Georgia Ann ShemwellAge: 76 years1858–1934
- Name
- Georgia Ann Shemwell
- Given names
- Georgia Ann
- Surname
- Shemwell
- Married name
- Georgia Ann Weaks
Note: Georgia Ann was most likely a Thompson/Thomas, from her mothers 1st. marriage to ? Thompson/Thomas. John is living alone in 1860.
 Birth | April 28, 1858 43 23 |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
 Marriage of parents | John P Shemwell — Mahalia Adeline Dodd — View this family November 21, 1860 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a brother | William Henry Shemwell July 6, 1864 (Age 6 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 2 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 |
| Birth of a brother | Joseph Zachariah “Joe” Shemwell December 25, 1865 (Age 7 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 8 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 8 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Birth of a brother | John Wesley “Bitty” Shemwell 1868 (Age 9 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Thomas Shemwell 1869 (Age 10 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 10 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 | June 1, 1870 (Age 12 years) |
| Birth of a brother | James Elbert Shemwell July 9, 1872 (Age 14 years) |
 Marriage | Mark Monroe Weaks — View this family October 2, 1878 (Age 20 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 19 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 daughter #1 | Ruth Weaks July 19, 1880 (Age 22 years) |
| Death of a father | John P Shemwell after 1880 (Age 21 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Lillian Izora Weaks December 25, 1881 (Age 23 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | Lurton Edgar Weaks 1884 (Age 25 years) Address: Erin, Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | Zula Ann Weaks March 22, 1886 (Age 27 years) Address: Erin, Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
| Birth of a daughter #5 | Alpha Omega Weaks June 14, 1888 (Age 30 years) |
| Birth of a son #6 | Johnny Frederick Weaks April 11, 1890 (Age 31 years) |
| Death of a son | Johnny Frederick Weaks April 26, 1891 (Age 32 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Alpha Omega Weaks May 9, 1891 (Age 33 years) |
| Birth of a son #7 | William Preston Weaks February 20, 1892 (Age 33 years) |
| Birth of a son #8 | Robert Herman Weaks December 30, 1893 (Age 35 years) |
| Death of a mother | Mahalia Adeline Dodd before October 1896 (Age 38 years) |
| Marriage of a child | John Kirk Janney — Ruth Weaks — View this family December 15, 1897 (Age 39 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 39 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 |
| Census | June 1, 1900 (Age 42 years) |
| Marriage of a child | William Canada Wilson Sr. — Lillian Izora Weaks — View this family June 5, 1904 (Age 46 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Lyndall Lucille Wilson 1905 (Age 46 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | William Canada Wilson Jr. September 20, 1907 (Age 49 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Lurton Edgar Weaks — Rose L “Lena” Shroat — View this family February 12, 1908 (Age 49 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Leraun Alene Weaks September 22, 1908 (Age 50 years) |
| Census | April 25, 1910 (Age 51 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #4 | Agatha Beatrice Weaks May 20, 1910 (Age 52 years) |
| Death of a grandson | William Canada Wilson Jr. June 21, 1914 (Age 56 years) |
| Death of a husband | Mark Monroe Weaks October 1, 1915 (Age 57 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 57 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Marriage of a child | Robert Herman Weaks — Alsie Rebecca Baughn — View this family August 10, 1917 (Age 59 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 58 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 59 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 61 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #5 | Clodine Weaks January 12, 1923 (Age 64 years) |
| Death of a granddaughter | Clodine Weaks January 13, 1923 (Age 64 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #6 | Robert Herman Weaks Jr. October 30, 1928 (Age 70 years) |
| Death of a grandson | Robert Herman Weaks Jr. October 30, 1928 (Age 70 years) |
| Death of a son | William Preston Weaks August 22, 1929 (Age 71 years) Cause: peritinitis |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 71 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 2, 1930 (Age 71 years) |
| Death of a brother | James Elbert Shemwell March 12, 1931 (Age 72 years) |
 Death | October 25, 1934 (Age 76 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Sikeston City Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
John P Shemwell Birth: about 1815 45 33 — Illinois, United States Death: after 1880 |
| mother |
Mahalia Adeline Dodd Birth: 1835 — Tennessee, United States Death: before October 1896 — Houston, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: November 21, 1860 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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-3 years herself |
Georgia Ann Shemwell Birth: April 28, 1858 43 23 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: October 25, 1934 — Canalou, New Madrid, Missouri, United States |
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6 years younger brother |
William Henry Shemwell Birth: July 6, 1864 49 29 — Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: June 9, 1951 — Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States |
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18 months younger brother |
Joseph Zachariah “Joe” Shemwell Birth: December 25, 1865 50 30 — Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: May 17, 1947 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
John Wesley “Bitty” Shemwell Birth: 1868 53 33 — Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: |
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2 years younger brother |
Thomas Shemwell Birth: 1869 54 34 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: |
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4 years younger brother |
James Elbert Shemwell Birth: July 9, 1872 57 37 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: March 12, 1931 — Gulfport, Harrison, Mississippi, United States |
| Mother’s family with … Thompson |
| step-father |
… Thompson Death: |
| mother |
Mahalia Adeline Dodd Birth: 1835 — Tennessee, United States Death: before October 1896 — Houston, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: — |
| Family with Mark Monroe Weaks |
| husband |
Mark Monroe Weaks Birth: January 2, 1862 24 20 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: October 1, 1915 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States |
| herself |
Georgia Ann Shemwell Birth: April 28, 1858 43 23 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: October 25, 1934 — Canalou, New Madrid, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: October 2, 1878 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States |
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22 months daughter |
Ruth Weaks Birth: July 19, 1880 18 22 Death: April 1973 — Tennessee, United States |
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17 months daughter |
Lillian Izora Weaks Birth: December 25, 1881 19 23 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: June 24, 1952 — Elvins, St. Francois, Missouri, United States |
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3 years son |
Lurton Edgar Weaks Birth: 1884 21 25 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: October 14, 1959 — Farmington, St. Francois, Missouri, United States |
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2 years daughter |
Zula Ann Weaks Birth: March 22, 1886 24 27 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: August 1966 |
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2 years daughter |
Alpha Omega Weaks Birth: June 14, 1888 26 30 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: May 9, 1891 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States |
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22 months son |
Johnny Frederick Weaks Birth: April 11, 1890 28 31 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: April 26, 1891 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States |
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22 months son |
William Preston Weaks Birth: February 20, 1892 30 33 — Palmyra, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States Death: August 22, 1929 — Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States |
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22 months son |
Robert Herman Weaks Birth: December 30, 1893 31 35 — Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: February 4, 1989 — St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
Georgia Ann Shemwell has 18 first cousins recorded
Father's family (18)
Parents William Clauson + Mary Elizabeth Shemwell
Parents James R Hooks + Jemima Shemwell
Parents Henry George Clay Cherry + Maletha Shemwell
Parents William Alexander Shemwell + Mary Demarious Gray
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - John Paul Shemwell - Household
Civil District 9 Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Notes: Adaline is Mahalia? John born in Tn. William H is son of Thomas W. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Mark Monroe Weaks - Household
Civil District 4 Midway town Houston, Tennessee, USA
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Mark Monroe Weaks - Household
Abbington Road? Houston, Tennessee
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Georgia Ann Shemwell - Household
Canalou, New Madrid, Missouri, United States
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Georgia Ann Shemwell - Household
Canalou, New Madrid, Missouri
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| Name | Georgia Ann was most likely a Thompson/Thomas, from her mothers 1st. marriage to ? Thompson/Thomas. John is living alone in 1860. |