Isaac Newton ShemwellAge: 76 years1859–1936
- Name
- Isaac Newton Shemwell
- Given names
- Isaac Newton
- Surname
- Shemwell
 Birth | June 6, 1859 40 30 |
 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 | July 11, 1860 (Age 13 months) |
 Birth of a brother | Thomas Alonzo Shemwell February 6, 1862 (Age 2 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 21 months)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 7 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 7 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Birth of a sister | Susanna Melissa Elizabeth “Susie” Shemwell March 4, 1868 (Age 8 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | George Feezer October 2, 1869 (Age 10 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 9 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 | September 9, 1870 (Age 11 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Roly Ann “Mary” Ivy April 1, 1875 (Age 15 years) |
| Death of a brother | William Pinkney Shemwell January 9, 1877 (Age 17 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 18 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 1, 1880 (Age 20 years) |
 Occupation | Teacher 1880 (Age 20 years) |
| Death of a father | Isaac Shemwell February 4, 1894 (Age 34 years) |
 Marriage | Nannie Bola Pryor — View this family September 27, 1894 (Age 35 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Mary Jeanne Shemwell August 10, 1895 (Age 36 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | William Isaac “Bill” Shemwell October 31, 1897 (Age 38 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Mary Jeanne Shemwell July 23, 1898 (Age 39 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 38 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 son #3 | John Pryor Shemwell October 30, 1899 (Age 40 years) |
| Death of a mother | Martha Ann “Mattie” Feezor February 27, 1900 (Age 40 years) |
| Census | June 1, 1900 (Age 40 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | Nancy Laura “Nannie” Shemwell August 18, 1901 (Age 42 years) |
| Birth of a son #5 | Clyde V Shemwell November 27, 1903 (Age 44 years) |
| Death of a wife | Nannie Bola Pryor January 27, 1904 (Age 44 years) |
| Death of a son | Clyde V Shemwell February 17, 1904 (Age 44 years) |
| Religious marriage | Florence Wood Wilkerson — View this family March 27, 1912 (Age 52 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #6 | Ruby Mae Shemwell June 30, 1913 (Age 54 years) |
| Birth of a son #7 | Henry George Shemwell December 23, 1914 (Age 55 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 56 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 57 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 58 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 26, 1920 (Age 60 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #8 | Bettie Bola Shemwell November 18, 1920 (Age 61 years) |
| Death of a brother | George Washington Shemwell November 27, 1925 (Age 66 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 70 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 |
| Census | April 1, 1930 (Age 70 years) |
| Death of a brother | John Wesley Shemwell March 17, 1933 (Age 73 years) Cause: chronic bronchitis Note: As pauper/senility |
 Death | January 24, 1936 (Age 76 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Clark's River Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Isaac Shemwell Birth: July 27, 1818 26 18 — North Carolina, United States Death: February 4, 1894 — Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Martha Ann “Mattie” Feezor Birth: October 3, 1828 26 23 — Bedford, Tennessee, United States Death: February 27, 1900 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: — |
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| elder brother |
John Wesley Shemwell Birth: February 6, 1848 29 19 — Kentucky, United States Death: March 17, 1933 — Western State Hospital, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years elder brother |
William Pinkney Shemwell Birth: February 22, 1850 31 21 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: January 9, 1877 — Graves, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years elder sister |
Mary L Shemwell Birth: May 8, 1852 33 23 Death: July 19, 1853 |
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6 years elder brother |
George Washington Shemwell Birth: November 19, 1857 39 29 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: November 27, 1925 — Wingo, Graves, Kentucky, United States |
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19 months himself |
Isaac Newton Shemwell Birth: June 6, 1859 40 30 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: January 24, 1936 — Kentucky, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Thomas Alonzo Shemwell Birth: February 6, 1862 43 33 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: April 15, 1947 — McCracken, Kentucky, United States |
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6 years younger sister |
Susanna Melissa Elizabeth “Susie” Shemwell Birth: March 4, 1868 49 39 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: October 18, 1942 — Graves, Kentucky, United States |
| Family with Nannie Bola Pryor |
| himself |
Isaac Newton Shemwell Birth: June 6, 1859 40 30 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: January 24, 1936 — Kentucky, United States |
| wife |
Nannie Bola Pryor Birth: November 20, 1871 24 22 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: January 27, 1904 — Graves, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: September 27, 1894 — Mayfield, Graves, Kentucky, United States |
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10 months daughter |
Mary Jeanne Shemwell Birth: August 10, 1895 36 23 Death: July 23, 1898 |
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2 years son |
William Isaac “Bill” Shemwell Birth: October 31, 1897 38 25 — Mayfield, Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: December 5, 1969 — Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States |
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2 years son |
John Pryor Shemwell Birth: October 30, 1899 40 27 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: November 26, 1986 — Gulf Breeze, Santa Rosa, Florida, United States |
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22 months daughter |
Nancy Laura “Nannie” Shemwell Birth: August 18, 1901 42 29 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: January 22, 1999 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years son |
Clyde V Shemwell Birth: November 27, 1903 44 32 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: February 17, 1904 — Graves, Kentucky, United States |
| Family with Florence Wood Wilkerson |
| himself |
Isaac Newton Shemwell Birth: June 6, 1859 40 30 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: January 24, 1936 — Kentucky, United States |
| wife |
Florence Wood Wilkerson Birth: August 31, 1880 31 28 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: August 20, 1967 — Mayfield, Graves, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: March 27, 1912 — Graves, Kentucky, United States |
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15 months daughter |
Ruby Mae Shemwell Birth: June 30, 1913 54 32 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: August 9, 2004 — St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
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18 months son |
Henry George Shemwell Birth: December 23, 1914 55 34 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: January 15, 2007 — Graves, Kentucky, United States |
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6 years daughter |
Bettie Bola Shemwell Birth: November 18, 1920 61 40 Death: June 22, 1978 |
| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - Isaac Shemwell - Household
Graves, Kentucky
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| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Isaac Shemwell - Household
Symsonia, Graves, KY
Note: Returned from California unwed. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - Isaac Shemwell - Household
Isaac Shemwell - Symsonia, Graves, Kentucky
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Isaac Newton Shemwell - Household
Dist. 8 Graves,Kentucky, USA
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Isaac Newton Shemwell - Household
Symsonia Graves KY
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Isaac Newton Shemwell - Household
Graves, Kentucky
Notes: Benton Rd. |