The Shemwell Family

Events of close relatives Historical facts
Birth	October 1, 1866 28 22 Kentucky, United States
Marriage	William F Day — View this family unknown
Historical Event	The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 3 months) Alaska, USA 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 3 months) New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Historical Event	Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 2 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
Birth of a brother	Jesse L Gant February 13, 1872 (Age 5 years)
Historical Event	Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 11 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 paternal grandfather	Alfred L Gant 1880 (Age 13 years)
Birth of a daughter #1	Eura L Day May 5, 1895 (Age 28 years) Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death of a maternal grandmother	Mary Elizabeth Holland March 22, 1896 (Age 29 years) Todd, Kentucky, United States
Historical Event	Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 31 years) Cuba 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
Death of a maternal grandfather	Lemuel W Harris June 21, 1903 (Age 36 years) Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death of a father	William M Gant March 8, 1916 (Age 49 years) Todd, Kentucky, United States
Historical Event	Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 49 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 50 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 51 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 mother	Mary Ellen Harris April 7, 1926 (Age 59 years) Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Historical Event	The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 63 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	January 10, 1933 (Age 66 years) Logan, Kentucky, United States

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father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Mary Ellen Harris Laura Taylor Gant Jesse L Gant William M Gant Birth: August 24, 1838 25 20 — Tennessee, United States Death: March 8, 1916 — Todd, Kentucky, United States
mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse William M Gant Laura Taylor Gant Jesse L Gant Mary Ellen Harris Birth: September 12, 1844 23 17 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: April 7, 1926 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States
	Marriage: August 11, 1864 — Todd, Kentucky, United States
2 years herself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse William F Day Eura L Day Laura Taylor Gant Birth: October 1, 1866 28 22 — Kentucky, United States Death: January 10, 1933 — Logan, Kentucky, United States
5 years younger brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Jesse L Gant Birth: February 13, 1872 33 27 Death:

Family with William F Day - View this family

husband	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Laura Taylor Gant Eura L Day William F Day Birth: January 1863 — Kentucky, United States Death: January 28, 1942 — Logan, Kentucky, United States
herself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse William F Day Eura L Day Laura Taylor Gant Birth: October 1, 1866 28 22 — Kentucky, United States Death: January 10, 1933 — Logan, Kentucky, United States
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daughter	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Uhlan Clyde Stinson Eura L Day Birth: May 5, 1895 32 28 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: December 15, 1954 — Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States

Family with parents
father Parents Alfred L Gant Permelia P Bugg	William M Gant 1838–1916
mother Parents Lemuel W Harris Mary Elizabeth Holland	Mary Ellen Harris 1844–1926
herself Family William F Day Eura L Day	Laura Taylor Gant 1866–1933
younger brother Family (none)	Jesse L Gant 1872–
Family with William F Day
husband Parents (unknown)	William F Day 1863–1942
herself Parents William M Gant Mary Ellen Harris	Laura Taylor Gant 1866–1933
daughter Family Uhlan Clyde Stinson	Eura L Day 1895–1954