The Shemwell Family

Mary Catherine HallAge: 83 years18211905

Name
Mary Catherine Hall
Given names
Mary Catherine
Surname
Hall
Married name
Mary Catherine Shemwell
Note: Name "Cynthia" in obituary is incorrect
Birth December 23, 1821 24 22
Birth of a sisterElizabeth “Betsy” Hall
1822 (Age 9 days)
Birth of a brotherJames F “Jin” Hall
April 7, 1824 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherMicajah Merriman “Cage” Hall
about 1825 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a sisterLucinda A Hall
about 1830 (Age 8 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJames Shemwell Jr.
July 10, 1831 (Age 9 years)
Note: James may have passed prior to 1831. Elizabeth is listed as head of the household in the 1830 US Federal Census in Todd, Kentucky, United States. This census was taken June 1, 1830 - August 1, 1830.
Historical Event
Cholera Epidemic
1832 (Age 10 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 13 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
MarriageBenjamin Franklin ShemwellView this family
estimated 1842 (Age 20 years)

Birth of a son
#1
William McKinley Shemwell
December 20, 1843 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Mary Ann Shemwell
March 28, 1844 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Almiranda J “Allie” Shemwell
1846 (Age 24 years)
Note: or Green County, Kentucky
Birth of a son
#4
James Caswell Shemwell
April 22, 1848 (Age 26 years)
Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 24 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
#5
Elphina Ella Shemwell
March 13, 1850 (Age 28 years)
Census June 1, 1850 (Age 28 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherMicajah Merriman Hall
March 1, 1855 (Age 33 years)
Birth of a daughter
#6
Nancy Elizabeth Shemwell
August 12, 1857 (Age 35 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherMary “Polly” Sellers
August 2, 1858 (Age 36 years)
Birth of a daughter
#7
Rebecca Parallel “Becca” Shemwell
May 4, 1859 (Age 37 years)
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
Census June 8, 1860 (Age 38 years)
Birth of a daughter
#8
Virginia D “Jennie” Shemwell
September 23, 1861 (Age 39 years)
Death of a sisterLucinda A Hall
after 1862 (Age 40 years)
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)
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)
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
Census June 1, 1870 (Age 48 years)
Marriage of a childAsa W MallottMary Ann ShemwellView this family
Type: Religious marriage
October 26, 1871 (Age 49 years)
Marriage of a childWilliam McKinley ShemwellSarah Permelia ShemwellView this family
February 10, 1873 (Age 51 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
William Franklin Mallott
February 27, 1875 (Age 53 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
Joseph Lee “Joe” Shemwell
March 9, 1876 (Age 54 years)
Death of a motherMary “Polly” Shemwell
March 18, 1876 (Age 54 years)
Marriage of a childAdam Houston RichardsonAlmiranda J “Allie” ShemwellView this family
Type: Civil marriage
April 5, 1876 (Age 54 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#3
Mattie Shemwell
October 10, 1876 (Age 54 years)
Note: October 11, 1876
Birth of a grandson
#4
Wayman Mallott
1877 (Age 55 years)

Marriage of a childJohn Russell RukesElphina Ella ShemwellView this family
Type: Religious marriage
January 1, 1878 (Age 56 years)
Marriage of a childJohn Wilson MoormanRebecca Parallel “Becca” ShemwellView this family
Type: Civil marriage
April 11, 1878 (Age 56 years)
Marriage of a childJames Caswell ShemwellSarah Ellen RoleyView this family
April 14, 1878 (Age 56 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#5
Ethel Shemwell
September 1, 1878 (Age 56 years)
Death of a fatherJohn Hall
December 8, 1878 (Age 56 years)
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
Birth of a grandson
#6
Adam Houston Richardson Jr.
April 1879 (Age 57 years)
Birth of a grandson
#7
Harry Claud “H C” Rukes
August 16, 1879 (Age 57 years)
Birth of a grandson
#8
Etna Caswell Mallott
October 4, 1879 (Age 57 years)
Birth of a grandson
#9
James Florence Shemwell
October 27, 1879 (Age 57 years)
Birth of a grandson
#10
Infant Son Moorman
1879 (Age 57 years)

