The Shemwell Family

Events of close relatives Historical facts
Birth	June 8, 1864 39 34 Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Historical Event	American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 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
Birth of a brother	Solomon Finley Moody December 11, 1866 (Age 2 years) Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Historical Event	The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 2 years) 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 2 years) 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 4 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 sister	Lora Emma Moody January 30, 1876 (Age 11 years) Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Historical Event	Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 13 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 sister	Lora Emma Moody January 2, 1880 (Age 15 years) Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death of a mother	Martha Greene January 2, 1880 (Age 15 years) Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Marriage of a parent	Holden Moody — Amanda L Presnell — View this family February 1883 (Age 18 years)
Death of a brother	Ferguson Greenlee Moody August 16, 1887 (Age 23 years) Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death of a maternal grandfather	Deacon Solomon Greene December 24, 1888 (Age 24 years) Deep Gap, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Historical Event	Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 33 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 father	Holden Moody May 29, 1906 (Age 41 years) Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death of a sister	Nancy C Moody February 25, 1913 (Age 48 years) Damascus, Washington, Virginia, United States
Death of a brother	William G “Bud” Moody June 28, 1914 (Age 50 years) Boone, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Historical Event	Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 51 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 52 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 53 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	December 15, 1927 (Age 63 years) Blue Ridge, Watauga, North Carolina, United States

Date differences

Family with parents - View this family

father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Martha Greene Nancy C Moody William G “Bud” Moody Mary Caroline Moody George Washington Moody Abner Bennett Moody Ferguson Greenlee Moody Sarah Alice Moody Solomon Finley Moody Lora Emma Moody Family with spouse Amanda L Presnell Holden Moody Birth: May 16, 1825 — Ashe, North Carolina, United States Death: May 29, 1906 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States
mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Linville Land Clarissa Louvenia Greene Family with spouse Holden Moody Nancy C Moody William G “Bud” Moody Mary Caroline Moody George Washington Moody Abner Bennett Moody Ferguson Greenlee Moody Sarah Alice Moody Solomon Finley Moody Lora Emma Moody Martha Greene Birth: April 4, 1830 28 28 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: January 2, 1880 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States
	Marriage: about 1850 —
3 years elder sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Nancy C Moody Birth: March 10, 1853 27 22 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: February 25, 1913 — Damascus, Washington, Virginia, United States
22 months elder brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree William G “Bud” Moody Birth: January 1, 1855 29 24 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: June 28, 1914 — Boone, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
11 months elder sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Mary Caroline Moody Birth: December 8, 1855 30 25 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: January 16, 1929 — Vilas, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
3 years elder brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree George Washington Moody Birth: January 1, 1859 33 28 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: September 13, 1930 — Blowing Rock, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
1 year elder brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Abner Bennett Moody Birth: December 20, 1859 34 29 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: December 13, 1945 — Boone, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
17 months elder brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Ferguson Greenlee Moody Birth: June 1, 1861 36 31 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: August 16, 1887 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States
3 years herself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Sarah Alice Moody Birth: June 8, 1864 39 34 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: December 15, 1927 — Blue Ridge, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
3 years younger brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Solomon Finley Moody Birth: December 11, 1866 41 36 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: September 23, 1951 — Vilas, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
9 years younger sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Lora Emma Moody Birth: January 30, 1876 50 45 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: January 2, 1880 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States

Father’s family with Amanda L Presnell - View this family

father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Martha Greene Nancy C Moody William G “Bud” Moody Mary Caroline Moody George Washington Moody Abner Bennett Moody Ferguson Greenlee Moody Sarah Alice Moody Solomon Finley Moody Lora Emma Moody Family with spouse Amanda L Presnell Holden Moody Birth: May 16, 1825 — Ashe, North Carolina, United States Death: May 29, 1906 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States
step-mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Holden Moody Amanda L Presnell Birth: November 13, 1840 — North Carolina, United States Death: November 11, 1889 — Vilas, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
	Marriage: February 1883 —

Mother’s family with Linville Land - View this family

step-father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Martha Greene Clarissa Louvenia Greene Linville Land Birth: July 27, 1822 — Wilkes, North Carolina, United States Death: November 4, 1884 — Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Linville Land Clarissa Louvenia Greene Family with spouse Holden Moody Nancy C Moody William G “Bud” Moody Mary Caroline Moody George Washington Moody Abner Bennett Moody Ferguson Greenlee Moody Sarah Alice Moody Solomon Finley Moody Lora Emma Moody Martha Greene Birth: April 4, 1830 28 28 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: January 2, 1880 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States
half-sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Clarissa Louvenia Greene Birth: October 12, 1848 26 18 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: March 6, 1937 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States

Family with parents
father Parents (unknown)	Holden Moody 1825–1906
mother Parents Deacon Solomon Greene Nancy Mary Hodges	Martha Greene 1830–1880
elder sister Family (none)	Nancy C Moody 1853–1913
elder brother Family (none)	William G “Bud” Moody 1855–1914
elder sister Family (none)	Mary Caroline Moody 1855–1929
elder brother Family (none)	George Washington Moody 1859–1930
elder brother Family (none)	Abner Bennett Moody 1859–1945
elder brother Family (none)	Ferguson Greenlee Moody 1861–1887
herself Family (none)	Sarah Alice Moody 1864–1927
younger brother Family (none)	Solomon Finley Moody 1866–1951
younger sister Family (none)	Lora Emma Moody 1876–1880
Father’s family with Amanda L Presnell
father Parents (unknown)	Holden Moody 1825–1906
step-mother Parents (unknown)	Amanda L Presnell 1840–1889
Mother’s family with Linville Land
step-father Parents (unknown)	Linville Land 1822–1884
mother Parents Deacon Solomon Greene Nancy Mary Hodges	Martha Greene 1830–1880
half-sister Family (none)	Clarissa Louvenia Greene 1848–1937