Nancy Elizabeth ShemwellAge: 85 years1857–1942
- Name
- Nancy Elizabeth Shemwell
- Given names
- Nancy Elizabeth
- Surname
- Shemwell
- Married name
- Nancy Elizabeth Richardson
 Birth | August 12, 1857 34 35 |
 Birth of a sister | Rebecca Parallel “Becca” Shemwell May 4, 1859 (Age 20 months) |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859Note: 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 2 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Virginia D “Jennie” Shemwell September 23, 1861 (Age 4 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 3 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 9 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 9 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 11 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 12 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Mary “Polly” Shemwell March 18, 1876 (Age 18 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | John Hall December 8, 1878 (Age 21 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 20 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | Hiriam Breckenridge Richardson — View this family March 14, 1880 (Age 22 years) |
| Census | June 24, 1880 (Age 22 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Lawrence Otto Richardson November 23, 1883 (Age 26 years) twin: Ora Lee Richardson
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| Birth of a daughter #2 | Ora Lee Richardson November 23, 1883 (Age 26 years) twin: Lawrence Otto Richardson
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| Birth of a son #3 | George Russell “Shorty” Richardson January 7, 1886 (Age 28 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | Joseph Martin Richardson December 12, 1887 (Age 30 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #5 | Goldia Mae “Goldie” Richardson December 1, 1889 (Age 32 years) |
| Birth of a son #6 | Earl Breckenridge Richardson May 30, 1893 (Age 35 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 40 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 8, 1900 (Age 42 years) |
| Marriage of a child | George Russell “Shorty” Richardson — Lillian Maud Kennedy — View this family December 20, 1904 (Age 47 years) |
| Death of a father | Benjamin Franklin Shemwell November 11, 1905 (Age 48 years) Cause: Pneumonia |
| Death of a mother | Mary Catherine Hall November 14, 1905 (Age 48 years) Cause: Pneumonia |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Bernice I Davis 1906 (Age 48 years) |
| Marriage of a child | James Oscar Motsenbocker — Goldia Mae “Goldie” Richardson — View this family December 23, 1909 (Age 52 years) |
| Census | April 30, 1910 (Age 52 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Velma Corinne Motsenbocker February 9, 1912 (Age 54 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Earl Breckenridge Richardson — Zella Mae Parks — View this family March 31, 1912 (Age 54 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Joseph Martin Richardson — Flora Belle Doaty — View this family December 8, 1912 (Age 55 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Earlene Richardson August 12, 1914 (Age 57 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #4 | Myrline Essie Richardson October 8, 1916 (Age 59 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 58 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Birth of a grandson #5 | James Oscar Motsenbocker Jr. January 17, 1917 (Age 59 years) |
| Death of a brother | William McKinley Shemwell November 25, 1917 (Age 60 years) Cause: Pneumonia & Paralysis |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 59 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 60 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 18, 1920 (Age 62 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #6 | Bettie Sue Motsenbocker January 10, 1924 (Age 66 years) |
| Death of a brother | James Caswell Shemwell March 27, 1927 (Age 69 years) |
| Death of a sister | Elphina Ella Shemwell June 12, 1927 (Age 69 years) Cause: Cirrhosis of the liver not acoholic |
| Death of a sister | Almiranda J “Allie” Shemwell August 11, 1928 (Age 70 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 72 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 |
| Death of a sister | Mary Ann Shemwell November 4, 1933 (Age 76 years) |
| Death of a husband | Hiriam Breckenridge Richardson December 9, 1933 (Age 76 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 84 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 | October 10, 1942 (Age 85 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Maguire-Fairview Cemetery |
| 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 elder sister |
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 elder 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 elder 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 herself |
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 Hiriam Breckenridge Richardson |
| husband |
Hiriam Breckenridge Richardson Birth: May 5, 1858 — Pettis, Missouri, United States Death: December 9, 1933 — Lexington, Cleveland, Oklahoma, United States |
| herself |
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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Marriage: March 14, 1880 — Pettis, Missouri, United States |
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4 years son |
Lawrence Otto Richardson Birth: November 23, 1883 25 26 — Missouri, United States Death: March 21, 1977 — Noble, Cleveland, Oklahoma, United States |
| daughter |
Ora Lee Richardson Birth: November 23, 1883 25 26 — Missouri, United States Death: 1971 |
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2 years son |
George Russell “Shorty” Richardson Birth: January 7, 1886 27 28 — Pettis, Missouri, United States Death: November 8, 1948 — Noble, Cleveland, Oklahoma, United States |
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23 months son |
Joseph Martin Richardson Birth: December 12, 1887 29 30 — Missouri, United States Death: January 10, 1960 |
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2 years daughter |
Goldia Mae “Goldie” Richardson Birth: December 1, 1889 31 32 — Pettis, Missouri, United States Death: December 22, 1986 — Hobart, Kiowa, Oklahoma, United States |
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4 years son |
Earl Breckenridge Richardson Birth: May 30, 1893 35 35 — Missouri, United States Death: February 7, 1969 — California, United States |
Nancy Elizabeth 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
| 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 - Hiriam Breckenridge Richardson - Household
Washington, Pettis, Missouri
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Hiriam Breckenridge Richardson - Household
Flat Creek, Pettis, Missouri
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Hiriam Breckenridge Richardson - Household
Waldron, Grady, Oklahoma
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Hiriam Breckenridge Richardson - Household
Noble, Cleveland, Oklahoma, United States
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