George Morton ShemwellAge: 79 years1824–1904
- Name
- George Morton Shemwell
- Given names
- George Morton
- Surname
- Shemwell
 Birth | August 1824 24 22 Note: maybe 1827 ? |
 Birth of a sister | Elizabeth Shemwell August 1826 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a brother | William M Shemwell about 1829 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Winifred Shemwell May 1830 (Age 5 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | James Shemwell Jr. July 10, 1831 (Age 6 years) Note: James may have passed prior to 1831. Elizabeth is listed as head of the household in the 1830 US Federal Census in Todd, Kentucky, United States. This census was taken June 1, 1830 - August 1, 1830. |
 Marriage | Louisa M Lee — View this family September 15, 1845 (Age 21 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Nancy Boley 1845 (Age 20 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | William David Shemwell August 22, 1846 (Age 22 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Alexander Taylor Shemwell March 4, 1849 (Age 24 years) |
 Census | September 18, 1850 (Age 26 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | John William Shemwell August 13, 1851 (Age 27 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | James Gorrell 1851 (Age 26 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | Sylvester Penic Shemwell June 20, 1854 (Age 29 years) |
 Occupation | bricklayer/Farmer/carpenter |
 Residence | 1855 (Age 30 years) Note: Farm, Saline Co. near Pettis Co. line |
| Birth of a daughter #5 | Anna Elizabeth “Annie” Shemwell August 30, 1859 (Age 35 years) |
| Census | June 1, 1860 (Age 35 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #6 | Sarah M “Sallie” Shemwell May 1862 (Age 37 years) Note: or 1863 |
 Military | Civil War Type: Oath October 18, 1862 (Age 38 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #7 | Mary Louisa Shemwell April 20, 1864 (Age 39 years) |
 Conscripted | Civil War October 1864 (Age 40 years) |
| Marriage of a child | William David Shemwell — Lucy Elizabeth Platt — View this family Type: Religious marriage October 8, 1867 (Age 43 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #8 | Louisa Shemwell 1868 (Age 43 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | William Standard Shemwell September 7, 1868 (Age 44 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Louisa Shemwell August 1869 (Age 45 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Ida Mae Shemwell November 29, 1869 (Age 45 years) |
| Census | June 1, 1870 (Age 45 years) |
| Death of a father | William Shemwell after July 1870 (Age 45 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | Solon Underwood Shemwell June 12, 1871 (Age 46 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #9 | Louella “Lula” Carrie Shemwell September 25, 1871 (Age 47 years) |
| Marriage of a child | John William Shemwell — Madora Cramer — View this family January 9, 1873 (Age 48 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | Edward Lee Shemwell February 15, 1873 (Age 48 years) |
| Death of a mother | Mary Gorrell August 22, 1873 (Age 49 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #5 | Rosa Elnora “Rosie” Shemwell February 13, 1874 (Age 49 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #6 | Elma Medora Shemwell June 5, 1875 (Age 50 years) |
| Death of a granddaughter | Elma Medora Shemwell April 30, 1876 (Age 51 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Sylvester Penic Shemwell — Eva Ann Cramer — View this family Type: Civil marriage May 16, 1876 (Age 51 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Ishamel Higdon Whitlow — Sarah M “Sallie” Shemwell — View this family January 10, 1878 (Age 53 years) Note: James M. Huff, JP |
| Marriage of a child | William Nicholas McMahan — Anna Elizabeth “Annie” Shemwell — View this family March 31, 1878 (Age 53 years) Note: James M. Huff, J.P. |
| Birth of a granddaughter #7 | Anna Margaret “Maggie” Shemwell June 3, 1878 (Age 53 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #8 | George Ludwell Shemwell September 6, 1878 (Age 54 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #9 | Mamie McMahan about 1879 (Age 54 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #10 | John Morton “Jack” Shemwell March 5, 1880 (Age 55 years) |
| Census | June 1, 1880 (Age 55 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #11 | Flora Dell Whitlow July 6, 1880 (Age 55 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #12 | Ella J Shemwell April 22, 1881 (Age 56 years) |
