyd August 21, 1878 (Age 38 years) Cause: Rheumatic fever |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 37 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 16, 1880 (Age 40 years) |
| Death of a father | James Marquis “Squire Jim” Shemwell November 4, 1880 (Age 40 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Boadecia T Hudspeth September 2, 1882 (Age 42 years) |
| Death of a son | George U Hudspeth September 19, 1882 (Age 42 years) |
| Marriage of a child | James Shemwell Hudspeth — Laura A Shutt — View this family Type: Religious marriage December 15, 1887 (Age 47 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | James Bertram Hudspeth Sr June 19, 1890 (Age 50 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Margaret E “Marjorie” Hudspeth October 1892 (Age 52 years) |
 Death | July 31, 1893 (Age 53 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mt. Sharon Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
James Marquis “Squire Jim” Shemwell Birth: October 19, 1810 35 35 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: November 4, 1880 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Elizabeth Floyd Birth: April 12, 1817 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: August 21, 1878 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: August 13, 1835 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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4 years elder sister |
Armina M “Mina” Shemwell Birth: February 9, 1839 28 21 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: December 28, 1928 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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1 year herself |
Amanda Elizabeth “Manda” Shemwell Birth: February 23, 1840 29 22 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: July 31, 1893 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Almira Caroline “Carrie” Shemwell Birth: March 31, 1842 31 24 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: December 12, 1920 — Perry, Noble, Oklahoma, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Mary Francis “Fanny” Shemwell Birth: April 13, 1844 33 27 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: 1929 — Monticello, Wayne, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Augustine America “Gussie” Shemwell Birth: August 9, 1846 35 29 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: April 19, 1921 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
Christopher Columbus “Bud” Shemwell Birth: September 2, 1848 37 31 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: August 30, 1914 — Walla Walla, Washington, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Martha A “Mattie” Shemwell Birth: December 4, 1851 41 34 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: April 27, 1896 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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17 months younger brother |
Charles Lafayette “Fate” Shemwell Birth: May 17, 1853 42 36 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: April 17, 1942 — Walla Walla, Washington, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Marquis Delumuel “Mark” Shemwell Birth: March 13, 1856 45 38 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: May 20, 1905 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Thomas W Shemwell Birth: October 20, 1858 48 41 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: March 19, 1916 — Walla Walla, Washington, United States |
| Family with Thomas Ayres Hudspeth |
| husband |
Thomas Ayres Hudspeth Birth: February 11, 1839 32 33 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: May 30, 1876 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
| herself |
Amanda Elizabeth “Manda” Shemwell Birth: February 23, 1840 29 22 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: July 31, 1893 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: December 27, 1860 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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13 months son |
James Shemwell Hudspeth Birth: January 30, 1862 22 21 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: November 26, 1950 — Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years son |
George U Hudspeth Birth: September 23, 1864 25 24 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: September 19, 1882 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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4 years son |
Edgar D “Eddie” Hudspeth Birth: June 17, 1868 29 28 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: February 24, 1900 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Boadecia T Hudspeth Birth: April 25, 1871 32 31 — Kentucky, United States Death: September 2, 1882 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
Amanda Elizabeth “Manda” Shemwell has 4 first cousins recorded
Father's family (4)
Parents Joseph Stewart Carneal + Lucinda Ashbourn Shemwell
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1840 United States - Census transcript - James Marquis “Squire Jim” Shemwell - Household
Todd, Ky
Best guess -B | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1850 United States - Census transcript - James Marquis Shemwell - Household
Page 264A Todd, Kentucky, USA
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| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - James Marquis Shemwell - Household
Todd, Ky.
Notes: The names are wrong and hard to read, dates are off by +/- 2 yrs. It has an LP Shemwell that I believe to be Fate, there was a Louis P b. 1850 in the database I deleted. -B | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Ayres Hudspeth - Household
Sharon Grove Todd Ky
Next door to John Hester | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - Amanda Elizabeth “Manda” Shemwell - Household
Sharon, Todd, Kentucky, United States
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| Note | 1850 Todd Co. Kentucky, USA Census |