Death of a grandsonInfant Son Moorman
about 1879 (Age 57 years)
Death of a granddaughterMattie Shemwell
before 1880 (Age 58 years)
Death of a granddaughterEthel Shemwell
before 1880 (Age 58 years)
Marriage of a childHiriam Breckenridge RichardsonNancy Elizabeth ShemwellView this family
March 14, 1880 (Age 58 years)
Birth of a grandson
#11
Infant Shemwell
May 1880 (Age 58 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#12
Infant Daughter Moorman
1880 (Age 58 years)

Death of a granddaughterInfant Daughter Moorman
about 1880 (Age 58 years)
Death of a sisterBarbary Ann Hall
1880 (Age 58 years)
Census June 1, 1880 (Age 58 years)
Death of a sisterElizabeth “Betsy” Hall
after 1880 (Age 58 years)
Death of a brotherMicajah Merriman “Cage” Hall
after 1880 (Age 58 years)
Birth of a grandson
#13
Frank Wilson Moorman
May 9, 1881 (Age 59 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#14
Gertrude C “Girty” Shemwell
August 30, 1881 (Age 59 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#15
Retta R Rukes
November 1, 1881 (Age 59 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#16
Ada Dell Shemwell
May 16, 1882 (Age 60 years)
Marriage of a childEdward M RichardsonVirginia D “Jennie” ShemwellView this family
Type: Civil marriage
December 12, 1882 (Age 60 years)
Address: At husband's office
Birth of a granddaughter
#17
Lelia Maude Moorman
February 6, 1883 (Age 61 years)
Birth of a grandson
#18
Charles Claud “Charlie” Richardson
September 30, 1883 (Age 61 years)
Birth of a grandson
#19
Lawrence Otto Richardson
November 23, 1883 (Age 61 years)
twin: Ora Lee Richardson
Birth of a granddaughter
#20
Ora Lee Richardson
November 23, 1883 (Age 61 years)
twin: Lawrence Otto Richardson
Birth of a granddaughter
#21
Rozena May Shemwell
May 27, 1884 (Age 62 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#22
Myrtle Mae Moorman
March 14, 1885 (Age 63 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#23
Mary Elizabeth “Mollie” Shemwell
April 5, 1885 (Age 63 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#24
Eva Lee Richardson
April 28, 1885 (Age 63 years)
Birth of a grandson
#25
George Russell “Shorty” Richardson
January 7, 1886 (Age 64 years)
Birth of a grandson
#26
William Roley Shemwell
April 11, 1886 (Age 64 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#27
Rhoda Kathryn Richardson
January 1887 (Age 65 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#28
Flora Kathryn Moorman
May 12, 1887 (Age 65 years)
Death of a brotherJames F “Jin” Hall
August 22, 1887 (Age 65 years)
Birth of a grandson
#29
Joseph Martin Richardson
December 12, 1887 (Age 65 years)
Birth of a grandson
#30
William Frank Richardson
August 17, 1888 (Age 66 years)
Birth of a grandson
#31
Rowland Leroy Shemwell
June 29, 1889 (Age 67 years)
Birth of a grandson
#32
Ira Milton Moorman
July 10, 1889 (Age 67 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#33
Eva M Shemwell
August 1889 (Age 67 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#34
Goldia Mae “Goldie” Richardson
December 1, 1889 (Age 67 years)
Birth of a grandson
#35
Eddie Lewis Shemwell
April 10, 1892 (Age 70 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#36
Grace Allie Moorman
August 10, 1892 (Age 70 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#37
Bessie Irene Rukes
May 26, 1893 (Age 71 years)
Birth of a grandson
#38
Earl Breckenridge Richardson
May 30, 1893 (Age 71 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#39
Ethel M Richardson
August 1894 (Age 72 years)
Birth of a grandson
#40
Frank Glenn Shemwell
March 21, 1895 (Age 73 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#41
Ida Ruth Moorman
July 20, 1895 (Age 73 years)
Birth of a grandson
#42
Edward M Richardson Jr.
August 1896 (Age 74 years)
Birth of a grandson
#43
Wiley Bolinger Shemwell
September 24, 1896 (Age 74 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 76 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
Birth of a granddaughter
#44
Mary Ethel Moorman
October 3, 1898 (Age 76 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#45
Edith G Richardson
April 1899 (Age 77 years)
Death of a grandsonInfant Shemwell
before 1900 (Age 78 years)
Census June 1, 1900 (Age 78 years)
Birth of a grandson
#46
Hiram Emory Richardson
1901 (Age 79 years)
Birth of a grandson
#47
Guy Reynold Richardson
July 19, 1903 (Age 81 years)
Death of a grandsonEdward M Richardson Jr.
October 1905 (Age 83 years)
Death of a husbandBenjamin Franklin Shemwell
November 11, 1905 (Age 83 years)
Cause: Pneumonia
Death November 14, 1905 (Age 83 years)
Cause of death: Pneumonia
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: McKee Chapel Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: October 27, 1819Logan, Kentucky, United States
14 months
elder sister
2 years
herself
1 year
younger sister
2 years
younger brother
21 months
younger brother
6 years
younger sister
Family with Benjamin Franklin Shemwell - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: estimated 1842
2 years
son
3 months
daughter
3 years
daughter
2 years
son
23 months
daughter
7 years
daughter
21 months
daughter
2 years
daughter

