The Shemwell Family

Events of close relatives Historical facts
Birth	June 16, 1862 29 29 Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Marriage	Hannah Adams — View this family unknown
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
Historical Event	The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 4 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 4 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 6 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 brother	Greenlee Ragan before 1870 (Age 7 years)
Death of a father	Larkin Ragan before 1870 (Age 7 years)
Marriage of a parent	Thomas Richard Calvin Winkler — Nancy Calista Greene — View this family about 1870 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a half-sister	Mary S Winkler March 1871 (Age 8 years) Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Birth of a half-brother	George Washington Winkler March 16, 1874 (Age 11 years) Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Historical Event	Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 15 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	Violet Lucinda Ragan March 30, 1886 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a son #2	Jasper Greenlee Ragan August 16, 1887 (Age 25 years)
Death of a maternal grandfather	Deacon Solomon Greene December 24, 1888 (Age 26 years) Deep Gap, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Birth of a son #3	Coy Solomon Ragan October 9, 1892 (Age 30 years) Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Birth of a daughter #4	Mary Caroline Ragan February 2, 1895 (Age 32 years) Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Historical Event	Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 35 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 mother	Nancy Calista Greene October 17, 1900 (Age 38 years) Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Marriage of a child	Jasper Greenlee Ragan — Lillie May Bumgarner — View this family 1906 (Age 43 years)
Birth of a granddaughter #1	Ardith Ragan February 12, 1908 (Age 45 years) Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Birth of a granddaughter #2	Mabel Virginia Ragan April 28, 1910 (Age 47 years)
Birth of a grandson #3	John Edward Ragan January 5, 1914 (Age 51 years) Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death of a granddaughter	Mabel Virginia Ragan January 14, 1915 (Age 52 years)
Birth of a grandson #4	Dallas James Ragan June 21, 1916 (Age 54 years) Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Historical Event	Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 53 years) Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death of a brother	Richard Filmore Ragan April 19, 1918 (Age 55 years) Morganton, Burke, North Carolina, United States
Death of a brother	William Smith Ragan September 12, 1918 (Age 56 years) Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Historical Event	World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 54 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 55 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 of a half-sister	Mary S Winkler before 1920 (Age 57 years)
Historical Event	The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 67 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
Death of a daughter	Violet Lucinda Ragan August 24, 1930 (Age 68 years)
Birth of a grandson #5	Jasper Carlton “Carl” Ragan December 28, 1933 (Age 71 years) Boone, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death	April 14, 1934 (Age 71 years) Elizabethton, Carter, Tennessee, United States
Burial	Old Adams Cemetery, Vilas, Watauga, North Carolina, United States Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Old Adams Cemetery

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father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Nancy Calista Greene William Smith Ragan Richard Filmore Ragan Greenlee Ragan John Isaac Ragan Larkin Ragan Birth: about 1833 — Ashe, North Carolina, United States Death: before 1870
mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Larkin Ragan William Smith Ragan Richard Filmore Ragan Greenlee Ragan John Isaac Ragan Family with spouse Thomas Richard Calvin Winkler Mary S Winkler George Washington Winkler Nancy Calista Greene Birth: June 14, 1833 32 31 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: October 17, 1900 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States
	Marriage: about 1854 —
15 months elder brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree William Smith Ragan Birth: March 20, 1855 22 21 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: September 12, 1918 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States
21 months elder brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Richard Filmore Ragan Birth: December 22, 1856 23 23 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: April 19, 1918 — Morganton, Burke, North Carolina, United States
2 years elder brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Greenlee Ragan Birth: about 1858 25 24 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: before 1870
4 years himself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Hannah Adams Violet Lucinda Ragan Jasper Greenlee Ragan Coy Solomon Ragan Mary Caroline Ragan John Isaac Ragan Birth: June 16, 1862 29 29 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: April 14, 1934 — Elizabethton, Carter, Tennessee, United States

Mother’s family with Thomas Richard Calvin Winkler - View this family

step-father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Nancy Calista Greene Mary S Winkler George Washington Winkler Thomas Richard Calvin Winkler Birth: October 22, 1847 — Ashe, North Carolina, United States Death: January 2, 1934 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States
mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Larkin Ragan William Smith Ragan Richard Filmore Ragan Greenlee Ragan John Isaac Ragan Family with spouse Thomas Richard Calvin Winkler Mary S Winkler George Washington Winkler Nancy Calista Greene Birth: June 14, 1833 32 31 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: October 17, 1900 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States
	Marriage: about 1870 —
15 months half-sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Mary S Winkler Birth: March 1871 23 37 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: before 1920
3 years half-brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree George Washington Winkler Birth: March 16, 1874 26 40 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: February 4, 1949 — Meat Camp, Watauga, North Carolina, United States

Family with Hannah Adams - View this family

himself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Hannah Adams Violet Lucinda Ragan Jasper Greenlee Ragan Coy Solomon Ragan Mary Caroline Ragan John Isaac Ragan Birth: June 16, 1862 29 29 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: April 14, 1934 — Elizabethton, Carter, Tennessee, United States
wife	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse John Isaac Ragan Violet Lucinda Ragan Jasper Greenlee Ragan Coy Solomon Ragan Mary Caroline Ragan Hannah Adams Birth: October 21, 1862 Death: August 10, 1949
	Marriage: —
daughter	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Violet Lucinda Ragan Birth: March 30, 1886 23 23 Death: August 24, 1930
17 months son	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Lillie May Bumgarner Ardith Ragan Mabel Virginia Ragan John Edward Ragan Dallas James Ragan Jasper Carlton “Carl” Ragan Jasper Greenlee Ragan Birth: August 16, 1887 25 24 Death: April 13, 1978 — Boone, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
5 years son	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Coy Solomon Ragan Birth: October 9, 1892 30 29 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: January 25, 1950 — Elizabethton, Carter, Tennessee, United States
2 years daughter	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Mary Caroline Ragan Birth: February 2, 1895 32 32 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: March 2, 1959 — Carter, Tennessee, United States

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Family with parents
father Parents (unknown)	Larkin Ragan 1833–1870
mother Parents Deacon Solomon Greene Nancy Mary Hodges	Nancy Calista Greene 1833–1900
elder brother Family (none)	William Smith Ragan 1855–1918
elder brother Family (none)	Richard Filmore Ragan 1856–1918
elder brother Family (none)	Greenlee Ragan 1858–1870
himself Family Hannah Adams Violet Lucinda Ragan Jasper Greenlee Ragan Coy Solomon Ragan Mary Caroline Ragan	John Isaac Ragan 1862–1934
Mother’s family with Thomas Richard Calvin Winkler
step-father Parents (unknown)	Thomas Richard Calvin Winkler 1847–1934
mother Parents Deacon Solomon Greene Nancy Mary Hodges	Nancy Calista Greene 1833–1900
half-sister Family (none)	Mary S Winkler 1871–1920
half-brother Family (none)	George Washington Winkler 1874–1949
Family with Hannah Adams
himself Parents Larkin Ragan Nancy Calista Greene	John Isaac Ragan 1862–1934
wife Parents (unknown)	Hannah Adams 1862–1949
daughter Family (none)	Violet Lucinda Ragan 1886–1930
son Family Lillie May Bumgarner Ardith Ragan Mabel Virginia Ragan John Edward Ragan Dallas James Ragan Jasper Carlton “Carl” Ragan	Jasper Greenlee Ragan 1887–1978
son Family (none)	Coy Solomon Ragan 1892–1950
daughter Family (none)	Mary Caroline Ragan 1895–1959