Samuel Vanmeter ShemwellAge: 66 years1845–1911
- Name
- Samuel Vanmeter Shemwell
- Given names
- Samuel Vanmeter
- Surname
- Shemwell
 Birth | March 24, 1845 26 22 |
 Birth of a sister | Columbia Jane Shemwell May 7, 1847 (Age 2 years) |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 9 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 |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Jane “Jenny” Dickerson 1850 (Age 4 years) |
 Census | June 1, 1850 (Age 5 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Mary Ann Shemwell June 5, 1850 (Age 5 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Susan Shemwell 1852 (Age 6 years) |
| Birth of a brother | William Luther Shemwell April 22, 1853 (Age 8 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Sarah Permelia Shemwell March 10, 1855 (Age 9 years) |
| 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 | Lewis T Shemwell February 10, 1860 (Age 14 years) |
| Census | June 1, 1860 (Age 15 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Samuel James Shemwell August 17, 1860 (Age 15 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Mary “Polly” VanMetre December 2, 1863 (Age 18 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 16 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 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 |
| Death of a mother | Susan Kerna Tabb May 20, 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 |
| 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 |
 Marriage | Mary S Troutt — View this family February 22, 1883 (Age 37 years) |
| Death of a father | William Green Shemwell after May 1884 (Age 39 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Gertrude “Girdie” Shemwell October 7, 1885 (Age 40 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Ruth Shemwell June 26, 1893 (Age 48 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 53 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 11, 1900 (Age 55 years) |
| Death of a sister | Columbia Jane Shemwell May 12, 1907 (Age 62 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Burgett Eugene “Bert” Shemwell November 14, 1909 (Age 64 years) |
| Death of a sister | Sarah Permelia Shemwell before April 1910 (Age 65 years) |
| Census | April 30, 1910 (Age 65 years) |
| Death of a brother | William Luther Shemwell August 15, 1910 (Age 65 years) |
| Death of a brother | Joseph A Shemwell after 1910 (Age 64 years) |
 Death | December 8, 1911 (Age 66 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Masonic Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
William Green Shemwell Birth: January 27, 1819 42 39 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: after May 1884 |
| mother |
Susan Kerna Tabb Birth: November 14, 1822 50 34 — Kentucky, United States Death: May 20, 1869 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: January 15, 1840 — Montgomery, Tennessee, United States |
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17 months elder brother |
Joseph A Shemwell Birth: June 6, 1841 22 18 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: after 1910 |
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22 months elder sister |
George Ann Shemwell Birth: April 8, 1843 24 20 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: January 13, 1931 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years himself |
Samuel Vanmeter Shemwell Birth: March 24, 1845 26 22 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: December 8, 1911 — Nashville, Washington, Illinois, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Columbia Jane Shemwell Birth: May 7, 1847 28 24 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: May 12, 1907 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Mary Ann Shemwell Birth: June 5, 1850 31 27 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: March 8, 1931 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Susan Shemwell Birth: 1852 32 29 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: |
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16 months younger brother |
William Luther Shemwell Birth: April 22, 1853 34 30 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: August 15, 1910 — Kentucky, United States |
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23 months younger sister |
Sarah Permelia Shemwell Birth: March 10, 1855 36 32 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: before April 1910 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
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5 years younger brother |
Lewis T Shemwell Birth: February 10, 1860 41 37 — Kentucky, United States Death: April 16, 1934 — Nashville, Washington, Illinois, United States |
| Family with Mary S Troutt |
| himself |
Samuel Vanmeter Shemwell Birth: March 24, 1845 26 22 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: December 8, 1911 — Nashville, Washington, Illinois, United States |
| wife |
Mary S Troutt Birth: July 1864 — Washington, Illinois, United States Death: September 22, 1939 — Nashville, Washington, Illinois, United States |
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Marriage: February 22, 1883 — |
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3 years daughter |
Gertrude “Girdie” Shemwell Birth: October 7, 1885 40 21 — Nashville, Washington, Illinois, United States Death: |
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8 years daughter |
Ruth Shemwell Birth: June 26, 1893 48 28 — Pinckneyville, Perry, Illinois, United States Death: after November 1943 |
Samuel Vanmeter Shemwell has 27 first cousins recorded
Father's family (27)
Parents James Shemwell + Nancy Green
Parents Thomas Holland + Nancy Shemwell
Parents Thomas Shemwell + Nancy Bone
Parents Nicholas Christian + Sarah “Sally” Shemwell
Parents Samuel Shemwell + Permelia Belinda Rickman
Parents Alexander McEwing Christian + Jane Shemwell
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1850 United States - Census transcript - William G. Shemwell - Household
Dist. 2 Todd, Kentucky, USA
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| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - William G. Shemwell - Household
Dist. 2 Todd, Kentucky, USA
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Samuel V Shemwell - Household
Nashville, Washington, Illinois
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Samuel V Shemwell - Household
Washington, Illinois, United States
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