The Shemwell Family

Elvira Ann CowlesAge: 57 years18131871

Name
Elvira Ann Cowles
Given names
Elvira Ann
Surname
Cowles
Married name
Elvira Ann Smith
Married name
Elvira Ann Holmes
Birth November 23, 1813
Historical Event
War of 1812
between 1812 and 1815

Note: War of 1812 between the Americans and the British. The Creek (or Red Stick) War in Alabama had different origins, but it coincided with the war of 1812, and the U.S. treated it as a part of the larger war, with Jackson and his forces also in charge of defeating the Creeks - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812
Historical Event
Cholera Epidemic
1832 (Age 18 years)
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 21 years)
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
MarriageJonathan Harriman HolmesView this family
December 1, 1842 (Age 29 years)
Religious marriageJoseph Smith Jr.View this family
June 1843 (Age 29 years)
Death of a husbandJoseph Smith Jr.
June 27, 1844 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 32 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 daughter
#1
Marietta Holmes
July 17, 1849 (Age 35 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Phoebe Louisa Holmes
February 5, 1851 (Age 37 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Josephine Octavia Ann Holmes
July 8, 1854 (Age 40 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4
Emma Lucinda Holmes
February 1, 1856 (Age 42 years)
Death of a daughterJosephine Octavia Ann Holmes
about 1857 (Age 43 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 43 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 47 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 53 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 53 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 55 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 March 10, 1871 (Age 57 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Farmington City Cemetery
Family with Joseph Smith Jr. - View this family
husband
Joseph Smith Jr.
Birth: December 23, 1805 34 30Sharon, Windsor, Vermont, United States
Death: June 27, 1844Carthage, Hancock, Illinois, United States
herself
Marriage: June 1843Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Family with Jonathan Harriman Holmes - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: December 1, 1842Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
daughter
daughter
Marietta Holmes
Birth: July 17, 1849 43 35Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Death: August 10, 1905Riverside, Box Elder, Utah, United States
19 months
daughter
Phoebe Louisa Holmes
Birth: February 5, 1851 44 37Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Death: June 30, 1939Plymouth, Box Elder, Utah, United States
3 years
daughter
Josephine Octavia Ann Holmes
Birth: July 8, 1854 48 40Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States
Death: about 1857Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States
19 months
daughter
Emma Lucinda Holmes
Birth: February 1, 1856 49 42Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States
Death: June 11, 1901Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States
Joseph Smith Jr. + Emma Hale - View this family
husband
Joseph Smith Jr.
Birth: December 23, 1805 34 30Sharon, Windsor, Vermont, United States
Death: June 27, 1844Carthage, Hancock, Illinois, United States
husband’s wife
Marriage: January 18, 1827Bainbridge, Chenango, New York, United States
17 months
step-son
Alvin Smith
Birth: June 15, 1828 22 23Harmony, Butler, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: June 15, 1828Harmony, Butler, Pennsylvania, United States
3 years
step-daughter
Julia Murdock-Smith
Birth: April 30, 1831 25 26Kirtland, Lake, Ohio, United States
Death: September 12, 1880Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
step-son
Joseph Murdock-Smith
Birth: April 30, 1831 25 26Kirtland, Lake, Ohio, United States
Death: March 29, 1832Hiram, Portage, Ohio, United States
step-daughter
Louisa Smith
Birth: April 30, 1831 25 26Kirtland, Lake, Ohio, United States
Death: April 30, 1831Kirtland, Lake, Ohio, United States
step-son
Thaddeus Smith
Birth: April 30, 1831 25 26Kirtland, Lake, Ohio, United States
Death: April 30, 1831Kirtland, Lake, Ohio, United States
18 months
step-son
Joseph Smith III
Birth: November 6, 1832 26 28Kirtland, Lake, Ohio, United States
Death: December 10, 1914Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States
4 years
step-son
Frederick Granger Williams Smith
Birth: June 20, 1836 30 31Kirtland, Lake, Ohio, United States
Death: April 13, 1862Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
23 months
step-son
Alexander Hale Smith
Birth: June 2, 1838 32 33Far West, Missouri, United States
Death: August 12, 1909Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
2 years
step-son
Don Carlos Smith
Birth: June 2, 1840 34 35Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Death: September 15, 1841Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
5 years
step-son
David Hyrum Smith
Birth: November 18, 1844 38 40Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Death: August 29, 1904Elgin, Cook, Illinois, United States
Joseph Smith Jr. + Clarissa Reed - View this family
husband
Joseph Smith Jr.
