Sarah Adele ShemwellAge: 80 years1855–1936
- Name
- Sarah Adele Shemwell
- Given names
- Sarah Adele
- Surname
- Shemwell
- Married name
- Sarah Adele Moore
 Birth | September 1, 1855 50 37 |
 Birth of a sister | Helen Shemwell 1858 (Age 2 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Mariam Jones “Milly” Whatley October 16, 1858 (Age 3 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Florence A Shemwell July 18, 1859 (Age 3 years) |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 16 months)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
 Census | August 2, 1860 (Age 4 years) Note: Dist. 7 Dover |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 5 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 11 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 11 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 13 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 |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Rebecca … September 25, 1870 (Age 15 years) |
| Death of a mother | Elizabeth Nolan Lassiter March 28, 1876 (Age 20 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 22 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Death of a father | Allen J “A J” Shemwell December 8, 1879 (Age 24 years) |
| Census | June 5, 1880 (Age 24 years) |
 Marriage | Jessie Hughes Moore — View this family about 1892 (Age 36 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 42 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 12, 1900 (Age 44 years) |
| Death of a sister | Florence A Shemwell May 9, 1916 (Age 60 years) Cause: Typhoid pneumonia |
| Burial of a sister | Florence A Shemwell May 10, 1916 (Age 60 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Frank Cawthorn Family Cemetery |
| Death of a husband | Jessie Hughes Moore July 20, 1916 (Age 60 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 60 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 61 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 62 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 brother | Dr. Frank Allen Shemwell March 31, 1923 (Age 67 years) Cause: bronchial pneumonia |
| Burial of a brother | Dr. Frank Allen Shemwell April 2, 1923 (Age 67 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Oak Grove Cemetery |
| Death of a sister | Mary Alice Shemwell April 26, 1925 (Age 69 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 74 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 | Martha Elizabeth “Lizzie” Shemwell May 28, 1930 (Age 74 years) |
| Burial of a sister | Martha Elizabeth “Lizzie” Shemwell May 29, 1930 (Age 74 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Dover Cemetery |
| Will | 1936 (Age 80 years) |
 Death | August 5, 1936 (Age 80 years) Cause of death: Chronic colitis |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Oakland Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Allen J “A J” Shemwell Birth: November 26, 1804 21 16 — Kentucky, United States Death: December 8, 1879 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Elizabeth Nolan Lassiter Birth: September 17, 1817 33 29 — Tennessee, United States Death: March 28, 1876 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: about 1842 — |
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2 years elder sister |
Emily “Emma” Shemwell Birth: 1843 38 25 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: July 22, 1852 |
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2 years elder sister |
Mary Alice Shemwell Birth: May 17, 1845 40 27 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: April 26, 1925 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years elder brother |
Dr. Frank Allen Shemwell Birth: September 22, 1847 42 30 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: March 31, 1923 — Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years elder sister |
Martha Elizabeth “Lizzie” Shemwell Birth: December 1850 46 33 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: May 28, 1930 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years elder brother |
Wiley Shemwell Birth: 1853 48 35 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: |
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3 years herself |
Sarah Adele Shemwell Birth: September 1, 1855 50 37 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: August 5, 1936 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Helen Shemwell Birth: 1858 53 40 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: |
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18 months younger sister |
Florence A Shemwell Birth: July 18, 1859 54 41 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: May 9, 1916 — Mt. Juliet, Wilson, Tennessee, United States |
| Family with Jessie Hughes Moore |
| husband |
Jessie Hughes Moore Birth: July 1845 — Gibson, Tennessee, United States Death: July 20, 1916 — Gibson, Tennessee, United States |
| herself |
Sarah Adele Shemwell Birth: September 1, 1855 50 37 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: August 5, 1936 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: about 1892 — |
Sarah Adele Shemwell has 47 first cousins recorded
Father's family (47)
Parents Harrison Higgs “Harry” Shemwell + Elizabeth “Lizzie” Cheek
Parents Harrison Higgs “Harry” Shemwell + Martha Sinnot
Parents Samuel Hester + Eleanor Kittrell “Ellen” Shemwell
Parents Thomas Charles Hewell + Mary Lucinda Shemwell
Parents Zachariah Thomas “Z T” Shemwell + Elizabeth “Betsey” Evans
Parents Dr. James Jackson “J J” Shemwell + Elizabeth Nolin
Parents Dr. James Jackson “J J” Shemwell + Olivia “Ollie” McCauley
Parents Joseph Daniel “Joe” Clardy + Emily Ellen Shemwell
Parents David Mushet + Mary Ann Shemwell
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - Allen J. Shemwell - Household
Dist. 7 Dover Stewart, Tennessee, United States
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - Wiley Shemwell - Household
Dover, Stewart, TN
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Jessie Hughes Moore - Household
Gibson, Tennessee
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