Samuel Black ShemwellAge: 89 years1832–1921
- Name
- Samuel Black Shemwell
- Given names
- Samuel Black
- Surname
- Shemwell
 Birth | August 26, 1832 26 28 |
 Historical Event | Cholera Epidemic 1832Note: Cholera killed 4,340 people in New Orleans & over 3,000 in New York City - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholera_outbreaks_and_pandemics |
 Birth of a sister | Mary Ann Shemwell July 10, 1834 (Age 22 months) |
| Birth of a brother | John Patrick Shemwell Jr. October 30, 1836 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a brother | … Shemwell between 1835 and 1840 (Age 2 years) |
| Historical Event | The Texas Revolution between October 1835 and April 1836 (Age 3 years)Note: The Texas Revolution (or Texas War of Independence) was fought from October 2, 1835 to April 21, 1836 between Mexico and the Texas (Tejas) portion of the Mexican state of Coahuila y Tejas. The Texas Revolution erupted in 1836, after Texas declared its independence from Mexico. Mexico responded by invading Texas, where General Santa Anna won decisive victories in the battles of the Alamo and Goliad. The war ended at the Battle of San Jacinto (about 20 miles) east of modern day downtown Houston) where General Sam Houston led the Texas Army to victory in 18 minutes over a portion of the Mexican Army under Santa Anna, who was captured shortly after the battle. The conclusion of the war resulted in the creation of the Republic of Texas - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Revolution |
| Birth of a brother | James Lewis Shemwell May 4, 1840 (Age 7 years) |
 Census | June 1, 1840 (Age 7 years) |
| Death of a brother | … Shemwell after June 1, 1840 (Age 7 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Theophilus Marion Shemwell 1843 (Age 10 years) |
| Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 13 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 | August 23, 1850 (Age 17 years) |
 Marriage | Martha Jane “Mattie” Pidcock — View this family January 25, 1851 (Age 18 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Ruth Ellen “Ruthie” Shemwell December 1851 (Age 19 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Drusilla F Shemwell May 3, 1852 (Age 19 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | John L Shemwell August 1854 (Age 21 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | James Washington Shemwell September 2, 1856 (Age 24 years) Note: or Todd, Kentucky, USA |
| Death of a sister | Barbara Jane Shemwell October 23, 1856 (Age 24 years) Cause: Died during childbirth |
| Birth of a son #5 | Joseph H “Joe” Shemwell December 3, 1858 (Age 26 years) |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 24 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Census | August 14, 1860 (Age 27 years) |
| Birth of a son #6 | Samuel M Shemwell June 22, 1861 (Age 28 years) |
| Death of a brother | Theophilus Marion Shemwell February 15, 1862 (Age 29 years) Cause: Shot in Jaw Note: Battle of Fort Donelson, Tennessee- - transported to field hospital. |
| Birth of a daughter #7 | Mary Katherine Shemwell October 30, 1864 (Age 32 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 28 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 34 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 34 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Birth of a daughter #8 | Nancy Jane “Nannie” Shemwell August 29, 1868 (Age 36 years) |
| Death of a father | John Patrick Shemwell July 1869 (Age 36 years) Cause: Inflammation of bowels |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 36 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 37 years) |
| Marriage of a child | James Andrew Tomerlin — Ruth Ellen “Ruthie” Shemwell — View this family March 23, 1876 (Age 43 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | William Herbert Tomerlin June 26, 1877 (Age 44 years) |
| Marriage of a child | John L Shemwell — Analiza Alice “Annie” Jones — View this family December 24, 1878 (Age 46 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 45 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Marriage of a child | James Washington Shemwell — Laura Lee Brinkley — View this family June 30, 1879 (Age 46 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Rosa Lee Shemwell October 20, 1879 (Age 47 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Samuel M Shemwell — Jerusia Ellen Downs — View this family December 31, 1879 (Age 47 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Martha Bell “Mattie” Tomerlin January 4, 1880 (Age 47 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #4 | Minnie Beatrice Shemwell May 5, 1880 (Age 47 years) |
| Census | June 1, 1880 (Age 47 years) |
| Death of a sister | Martha Ellen Shemwell after 1880 (Age 47 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #5 | Francis Pearl “Fannie” Shemwell December 5, 1881 (Age 49 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #6 | William Joseph “Will” Shemwell August 17, 1882 (Age 49 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #7 | Ada May Shemwell July 9, 1884 (Age 51 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Samuel M Shemwell — Martha E “Mattie” O'Neal — View this family August 21, 1884 (Age 51 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #8 | Ethel Alice Shemwell October 30, 1887 (Age 55 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Samuel M Shemwell — Elizabeth Ellen “Eliza” Jarvis — View this family March 3, 1889 (Age 56 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #9 | Harry Fountain Shemwell March 16, 1889 (Age 56 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Joseph H “Joe” Shemwell — Sarah Elizabeth Jones — View this family December 20, 1889 (Age 57 years) |
| Tax list | Tax list 1890 (Age 57 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #10 | Leonard Mason Shemwell March 8, 1891 (Age 58 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #11 | Lettie V Shemwell June 21, 1892 (Age 59 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #12 | Eclas Shemwell September 2, 1892 (Age 60 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Sylvester Millard Brown — Drusilla F Shemwell — View this family about 1892 (Age 59 years) |
| Death of a sister | Nancy Isabella Shemwell August 21, 1893 (Age 60 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #13 | Grace M Brown September 1893 (Age 61 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #14 | Albert Ennis Shemwell May 6, 1894 (Age 61 years) |
| Death of a wife | Martha Jane “Mattie” Pidcock May 20, 1894 (Age 61 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Jesse Alvis Fulkerson — Mary Katherine Shemwell — View this family June 2, 1898 (Age 65 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 65 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 #15 | Charles Howard Shemwell August 17, 1899 (Age 66 years) Note: He is in June 1900 Census |
| Death of a brother | William Henry Shemwell May 14, 1900 (Age 67 years) |
| Census | June 30, 1900 (Age 67 years) |
| Census | April 16, 1910 (Age 77 years) |
| Death of a brother | John Patrick Shemwell Jr. January 14, 1913 (Age 80 years) |
| Death of a sister | Mary Ann Shemwell April 11, 1915 (Age 82 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 83 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 grandson | Eclas Shemwell November 17, 1917 (Age 85 years) Cause: gunshot to bowels |
