The Shemwell Family

Events of close relatives Historical facts
Birth	July 18, 1821 50 46 Palmyra, Wayne, New York, United States
Death of a brother	Alvin Smith November 19, 1823 (Age 2 years) Palmyra, Wayne, New York, United States
Death of a paternal grandfather	Asahel Smith October 31, 1830 (Age 9 years) Stockholm, St. Lawrence, New York, United States
Historical Event	Cholera Epidemic 1832 (Age 10 years) New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Note: Cholera killed 4,340 people in New Orleans & over 3,000 in New York City - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholera_outbreaks_and_pandemics
Historical Event	The Texas Revolution between October 1835 and April 1836 (Age 14 years) Texas, USA Note: The Texas Revolution (or Texas War of Independence) was fought from October 2, 1835 to April 21, 1836 between Mexico and the Texas (Tejas) portion of the Mexican state of Coahuila y Tejas. The Texas Revolution erupted in 1836, after Texas declared its independence from Mexico. Mexico responded by invading Texas, where General Santa Anna won decisive victories in the battles of the Alamo and Goliad. The war ended at the Battle of San Jacinto (about 20 miles) east of modern day downtown Houston) where General Sam Houston led the Texas Army to victory in 18 minutes over a portion of the Mexican Army under Santa Anna, who was captured shortly after the battle. The conclusion of the war resulted in the creation of the Republic of Texas - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Revolution
Death of a paternal grandmother	Mary Duty May 27, 1836 (Age 14 years) Kirtland, Geauga, Ohio, United States
Marriage	Arthur Millikin — View this family June 4, 1840 (Age 18 years) Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Death of a father	Joseph Smith September 14, 1840 (Age 19 years) Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Death of a brother	Don Carlos Smith August 7, 1841 (Age 20 years) Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Death of a brother	Hyrum Smith June 27, 1844 (Age 22 years) Carthage, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Death of a brother	Joseph Smith Jr. June 27, 1844 (Age 22 years) Carthage, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Death of a brother	Samuel Harrison Smith July 30, 1844 (Age 23 years) Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Historical Event	Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 24 years) Texas, USA 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
Death of a mother	Lucy Mack May 14, 1856 (Age 34 years) Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Historical Event	Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 35 years) Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Historical Event	American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 39 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 45 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 45 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 47 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
Death of a sister	Sophronia Smith October 28, 1876 (Age 55 years) Colchester, McDonough, Illinois, United States
Historical Event	Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 56 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 husband	Arthur Millikin April 23, 1882 (Age 60 years) Colchester, McDonough, Illinois, United States
Death	December 9, 1882 (Age 61 years) Colchester, McDonough, Illinois, United States

Date differences

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father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Lucy Mack … Smith Alvin Smith Hyrum Smith Sophronia Smith Joseph Smith Jr. Samuel Harrison Smith William Smith Katherine Smith Don Carlos Smith Lucy Smith Joseph Smith Birth: July 12, 1771 27 27 — Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Death: September 14, 1840 — Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Joseph Smith … Smith Alvin Smith Hyrum Smith Sophronia Smith Joseph Smith Jr. Samuel Harrison Smith William Smith Katherine Smith Don Carlos Smith Lucy Smith Lucy Mack Birth: July 8, 1775 — Gilsum, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States Death: May 14, 1856 — Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
	Marriage: January 1796 —
2 years elder brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree … Smith Birth: about 1797 25 21 — Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont, United States Death: about 1797 — Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont, United States
13 months elder brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Alvin Smith Birth: February 11, 1798 26 22 — Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont, United States Death: November 19, 1823 — Palmyra, Wayne, New York, United States
2 years elder brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Jerusha Barden Family with spouse Mary Fielding Family with spouse Mercy Rachel Fielding Hyrum Smith Birth: February 9, 1800 28 24 — Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont, United States Death: June 27, 1844 — Carthage, Hancock, Illinois, United States
3 years elder sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Calvin W Stoddard Family with spouse William McCleary Sophronia Smith Birth: May 17, 1803 31 27 — Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont, United States Death: October 28, 1876 — Colchester, McDonough, Illinois, United States
3 years elder brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Emma Hale Alvin Smith Julia Murdock-Smith Joseph Murdock-Smith Louisa Smith Thaddeus Smith Joseph Smith III Frederick Granger Williams Smith Alexander Hale Smith Don Carlos Smith David Hyrum Smith Family with spouse Elvira Ann Cowles Family with spouse Clarissa Reed Family with spouse Frances Ward “Fanny” Alger Family with spouse Lucinda Pendleton Family with spouse Louisa Beaman Family with spouse Zina Diantha Huntington Family with spouse Presendia Lathrop Huntington Family with spouse Sally Ann Fuller Family with spouse Agnes Moulton Coolbrith Family with spouse Mary Elizabeth Rollins Family with spouse Sylvia Porter Sessions Family with spouse Patty Bartlett Family with spouse Marinda Nancy Johnson Family with spouse Elizabeth “Eliza” Davis Family with spouse Sarah Marietta Kingsley Family with spouse Eliza Roxcy Snow Family with spouse Delcena Diademia Johnson Family with spouse Sarah Ann Whitney Family with spouse Sarah Bapson Family with spouse Desdemona Wadsworth Fullmer Family with spouse Martha McBride Family with spouse Ruth Daggett Vose Family with spouse Emily Dow Partridge Family with spouse Eliza Maria Partridge Family with spouse Helen Mar Kimball Family with spouse Flora Ann Woodworth Family with spouse Rhoda Richards Family with spouse Fanny Young Family with spouse Almera Woodard Johnson Family with spouse Olive Gray Frost Family with spouse Olive Martha Andrews Family with spouse Nancy Mariah “Mary” Winchester Family with spouse Maria Lawrence Family with spouse Sarah Lawrence Family with spouse Lucy Walker Family with spouse Melissa Lott Family with spouse Sarah Scott Family with spouse Mary Houston Joseph Smith Jr. Birth: December 23, 1805 34 30 — Sharon, Windsor, Vermont, United States Death: June 27, 1844 — Carthage, Hancock, Illinois, United States
2 years elder brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Mary Bailey Family with spouse Lurinda Levire Clark Samuel Harrison Smith Birth: March 13, 1808 36 32 — Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont, United States Death: July 30, 1844 — Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
3 years elder brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Caroline Amanda Grant Family with spouse Roxanna Ann “Roxie” Grant Family with spouse Eliza Elsa Jane Sanborn Family with spouse Rosella Goyette William Smith Birth: March 13, 1811 39 35 — Royalton, Windsor, Vermont, United States Death: November 13, 1893 — Osterdock, Clayton, Iowa, United States
2 years elder sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Wilkins Jenkins Salisbury Family with spouse Joseph Younger Katherine Smith Birth: July 28, 1813 42 38 — Lebanon, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States Death: February 1, 1900 — Fountain Green, Hancock, Illinois, United States
3 years elder brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Agnes Moulton Coolbrith Agnes Charlotte Smith Sophronia Catherine Smith Josephine Donna “Ina” Smith Don Carlos Smith Birth: March 25, 1816 44 40 — Norwich, Windsor, Vermont, United States Death: August 7, 1841 — Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
5 years herself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Arthur Millikin Lucy Smith Birth: July 18, 1821 50 46 — Palmyra, Wayne, New York, United States Death: December 9, 1882 — Colchester, McDonough, Illinois, United States