| Marriage of a child | James Finley Burris — Mary Louisa Shemwell — View this family Type: Civil marriage July 23, 1882 (Age 57 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #13 | Dovie Myrtle Shemwell July 26, 1882 (Age 57 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #14 | Nellie Whitlow August 1882 (Age 58 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #15 | Elzira “Ella” McMahan September 10, 1882 (Age 58 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #16 | … Burris December 16, 1883 (Age 59 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #17 | Henry Andrew “Boss” Shemwell September 30, 1884 (Age 60 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #18 | Charles Nicholas “Charlie” McMahan February 28, 1885 (Age 60 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #19 | Anna Louise “Dolly” Whitlow April 21, 1885 (Age 60 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #20 | Dorval Burris August 4, 1885 (Age 61 years) |
| Death of a wife | Louisa M Lee October 28, 1886 (Age 62 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #21 | Ora Raymond Burris March 11, 1887 (Age 62 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #22 | Infant Shemwell August 4, 1887 (Age 63 years) |
| Death of a grandson | Infant Shemwell August 4, 1887 (Age 63 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #23 | Dorsey John Whitlow September 25, 1887 (Age 63 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #24 | Rosa Lee “Rosalie” Shemwell November 1887 (Age 63 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #25 | William Jesse Brady November 9, 1888 (Age 64 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #26 | Nettie Whitlow May 1889 (Age 64 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Charles Williams — Louella “Lula” Carrie Shemwell — View this family Type: Religious marriage May 25, 1889 (Age 64 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Alexander Taylor Shemwell — Melvina Pamelia Thompson — View this family October 1889 (Age 65 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #27 | Gertrude Shemwell September 23, 1890 (Age 66 years) |
| Marriage of a child | George William Brady — Louella “Lula” Carrie Shemwell — View this family 1890 (Age 65 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #28 | Robert Carter Shemwell July 7, 1891 (Age 66 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #29 | Etta Lee Burris September 3, 1891 (Age 67 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #30 | Annie McMahan October 17, 1891 (Age 67 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #31 | Virginia Gayle Brady November 24, 1891 (Age 67 years) |
| Death of a grandson | Robert Carter Shemwell January 2, 1892 (Age 67 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #32 | Alta M Shemwell August 1892 (Age 68 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #33 | Orpha Whitlow August 3, 1892 (Age 68 years) |
| Death of a grandson | Solon Underwood Shemwell December 29, 1892 (Age 68 years) Cause: Consumption |
| Birth of a grandson #34 | George Alexander Shemwell January 3, 1894 (Age 69 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #35 | Henry Clay Whitlow June 4, 1894 (Age 69 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #36 | Bessie Marguerite McMahan November 14, 1894 (Age 70 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #37 | Andrew Louis Brady May 15, 1895 (Age 70 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #38 | Ruth Shemwell July 16, 1896 (Age 71 years) |
| Death of a grandson | Edward Lee Shemwell December 7, 1896 (Age 72 years) Cause: Consumption |
| Marriage of a child | John William Shemwell — Catherine J Martin — View this family Type: Religious marriage May 6, 1897 (Age 72 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #39 | Robert Levi Shemwell February 8, 1898 (Age 73 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #40 | John Whitlow August 19, 1898 (Age 74 years) |
| Death of a granddaughter | Anna Margaret “Maggie” Shemwell October 13, 1898 (Age 74 years) |
| Death of a granddaughter | Annie McMahan before 1900 (Age 75 years) |
| Census | June 1, 1900 (Age 75 years) Note: Living with I.H. Whitlow - Son-in-law |
| Death of a grandson | Robert Levi Shemwell August 1, 1901 (Age 77 years) Cause: Dysentery |
| Death of a granddaughter | Orpha Whitlow 1901 (Age 76 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Sarah M “Sallie” Shemwell 1901 (Age 76 years) |
| Death of a granddaughter | Dovie Myrtle Shemwell March 29, 1902 (Age 77 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #41 | Edna Lee “Betty” Brady July 6, 1902 (Age 77 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Greenberry “Doc” Turner — Anna Elizabeth “Annie” Shemwell — View this family August 1902 (Age 78 years) |
| Death of a granddaughter | Nellie Whitlow 1902 (Age 77 years) |
| Death of a sister | Elizabeth Shemwell February 1, 1903 (Age 78 years) |
 Death | July 29, 1904 (Age 79 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Old Lamine Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
William Shemwell Birth: before 1800 25 25 — North Carolina, United States Death: after July 1870 — Missouri, United States |
| mother |