Birth: December 23, 1805 34 30Sharon, Windsor, Vermont, United States
Death: June 27, 1844Carthage, Hancock, Illinois, United States
husband’s wife
Marriage: March 29, 1833Kirtland, Geauga, Ohio, United States
Joseph Smith Jr. + Frances Ward “Fanny” Alger - View this family
husband
Joseph Smith Jr.
Birth: December 23, 1805 34 30Sharon, Windsor, Vermont, United States
Death: June 27, 1844Carthage, Hancock, Illinois, United States
husband’s wife
Frances Ward “Fanny” Alger
Birth: September 20, 1816Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
Death: November 29, 1880Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States
Marriage: about 1833Kirtland, Geauga, Ohio, United States
Joseph Smith Jr. + Lucinda Pendleton - View this family
husband
Joseph Smith Jr.
Birth: December 23, 1805 34 30Sharon, Windsor, Vermont, United States
Death: June 27, 1844Carthage, Hancock, Illinois, United States
husband’s wife
Marriage: about 1838Kirtland, Geauga, Ohio, United States
Joseph Smith Jr. + Louisa Beaman - View this family
husband
Joseph Smith Jr.
Birth: December 23, 1805 34 30Sharon, Windsor, Vermont, United States
Death: June 27, 1844Carthage, Hancock, Illinois, United States
husband’s wife
Marriage: April 5, 1841Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Joseph Smith Jr. + Zina Diantha Huntington - View this family
husband
Joseph Smith Jr.
Birth: December 23, 1805 34 30Sharon, Windsor, Vermont, United States
Death: June 27, 1844Carthage, Hancock, Illinois, United States
husband’s wife
Marriage: October 27, 1841Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Joseph Smith Jr. + Presendia Lathrop Huntington - View this family
husband
Joseph Smith Jr.
Birth: December 23, 1805 34 30Sharon, Windsor, Vermont, United States
Death: June 27, 1844Carthage, Hancock, Illinois, United States
husband’s wife
Marriage: December 11, 1841Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Joseph Smith Jr. + Sally Ann Fuller - View this family
husband
Joseph Smith Jr.
Birth: December 23, 1805 34 30Sharon, Windsor, Vermont, United States
Death: June 27, 1844Carthage, Hancock, Illinois, United States
husband’s wife
Marriage: about 1842
Joseph Smith Jr. + Agnes Moulton Coolbrith - View this family
husband
Joseph Smith Jr.
Birth: December 23, 1805 34 30Sharon, Windsor, Vermont, United States
Death: June 27, 1844Carthage, Hancock, Illinois, United States
husband’s wife
Marriage: January 6, 1842Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Joseph Smith Jr. + Mary Elizabeth Rollins - View this family
husband
Joseph Smith Jr.
Birth: December 23, 1805 34 30Sharon, Windsor, Vermont, United States
Death: June 27, 1844Carthage, Hancock, Illinois, United States
husband’s wife
Marriage: January 17, 1842Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Joseph Smith Jr. + Sylvia Porter Sessions - View this family
husband
Joseph Smith Jr.
Birth: December 23, 1805 34 30Sharon, Windsor, Vermont, United States
Death: June 27, 1844Carthage, Hancock, Illinois, United States
husband’s wife
Marriage: February 8, 1842Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Joseph Smith Jr. + Patty Bartlett - View this family
husband
Joseph Smith Jr.
Birth: December 23, 1805 34 30Sharon, Windsor, Vermont, United States
Death: June 27, 1844Carthage, Hancock, Illinois, United States
husband’s wife
Marriage: March 9, 1842Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Joseph Smith Jr. + Marinda Nancy Johnson - View this family
husband
Joseph Smith Jr.
Birth: December 23, 1805 34 30Sharon, Windsor, Vermont, United States
Death: June 27, 1844Carthage, Hancock, Illinois, United States
husband’s wife
Marriage: April 1842
Joseph Smith Jr. + Elizabeth “Eliza” Davis - View this family
husband
Joseph Smith Jr.