Family with Arthur Millikin - View this family

husband	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Lucy Smith Arthur Millikin Birth: May 9, 1817 — Saco, York, Maine, United States Death: April 23, 1882 — Colchester, McDonough, Illinois, United States
herself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Arthur Millikin Lucy Smith Birth: July 18, 1821 50 46 — Palmyra, Wayne, New York, United States Death: December 9, 1882 — Colchester, McDonough, Illinois, United States
	Marriage: June 4, 1840 — Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States

Family with parents
father Parents Asahel Smith Mary Duty	Joseph Smith 1771–1840
mother Parents (unknown)	Lucy Mack 1775–1856
elder brother Family (none)	… Smith 1797–1797
elder brother Family (none)	Alvin Smith 1798–1823
elder brother Family Jerusha Barden Mary Fielding Mercy Rachel Fielding	Hyrum Smith 1800–1844
elder sister Family Calvin W Stoddard William McCleary	Sophronia Smith 1803–1876
elder brother Family Emma Hale Alvin Smith Julia Murdock-Smith Joseph Murdock-Smith Louisa Smith Thaddeus Smith Joseph Smith III Frederick Granger Williams Smith Alexander Hale Smith Don Carlos Smith David Hyrum Smith Elvira Ann Cowles Clarissa Reed Frances Ward “Fanny” Alger Lucinda Pendleton Louisa Beaman Zina Diantha Huntington Presendia Lathrop Huntington Sally Ann Fuller Agnes Moulton Coolbrith Mary Elizabeth Rollins Sylvia Porter Sessions Patty Bartlett Marinda Nancy Johnson Elizabeth “Eliza” Davis Sarah Marietta Kingsley Eliza Roxcy Snow Delcena Diademia Johnson Sarah Ann Whitney Sarah Bapson Desdemona Wadsworth Fullmer Martha McBride Ruth Daggett Vose Emily Dow Partridge Eliza Maria Partridge Helen Mar Kimball Flora Ann Woodworth Rhoda Richards Fanny Young Almera Woodard Johnson Olive Gray Frost Olive Martha Andrews Nancy Mariah “Mary” Winchester Maria Lawrence Sarah Lawrence Lucy Walker Melissa Lott Sarah Scott Mary Houston	Joseph Smith Jr. 1805–1844
elder brother Family Mary Bailey Lurinda Levire Clark	Samuel Harrison Smith 1808–1844
elder brother Family Caroline Amanda Grant Roxanna Ann “Roxie” Grant Eliza Elsa Jane Sanborn Rosella Goyette	William Smith 1811–1893
elder sister Family Wilkins Jenkins Salisbury Joseph Younger	Katherine Smith 1813–1900
elder brother Family Agnes Moulton Coolbrith Agnes Charlotte Smith Sophronia Catherine Smith Josephine Donna “Ina” Smith	Don Carlos Smith 1816–1841
herself Family Arthur Millikin	Lucy Smith 1821–1882
Family with Arthur Millikin
husband Parents (unknown)	Arthur Millikin 1817–1882
herself Parents Joseph Smith Lucy Mack	Lucy Smith 1821–1882