| Death of a son | John L Shemwell December 8, 1917 (Age 85 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 84 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 85 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 20, 1920 (Age 87 years) |
 Death | December 22, 1921 (Age 89 years) Cause of death: Chronic Interstitial Nephritis |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Miller Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
John Patrick Shemwell Birth: 1806 31 31 — Montgomery, North Carolina, United States Death: July 1869 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Drucilla Tomerlin Birth: 1804 — Rutherford, North Carolina, United States Death: Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: about 1826 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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1 year elder sister |
Barbara Jane Shemwell Birth: 1826 20 22 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: October 23, 1856 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years elder sister |
Martha Ellen Shemwell Birth: January 8, 1828 22 24 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: after 1880 |
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7 months elder sister |
Nancy Isabella Shemwell Birth: August 22, 1828 22 24 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: August 21, 1893 — Kentucky, United States |
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21 months elder brother |
William Henry Shemwell Birth: June 1, 1830 24 26 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: May 14, 1900 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years himself |
Samuel Black Shemwell Birth: August 26, 1832 26 28 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: December 22, 1921 — Cleaton, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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22 months younger sister |
Mary Ann Shemwell Birth: July 10, 1834 28 30 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: April 11, 1915 — Skilesville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
John Patrick Shemwell Jr. Birth: October 30, 1836 30 32 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: January 14, 1913 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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4 years younger brother |
… Shemwell Birth: between 1835 and 1840 29 31 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: after June 1, 1840 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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5 years younger brother |
James Lewis Shemwell Birth: May 4, 1840 34 36 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: January 21, 1926 — Drakesboro, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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4 years younger brother |
Theophilus Marion Shemwell Birth: 1843 37 39 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: February 15, 1862 |
| Family with Martha Jane “Mattie” Pidcock |
| himself |
Samuel Black Shemwell Birth: August 26, 1832 26 28 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: December 22, 1921 — Cleaton, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
| wife |
Martha Jane “Mattie” Pidcock Birth: May 3, 1824 23 24 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: May 20, 1894 — Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: January 25, 1851 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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11 months daughter |
Ruth Ellen “Ruthie” Shemwell Birth: December 1851 19 27 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: February 23, 1926 — Beaver Dam, Ohio, Kentucky, United States |
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5 months daughter |
Drusilla F Shemwell Birth: May 3, 1852 19 28 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: March 8, 1924 — Cleaton, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years son |
John L Shemwell Birth: August 1854 21 30 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: December 8, 1917 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years son |
James Washington Shemwell Birth: September 2, 1856 24 32 — Ohio, Kentucky, United States Death: September 26, 1926 — Cleaton, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years son |
Joseph H “Joe” Shemwell Birth: December 3, 1858 26 34 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: August 20, 1924 — Cleaton, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years son |
Samuel M Shemwell Birth: June 22, 1861 28 37 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: August 17, 1935 — Cleaton, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Mary Katherine Shemwell Birth: October 30, 1864 32 40 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: March 29, 1941 — Cleaton, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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4 years daughter |
Nancy Jane “Nannie” Shemwell Birth: August 29, 1868 36 44 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: October 1, 1936 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
Samuel Black Shemwell has 16 first cousins recorded
Father's family (16)
Parents John Hall + Mary “Polly” Shemwell
Parents William Shemwell + Mary Gorrell
Parents Jeremiah O “Jerry” Holland + Ann Shemwell
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1840 United States - Census transcript - John Patrick Shemwell - Household
Todd Ky
John's age is wrong - added son -died in infancy? -b 1M 40-50 3M < 5 2M 5-10 1F 5-10 3F 10-15 1F 30-40 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1850 United States - Census transcript - John Patrick Shemwell - Household
Dist. 2 Todd, Kentucky, USA
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| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - Samuel Black Shemwell - Household
Todd, Kentucky
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| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Samuel Black Shemwell - Household
4th Pct. Paradise, Muhlenberg Ky.
Notes: Mary C. & Susan S. Shemwell are Black. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - Samuel Black Shemwell - Household
Paradise, Muhlenberg, Ky
Notes: 2 doors down from John | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Samuel Black Shemwell - Household
Cromwell, Ohio, Kentucky
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Samuel M Shemwell - Household
Bevier, Muhlenberg, KY
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Samuel M Shemwell - Household
Shemwell Hill Central City, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
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| Death | Name: S. B. Shemwell
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 1921
Event Place: Cleaton, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
Gender: Male
Father's Name: John Shemwell
Mother's Name: Tomblrin
Reference ID: 27842
GS Film number: 1943361 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Note | U.S. Civil War Draft Registration
Second Congressional District, Ohio, Kentucky, USA
Age 31; White; Farmer; Married; Place of Birth: KY
Date: 10 September 1863 |