Mary Gorrell Birth: 1802 27 27 — Virginia, United States Death: August 22, 1873 — Fairview, Pettis, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: September 25, 1823 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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11 months himself |
George Morton Shemwell Birth: August 1824 24 22 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: July 29, 1904 — Higginsville, Lafayette, Missouri, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Elizabeth Shemwell Birth: August 1826 26 24 — Kentucky, United States Death: February 1, 1903 — Fort Scott, Bourbon, Kansas, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
William M Shemwell Birth: about 1829 29 27 — Kentucky, United States Death: |
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17 months younger sister |
Winifred Shemwell Birth: May 1830 30 28 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: August 15, 1909 — Fort Scott, Bourbon, Kansas, United States |
| Family with Louisa M Lee |
| himself |
George Morton Shemwell Birth: August 1824 24 22 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: July 29, 1904 — Higginsville, Lafayette, Missouri, United States |
| wife |
Louisa M Lee Birth: July 21, 1830 29 28 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: October 28, 1886 — Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: September 15, 1845 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
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11 months son |
William David Shemwell Birth: August 22, 1846 22 16 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: August 26, 1913 — Higginsville, Lafayette, Missouri, United States |
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3 years son |
Alexander Taylor Shemwell Birth: March 4, 1849 24 18 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: July 24, 1917 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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2 years son |
John William Shemwell Birth: August 13, 1851 27 21 — Kentucky, United States Death: December 22, 1934 — Houston, Harris, Texas, United States |
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3 years son |
Sylvester Penic Shemwell Birth: June 20, 1854 29 23 — Pettis, Missouri, United States Death: March 10, 1936 — Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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5 years daughter |
Anna Elizabeth “Annie” Shemwell Birth: August 30, 1859 35 29 — Pettis, Missouri, United States Death: October 22, 1934 — Howell, Missouri, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Sarah M “Sallie” Shemwell Birth: May 1862 37 31 — Missouri, United States Death: 1901 |
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2 years daughter |
Mary Louisa Shemwell Birth: April 20, 1864 39 33 — Missouri, United States Death: 1948 — Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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5 years daughter |
Louisa Shemwell Birth: 1868 43 37 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: August 1869 — Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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4 years daughter |
Louella “Lula” Carrie Shemwell Birth: September 25, 1871 47 41 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: January 15, 1922 — Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States |
George Morton Shemwell has 43 first cousins recorded
Father's family (22)
Parents John Hall + Mary “Polly” Shemwell
Parents Jeremiah O “Jerry” Holland + Ann Shemwell
Parents John Patrick Shemwell + Drucilla Tomerlin
Mother's family (21)
Parents John Boley Gorrell + Mary H Tabb
Parents Thomas Taylor Gorrell + Sarah Elizabeth Miller
| Birth | maybe 1827 ? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1850 United States - Census transcript - George Morton Shemwell - Household
Logan, Kentucky
District 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Farm, Saline Co. near Pettis Co. line | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - George Morton Shemwell - Household
Georgetown Post Office Bowling Green Township, Pettis, Missouri, United States
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| Conscripted | Sedalia Advertiser January 21, 1865 (Age 40)
Conscripted Army-Price's CSA Army | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - George Morton Shemwell - Household
Lamine, Cooper, Missouri
Notes: William & Lucy next door | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - George Morton Shemwell - Household
Lamine, Cooper, Missouri
Text: Living with grandparents, George Morton and Louisa Shemwell, and father, John William Shemwell. Madora Cramer Shemwell, mother, had died. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Ishamel Higdon Whitlow - Household
Blackwater, Cooper, MO
Next door to Ida Sallie's neice | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | Living with I.H. Whitlow - Son-in-law |