John Wesley ShemwellAge: 85 years1848–1933
- Name
- John Wesley Shemwell
- Given names
- John Wesley
- Surname
- Shemwell
 Birth | February 6, 1848 29 19 Note: According to death certificate birth is: 6-Sep-1848 |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848Note: 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 brother | William Pinkney Shemwell February 22, 1850 (Age 2 years) |
 Census | June 1, 1850 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Mary L Shemwell May 8, 1852 (Age 4 years) |
| Death of a sister | Mary L Shemwell July 19, 1853 (Age 5 years) Note: or May 1, 1857 |
| Birth of a brother | George Washington Shemwell November 19, 1857 (Age 9 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Isaac Newton Shemwell June 6, 1859 (Age 11 years) |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 8 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Census | July 11, 1860 (Age 12 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Thomas Alonzo Shemwell February 6, 1862 (Age 14 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 13 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 18 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 18 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Birth of a sister | Susanna Melissa Elizabeth “Susie” Shemwell March 4, 1868 (Age 20 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | George Feezer October 2, 1869 (Age 21 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 20 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 | September 9, 1870 (Age 22 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Roly Ann “Mary” Ivy April 1, 1875 (Age 27 years) |
| Death of a brother | William Pinkney Shemwell January 9, 1877 (Age 28 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 29 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Census | June 1, 1880 (Age 32 years) |
| Death of a father | Isaac Shemwell February 4, 1894 (Age 45 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 50 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 |
| Death of a mother | Martha Ann “Mattie” Feezor February 27, 1900 (Age 52 years) |
| Census | April 15, 1910 (Age 62 years) Address: 348 Grenada Street
Alhambra, Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 67 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 68 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 69 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/ |
| Census | January 1, 1920 (Age 71 years) Address: Rent - Packing House |
| Death of a brother | George Washington Shemwell November 27, 1925 (Age 77 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 81 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 1, 1930 (Age 82 years) Address: 35 Paduah & Kaler Mill Road |
| Census | April 4, 1930 (Age 82 years) |
 Death | March 17, 1933 (Age 85 years) Cause of death: chronic bronchitis Note: As pauper/senility |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Isaac Shemwell Birth: July 27, 1818 26 18 — North Carolina, United States Death: February 4, 1894 — Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Martha Ann “Mattie” Feezor Birth: October 3, 1828 26 23 — Bedford, Tennessee, United States Death: February 27, 1900 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: — |
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| himself |
John Wesley Shemwell Birth: February 6, 1848 29 19 — Kentucky, United States Death: March 17, 1933 — Western State Hospital, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
William Pinkney Shemwell Birth: February 22, 1850 31 21 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: January 9, 1877 — Graves, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Mary L Shemwell Birth: May 8, 1852 33 23 Death: July 19, 1853 |
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6 years younger brother |
George Washington Shemwell Birth: November 19, 1857 39 29 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: November 27, 1925 — Wingo, Graves, Kentucky, United States |
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19 months younger brother |
Isaac Newton Shemwell Birth: June 6, 1859 40 30 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: January 24, 1936 — Kentucky, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Thomas Alonzo Shemwell Birth: February 6, 1862 43 33 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: April 15, 1947 — McCracken, Kentucky, United States |
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6 years younger sister |
Susanna Melissa Elizabeth “Susie” Shemwell Birth: March 4, 1868 49 39 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: October 18, 1942 — Graves, Kentucky, United States |
John Wesley Shemwell has 38 first cousins recorded
Father's family (38)
Parents David Alexander Shemwell + Permelia J Roach
Parents Lovelace Wellington Shemwell + Luvenia “Vena” Roach
Parents Pinkney H Shemwell + Sarah E Williamson
Parents Henry Cox Shemwell + Eliza Jane Reed
Parents Willis Washington Breezeel + Nancy Shemwell
Parents Milous R “Miles” Shemwell + Amanda Lee Wright
Mother's family (0)
| Birth | According to death certificate birth is: 6-Sep-1848 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1850 United States - Census transcript - Isaac Shemwell - Household
Graves, Kentucky
Notes: Dist. 2 farmer w 150 acres - Living with oldest brother Isaac | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - Isaac Shemwell - Household
Graves, Kentucky
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| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Isaac Shemwell - Household
Symsonia, Graves, KY
Note: Returned from California unwed. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - Isaac Shemwell - Household
Isaac Shemwell - Symsonia, Graves, Kentucky
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Susanna Melissa Elizabeth “Susie” Shemwell - Household
Graves, Kentucky, United States
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| Death | As pauper/senility | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Note | John Wesley Shemwell never married. He went to California as a young man. He died in the poor house, south of Mayfield, Graves County,
Kentucky. |