Mary Catherine Hall has 20 first cousins recorded

Census1850 United States - Census transcript - Benjamin Franklin Shemwell - Household

Dist. 2 Todd, Kentucky, USA

NameAgeSexRaceOccupationAssetsBirthplaceMmthEduInfirm
Ben F Shemwell26MWCarpenterKY
Catherine Shemwell26FWKY
William Shemwell7MWKY
Mary L Shemwell6FWKY
Almiranda J. Shemwell4FWKY
James Shemwell2MWKY
Belly T Shemwell6mFWKY

Census1860 United States - Census transcript - Benjamin Franklin Shemwell - Household

Bowling Green Twp, Pettis, Missouri, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
B F Shemwellhead35MWfarmerKY
Mary Shemwellwife38FWKY
William Shemwellson18MWKY
Mary Ann Shemwelldaughter14FWKY
Almiranda J “Allie” Shemwelldaughter13FWKY
James C Shemwellson11MWKY
Paulina Ella Shemwelldaughter9FWKY
Nancy Elizabeth Shemwelldaughter4FWMO
Elizabeth Shemwelldaughter1FWMO

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - Benjamin Franklin Shemwell - Household

Pilot Grove, Cooper, Missouri, United States

NameAgeSexRaceOccupationAssetsBirthplaceParBmthMmthEduInfirm
B F Shemwell47MWFarmerKY
Mary C Shemwell48FWKY
Mary A Shemwell26FWKY
Alle M J Shemwell22FWKY
James Shemwell21MWFarmhandKY
Ella Shemwell19FWKY
Nancy E Shemwell12FWKY
Rebecca Shemwell10FWMO
Virginia Shemwell8FWMO

Notes: Jane Cook living next door who was married to Fielding Cook. She was a cousin; father was Samuel Shemwell.

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Benjamin Franklin Shemwell - Household

Washington, Pettis Mo.

NameRaceSexAgeBmthRelationMCYrsMOccupationHealthMnsUEduEng?BPFBPMBP
Shemwell, B FWM57headM-KYNCNC
Shemwell, M CWF58wifeM-KYNCNC
Shemwell, VirginiaWF16daughterS-MOKYKY
Richardson, AlmiraWF33daughterWdKYKYKY
Richardson, HoustonWM1grand sonSMOMOKY

Notes: James next door

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Benjamin Franklin Shemwell - Household

Washington Township, Pettis, MO

NameRelationRaceSexDOBAgeMCYrsMChBChLBPFBPMBPYUSYOIN/AOccupationMnsUEduEng?Home
Benjamin ShemwellheadWMMar 182377S58--KYNCNCFarmer
Mary C. ShemwellwifeWFDec 182178S5888KYNCNC
Almey J.RichardsondaughterWFDec 184653W22KYKYKYHousekeeper

Name
Name "Cynthia" in obituary is incorrect