George Ann ShemwellAge: 87 years1843–1931
- Name
- George Ann Shemwell
- Given names
- George Ann
- Surname
- Shemwell
- Married name
- George Ann Harris
 Birth | April 8, 1843 24 20 |
 Birth of a brother | Samuel Vanmeter Shemwell March 24, 1845 (Age 23 months) |
| Birth of a sister | Columbia Jane Shemwell May 7, 1847 (Age 4 years) |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 2 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 |
| Birth of a sister | Mary Ann Shemwell June 5, 1850 (Age 7 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Jane “Jenny” Dickerson 1850 (Age 6 years) |
 Census | June 1, 1850 (Age 7 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Susan Shemwell 1852 (Age 8 years) |
| Birth of a brother | William Luther Shemwell April 22, 1853 (Age 10 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Sarah Permelia Shemwell March 10, 1855 (Age 11 years) |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 13 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 16 years) |
| Census | June 1, 1860 (Age 17 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Samuel James Shemwell August 17, 1860 (Age 17 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Mary “Polly” VanMetre December 2, 1863 (Age 20 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 17 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 |
 Marriage | John Andrew Harris — View this family July 22, 1866 (Age 23 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | James Virgil Harris May 17, 1867 (Age 24 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 23 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 23 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Birth of a son #2 | Thomas A Harris May 5, 1869 (Age 26 years) |
| Death of a mother | Susan Kerna Tabb May 20, 1869 (Age 26 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 25 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 | October 8, 1870 (Age 27 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | Samuel Taft Harris February 10, 1871 (Age 27 years) |
| Death of a son | Thomas A Harris May 25, 1871 (Age 28 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | Louis Alston “Allie” Harris May 5, 1874 (Age 31 years) |
| Birth of a son #5 | Jonathan Rue Harris February 18, 1877 (Age 33 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 34 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Birth of a son #6 | Ellis Kerney Harris June 17, 1879 (Age 36 years) |
| Census | June 17, 1880 (Age 37 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #7 | Zelpha Blanche Harris August 29, 1882 (Age 39 years) |
| Death of a father | William Green Shemwell after May 1884 (Age 41 years) |
| Birth of a son #8 | William Wiley Harris September 27, 1884 (Age 41 years) |
| Birth of a son #9 | Joshua Cleveland Harris July 16, 1887 (Age 44 years) |
| Marriage of a child | James Virgil Harris — Georgie Bell Driskill — View this family 1894 (Age 50 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Emmett Ross Harris March 6, 1896 (Age 52 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 54 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 |
| Marriage of a child | Samuel Taft Harris — Ida Compton — View this family 1900 (Age 56 years) |
| Census | June 7, 1900 (Age 57 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Enola M Harris March 4, 1902 (Age 58 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Ellis Kerney Harris — Floyd Minnie “Flo” Sherrod — View this family about 1902 (Age 58 years) |
| Death of a son | William Wiley Harris January 8, 1902 (Age 58 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | Brodie Burtrom Harris June 18, 1903 (Age 60 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Clem Phillips — Zelpha Blanche Harris — View this family calculated 1903 (Age 59 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | Esbon Layton Phillips August 11, 1905 (Age 62 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #5 | Ora Lee Harris September 11, 1905 (Age 62 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #6 | Olaf Clayton Phillips November 5, 1906 (Age 63 years) |
| Death of a sister | Columbia Jane Shemwell May 12, 1907 (Age 64 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #7 | Onie Fay Harris October 21, 1907 (Age 64 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #8 | Nora Marie Harris January 10, 1908 (Age 64 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #9 | Velmer Vertis Harris September 4, 1909 (Age 66 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #10 | James Vernie Harris 1909 (Age 65 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #11 | Artie Iola Phillips February 21, 1909 (Age 65 years) |
| Death of a granddaughter | Onie Fay Harris June 21, 1909 (Age 66 years) |
| Death of a sister | Sarah Permelia Shemwell before April 1910 (Age 66 years) |
| Census | May 10, 1910 (Age 67 years) |
| Death of a brother | William Luther Shemwell August 15, 1910 (Age 67 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #12 | Iva Mae Phillips October 12, 1910 (Age 67 years) |
| Death of a brother | Joseph A Shemwell after 1910 (Age 66 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #13 | Melvin Layton Harris September 5, 1911 (Age 68 years) |
| Death of a brother | Samuel Vanmeter Shemwell December 8, 1911 (Age 68 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Joshua Cleveland Harris — Hazel L Scott — View this family July 6, 1912 (Age 69 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #14 | Estelle Vara Harris June 19, 1913 (Age 70 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #15 | Norman Mendral Phillips September 5, 1913 (Age 70 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #16 | Elsie Harris 1914 (Age 70 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #17 | James Olin Harris May 15, 1915 (Age 72 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #18 | Zelpha Adaline Phillips June 7, 1915 (Age 72 years) |
| Death of a husband | John Andrew Harris 1915 (Age 71 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 72 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Birth of a grandson #19 | Milburn Lee Phillips October 18, 1917 (Age 74 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 73 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 74 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/ |
| Birth of a granddaughter #20 | Mary Magdalene Phillips May 7, 1919 (Age 76 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #21 | Zula Phillips January 22, 1922 (Age 78 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 86 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 |
| Census | April 24, 1930 (Age 87 years) |
 Death | January 13, 1931 (Age 87 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Gant 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 herself |
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 younger brother |
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 John Andrew Harris |
| husband |
John Andrew Harris Birth: November 1845 — Kentucky, United States Death: 1915 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States |
| herself |
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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Marriage: July 22, 1866 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years son |
Thomas A Harris Birth: May 5, 1869 23 26 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: May 25, 1871 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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-2 years son |
James Virgil Harris Birth: May 17, 1867 21 24 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: April 6, 1938 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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4 years son |
Samuel Taft Harris Birth: February 10, 1871 25 27 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: June 11, 1933 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years son |
Louis Alston “Allie” Harris Birth: May 5, 1874 28 31 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: April 7, 1936 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years son |
Jonathan Rue Harris Birth: February 18, 1877 31 33 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: May 7, 1957 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years son |
Ellis Kerney Harris Birth: June 17, 1879 33 36 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: May 17, 1960 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Zelpha Blanche Harris Birth: August 29, 1882 36 39 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: February 9, 1963 — Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years son |
William Wiley Harris Birth: September 27, 1884 38 41 — Kentucky, United States Death: January 8, 1902 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years son |
Joshua Cleveland Harris Birth: July 16, 1887 41 44 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: April 14, 1957 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States |
George Ann 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 | 1870 United States - Census transcript - John Andrew Harris - Household
Sharon, Todd, Kentucky
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - John A Harris - Household
Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - John A Harris - Household
Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Jonathan Rue Harris - Household
Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Joshua Cleveland Harris - Household
Sharongrove Everett Sharon and Clifty, Todd, Kentucky
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