Penelope Frances “Fanny” CourseyAge: 77 years1845–1922
- Name
- Penelope Frances “Fanny” Coursey
- Given names
- Penelope Frances
- Surname
- Coursey
- Married name
- Penelope Frances Shemwell
- Nickname
- Fanny
Note: or Permelia
 Birth | April 21, 1845 34 26 |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 8 months)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 |
| 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 |
 Birth of a brother | Justice DeCourcy April 9, 1863 (Age 17 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 |
 Marriage | James Marcus Shemwell — View this family November 15, 1867 (Age 22 years) |
| 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 |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Alice Malone Shemwell September 15, 1869 (Age 24 years) |
| 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 25 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Samuel Anderson Shemwell June 3, 1873 (Age 28 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 |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Mittie Sue Earl Shemwell August 19, 1879 (Age 34 years) |
| Census | June 18, 1880 (Age 35 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | Jeffery Tood Shemwell September 18, 1881 (Age 36 years) |
| Death of a father | Anderson Coursey October 12, 1888 (Age 43 years) |
| Marriage of a child | John William Lyon — Alice Malone Shemwell — View this family January 10, 1892 (Age 46 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Samuel Anderson Shemwell — Lillie Elizabeth Flood — View this family October 16, 1892 (Age 47 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Ermine Dewitt Lyon February 2, 1893 (Age 47 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Nina Shemwell March 28, 1894 (Age 48 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Ruth Lyon January 14, 1895 (Age 49 years) |
| Death of a granddaughter | Ruth Lyon January 14, 1895 (Age 49 years) |
| Death of a granddaughter | Nina Shemwell May 17, 1895 (Age 50 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | Charles Allen “Charlie” Lyon July 31, 1896 (Age 51 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #5 | James William Shemwell March 28, 1897 (Age 51 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Robert L DeBerry — Mittie Sue Earl Shemwell — View this family 1898 (Age 52 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 |
| Birth of a grandson #6 | Roland Marcus Lyon February 8, 1899 (Age 53 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #7 | Veva Irene Shemwell May 5, 1899 (Age 54 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #8 | Francis Laura “Fannie” DeBerry February 25, 1900 (Age 54 years) |
| Death of a mother | Matilda Whitlow November 13, 1900 (Age 55 years) |
| Census | 1900 (Age 54 years) |
| Census | June 2, 1900 (Age 55 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #9 | Samuel Bruce Shemwell March 29, 1901 (Age 55 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Thomas Dalin Shemwell — Jeffery Tood Shemwell — View this family March 18, 1903 (Age 57 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #10 | Daisy Lee Shemwell July 26, 1903 (Age 58 years) |
| Death of a granddaughter | Daisy Lee Shemwell August 12, 1904 (Age 59 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #11 | Audrey Todd Lyon November 17, 1904 (Age 59 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #12 | Mamie Lyon 1905 (Age 59 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Jeffery Tood Shemwell July 15, 1905 (Age 60 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #13 | Forrest Lyon 1908 (Age 62 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #14 | Frances “Fannie” Shemwell August 29, 1908 (Age 63 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #15 | Edna Earl Lyon October 11, 1908 (Age 63 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #16 | Lou B Shemwell 1909 (Age 63 years) |
| Census | April 15, 1910 (Age 64 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #17 | Carrol Anderson “Andy” Shemwell September 27, 1915 (Age 70 years) |
| Death of a husband | James Marcus Shemwell July 20, 1916 (Age 71 years) |
| Burial of a husband | James Marcus Shemwell 1916 (Age 70 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Pleasant Hill Cemetery |
| 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 |
| 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/ |
| Death of a grandson | James William Shemwell February 19, 1919 (Age 73 years) Cause: Pneumonia |
| Death of a granddaughter | Lou B Shemwell before 1920 (Age 74 years) |
| Census | January 1, 1920 (Age 74 years) Note: Enumerated with Susan E. Deberry |
 Death | August 10, 1922 (Age 77 years) |
 Burial | 1922 (Age 76 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Pleasant Hill Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Anderson Coursey Birth: December 4, 1810 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: October 12, 1888 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Matilda Whitlow Birth: February 20, 1819 — Russell, Virginia, United States Death: November 13, 1900 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: January 22, 1840 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
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5 years herself |
Penelope Frances “Fanny” Coursey Birth: April 21, 1845 34 26 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: August 10, 1922 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
| brother |
D A Coursey Death: |
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Nancy J Coursey Death: |
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Elizabeth A Coursey Death: |
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J E Coursey Death: |
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Sue K Coursey Death: |
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Matilda A Coursey Death: |
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Mary L Coursey Death: |
| younger brother |
Justice DeCourcy Birth: April 9, 1863 52 44 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: January 3, 1938 — Jackson, Missouri, United States |
| Family with James Marcus Shemwell |
| husband |
James Marcus Shemwell Birth: August 14, 1842 32 19 — Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: July 20, 1916 — Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States |
| herself |
Penelope Frances “Fanny” Coursey Birth: April 21, 1845 34 26 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: August 10, 1922 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: November 15, 1867 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
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22 months daughter |
Alice Malone Shemwell Birth: September 15, 1869 27 24 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: August 19, 1937 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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4 years son |
Samuel Anderson Shemwell Birth: June 3, 1873 30 28 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: August 30, 1950 — Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States |
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6 years daughter |
Mittie Sue Earl Shemwell Birth: August 19, 1879 37 34 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: December 4, 1963 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years daughter |
Jeffery Tood Shemwell Birth: September 18, 1881 39 36 — Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: July 15, 1905 — Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States |
Penelope Frances “Fanny” Coursey has 0 first cousins recorded
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| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Samuel Shemwell - Household
06 Oct. 1870 Page 5 Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky
Notes: Thomas is Black - 2 Doors Down from William and Virginia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - James Mand Shemwell - Household
Sharon, Todd, KY
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - James Marcus Shemwell - Household
Elkton, Todd, Kentucky
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - James Marcus Shemwell - Household
Caseyville, Todd, Kentucky, USA
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Penelope Frances Coursey - Household
Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, USA
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| Census | Enumerated with Susan E. Deberry | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name | or Permelia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Note | We had a Carla S Shemwell b. 1882 in Kentucky, I can find no evidence she ever existed. I think she was Susan Earl. -b |