Birth: December 23, 1805 34 30Sharon, Windsor, Vermont, United States
Death: June 27, 1844Carthage, Hancock, Illinois, United States
husband’s wife
Marriage: before June 1842
Joseph Smith Jr. + Sarah Marietta Kingsley - View this family
husband
Joseph Smith Jr.
Birth: December 23, 1805 34 30Sharon, Windsor, Vermont, United States
Death: June 27, 1844Carthage, Hancock, Illinois, United States
husband’s wife
Marriage: before June 29, 1842
Joseph Smith Jr. + Eliza Roxcy Snow - View this family
husband
Joseph Smith Jr.
Birth: December 23, 1805 34 30Sharon, Windsor, Vermont, United States
Death: June 27, 1844Carthage, Hancock, Illinois, United States
husband’s wife
Eliza Roxcy Snow
Birth: January 21, 1804Becket, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States
Death: December 5, 1887Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Marriage: June 29, 1842
Joseph Smith Jr. + Delcena Diademia Johnson - View this family
husband
Joseph Smith Jr.
Birth: December 23, 1805 34 30Sharon, Windsor, Vermont, United States
Death: June 27, 1844Carthage, Hancock, Illinois, United States
husband’s wife
Marriage: before July 1842Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Joseph Smith Jr. + Sarah Ann Whitney - View this family
husband
Joseph Smith Jr.
Birth: December 23, 1805 34 30Sharon, Windsor, Vermont, United States
Death: June 27, 1844Carthage, Hancock, Illinois, United States
husband’s wife
Marriage: July 27, 1842Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Joseph Smith Jr. + Sarah Bapson - View this family
husband
Joseph Smith Jr.
Birth: December 23, 1805 34 30Sharon, Windsor, Vermont, United States
Death: June 27, 1844Carthage, Hancock, Illinois, United States
husband’s wife
Marriage: about 1842
Joseph Smith Jr. + Desdemona Wadsworth Fullmer - View this family
husband
Joseph Smith Jr.
Birth: December 23, 1805 34 30Sharon, Windsor, Vermont, United States
Death: June 27, 1844Carthage, Hancock, Illinois, United States
husband’s wife
Desdemona Wadsworth Fullmer
Birth: October 6, 1809Huntington Mills, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: February 9, 1886Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Marriage: about 1842Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Joseph Smith Jr. + Martha McBride - View this family
husband
Joseph Smith Jr.
Birth: December 23, 1805 34 30Sharon, Windsor, Vermont, United States
Death: June 27, 1844Carthage, Hancock, Illinois, United States
husband’s wife
Marriage: August 1842
Joseph Smith Jr. + Ruth Daggett Vose - View this family
husband
Joseph Smith Jr.
Birth: December 23, 1805 34 30Sharon, Windsor, Vermont, United States
Death: June 27, 1844Carthage, Hancock, Illinois, United States
husband’s wife
Ruth Daggett Vose
Birth: February 26, 1808Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Death: August 18, 1884Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Marriage: February 1843Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Joseph Smith Jr. + Emily Dow Partridge - View this family
husband
Joseph Smith Jr.
Birth: December 23, 1805 34 30Sharon, Windsor, Vermont, United States
Death: June 27, 1844Carthage, Hancock, Illinois, United States
husband’s wife
Marriage: March 4, 1843Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Joseph Smith Jr. + Eliza Maria Partridge - View this family
husband
Joseph Smith Jr.
Birth: December 23, 1805 34 30Sharon, Windsor, Vermont, United States
Death: June 27, 1844Carthage, Hancock, Illinois, United States
husband’s wife
Marriage: March 8, 1843Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Joseph Smith Jr. + Helen Mar Kimball - View this family
husband
Joseph Smith Jr.
Birth: December 23, 1805 34 30Sharon, Windsor, Vermont, United States
Death: June 27, 1844Carthage, Hancock, Illinois, United States
husband’s wife
Marriage: May 1843Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Joseph Smith Jr. + Flora Ann Woodworth - View this family
husband
Joseph Smith Jr.
Birth: December 23, 1805 34 30Sharon, Windsor, Vermont, United States
Death: June 27, 1844Carthage, Hancock, Illinois, United States
husband’s wife
Flora Ann Woodworth
Birth: June 12, 1825New York, United States
Death: July 12, 1851Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States
Marriage: May 1843Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Joseph Smith Jr. + Rhoda Richards - View this family
husband
Joseph Smith Jr.
Birth: December 23, 1805 34 30Sharon, Windsor, Vermont, United States
Death: June 27, 1844Carthage, Hancock, Illinois, United States
husband’s wife
Rhoda Richards
Birth: August 8, 1784Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Death: January 17, 1879Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Marriage: June 12, 1843Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Joseph Smith Jr. + Fanny Young - View this family
husband
Joseph Smith Jr.
Birth: December 23, 1805 34 30Sharon, Windsor, Vermont, United States
Death: June 27, 1844Carthage, Hancock, Illinois, United States
husband’s wife
Fanny Young
Birth: November 8, 1787 24 22Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Death: June 11, 1859Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Marriage: November 2, 1843Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Joseph Smith Jr. + Almera Woodard Johnson - View this family
husband
Joseph Smith Jr.
Birth: December 23, 1805 34 30Sharon, Windsor, Vermont, United States
Death: June 27, 1844Carthage, Hancock, Illinois, United States
husband’s wife
Marriage: about 1843Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Joseph Smith Jr. + Olive Gray Frost - View this family
husband
Joseph Smith Jr.
Birth: December 23, 1805 34 30Sharon, Windsor, Vermont, United States
Death: June 27, 1844Carthage, Hancock, Illinois, United States
husband’s wife
Olive Gray Frost
Birth: July 24, 1816Livermore, Oxford, Maine, United States
Death: October 6, 1845Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Marriage: about 1843Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Joseph Smith Jr. + Olive Martha Andrews - View this family
husband
Joseph Smith Jr.
Birth: December 23, 1805 34 30Sharon, Windsor, Vermont, United States
Death: June 27, 1844Carthage, Hancock, Illinois, United States
husband’s wife
Marriage: before 1844Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Joseph Smith Jr. + Nancy Mariah “Mary” Winchester - View this family
husband
Joseph Smith Jr.
Birth: December 23, 1805 34 30Sharon, Windsor, Vermont, United States
Death: June 27, 1844Carthage, Hancock, Illinois, United States
husband’s wife
Marriage: before 1843Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Joseph Smith Jr. + Maria Lawrence - View this family
husband
Joseph Smith Jr.
Birth: December 23, 1805 34 30Sharon, Windsor, Vermont, United States
Death: June 27, 1844Carthage, Hancock, Illinois, United States
husband’s wife
Marriage: May 1843Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Joseph Smith Jr. + Sarah Lawrence - View this family
husband
Joseph Smith Jr.
Birth: December 23, 1805 34 30Sharon, Windsor, Vermont, United States
Death: June 27, 1844Carthage, Hancock, Illinois, United States
husband’s wife
Sarah Lawrence
Birth: May 13, 1826 26 25Pickering, Durham, Ontario, Canada
Death: November 28, 1872San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States
Marriage: May 1843Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Joseph Smith Jr. + Lucy Walker - View this family
husband
Joseph Smith Jr.
Birth: December 23, 1805 34 30Sharon, Windsor, Vermont, United States
Death: June 27, 1844Carthage, Hancock, Illinois, United States
husband’s wife
Marriage: May 1, 1843Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Joseph Smith Jr. + Melissa Lott - View this family
husband
Joseph Smith Jr.
Birth: December 23, 1805 34 30Sharon, Windsor, Vermont, United States
Death: June 27, 1844Carthage, Hancock, Illinois, United States
husband’s wife
Marriage: September 20, 1843Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Joseph Smith Jr. + Sarah Scott - View this family
husband
Joseph Smith Jr.
Birth: December 23, 1805 34 30Sharon, Windsor, Vermont, United States
Death: June 27, 1844Carthage, Hancock, Illinois, United States
husband’s wife
Marriage: before 1844Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Joseph Smith Jr. + Mary Houston - View this family
husband
Joseph Smith Jr.
Birth: December 23, 1805 34 30Sharon, Windsor, Vermont, United States
Death: June 27, 1844Carthage, Hancock, Illinois, United States
husband’s wife
Mary Houston
Birth: September 11, 1818Jackson, Stark, Ohio, United States
Death: December 27, 1896Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Marriage: before June 27, 1844Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States