Lula Lea ShemwellAge: 68 years1864–1933
- Name
- Lula Lea Shemwell
- Given names
- Lula Lea
- Surname
- Shemwell
- Married name
- Lula Lea White
- Married name
- Lula Lea Moore
 Birth | August 17, 1864 36 26 |
 Death of a father | Whitson Berry Shemwell October 1, 1864 (Age 45 days) Cause: Killed near Petersburg Virginia Note: Siege of Peeble's Farm |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865Note: 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 |
| Marriage of a parent | John Cheek — Margaret Elizabeth Oldham — View this family Type: Religious marriage December 21, 1865 (Age 16 months) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 2 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 2 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 4 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 | August 24, 1870 (Age 6 years) |
| Death of a mother | Margaret Elizabeth Oldham November 1, 1877 (Age 13 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 13 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | James T Cerro Moore — View this family February 11, 1880 (Age 15 years) |
| Census | June 21, 1880 (Age 15 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | John Clyde Moore October 4, 1881 (Age 17 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Elizabeth Ann Brewer December 22, 1885 (Age 21 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Thomas Douglas Oldham 1886 (Age 21 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Eugene Russell Moore April 30, 1895 (Age 30 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 33 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 |
| Death of a husband | James T Cerro Moore 1900 (Age 35 years) |
| Census | June 7, 1900 (Age 35 years) |
| Marriage | Dan H White — View this family November 26, 1901 (Age 37 years) |
| Death of a brother | Thomas A Shemwell April 1905 (Age 40 years) Cause: Typhoid pneumonia |
| Census | April 26, 1910 (Age 45 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Jeanette Barrette Moore November 1, 1916 (Age 52 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 51 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 52 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 53 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/ |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Eugene Russell “Jack” Moore Jr. February 7, 1919 (Age 54 years) |
| Census | February 9, 1920 (Age 55 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 65 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 | May 26, 1933 (Age 68 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Bethlehem United Presbyterian Church |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Whitson Berry Shemwell Birth: 1828 38 27 — North Carolina, United States Death: October 1, 1864 — Petersburg, Virginia, United States |
| mother |
Margaret Elizabeth Oldham Birth: May 7, 1838 38 29 — North Carolina, United States Death: November 1, 1877 — Orange, North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: October 20, 1859 — Wilmington, New Hanover, North Carolina, United States |
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14 months elder brother |
Thomas A Shemwell Birth: 1860 32 21 Death: April 1905 — New York, New York, United States |
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2 years elder sister |
Dora Elizabeth Shemwell Birth: February 9, 1862 34 23 — Fayetteville, Cumberland, North Carolina, United States Death: August 13, 1935 — Trinity, Randolph, North Carolina, United States |
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3 years herself |
Lula Lea Shemwell Birth: August 17, 1864 36 26 — Orange, North Carolina, United States Death: May 26, 1933 — Burlington, Alamance, North Carolina, United States |
| Mother’s family with John Cheek |
| step-father |
John Cheek Birth: April 18, 1829 35 — Orange, North Carolina, United States Death: May 5, 1889 — Orange, North Carolina, United States |
| mother |
Margaret Elizabeth Oldham Birth: May 7, 1838 38 29 — North Carolina, United States Death: November 1, 1877 — Orange, North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: December 21, 1865 — Orange, North Carolina, United States |
| Family with James T Cerro Moore |
| husband |
James T Cerro Moore Birth: October 3, 1857 — North Carolina, United States Death: 1900 — North Carolina, United States |
| herself |
Lula Lea Shemwell Birth: August 17, 1864 36 26 — Orange, North Carolina, United States Death: May 26, 1933 — Burlington, Alamance, North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: February 11, 1880 — |
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20 months son |
John Clyde Moore Birth: October 4, 1881 24 17 — North Carolina, United States Death: |
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14 years son |
Eugene Russell Moore Birth: April 30, 1895 37 30 — Burlington, Alamance, North Carolina, United States Death: April 15, 1944 — Washington, District of Columbia, United States |
| Family with Dan H White |
| husband |
Dan H White Birth: about 1860 — North Carolina, United States Death: October 20, 1937 — Burlington, Alamance, North Carolina, United States |
| herself |
Lula Lea Shemwell Birth: August 17, 1864 36 26 — Orange, North Carolina, United States Death: May 26, 1933 — Burlington, Alamance, North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: November 26, 1901 — Alamance, North Carolina, United States |
Lula Lea Shemwell has 45 first cousins recorded
Father's family (42)
Parents James Isaac Shemwell + … …
Parents Poindexter Shemwell + Elizabeth J McClennan
Parents Alexander “Alex” Shemwell Jr. + Catharine Reed
Parents John L Reid + Louisa Shemwell
Parents Dr. Obediah Marcellus Shemwell + Sarah Elizabeth “Sally” Thompson
Parents Casper A Owen + Charlotte Jane Shemwell
Parents Jesse H Maley + Charlotte Jane Shemwell
Parents Robert Alexander Yarborough + Margaret Shemwell
Mother's family (3)
Parents Moses Strowd + Mary J Oldham
Parents Alexander Oldham + Smitha A Pipkin
Parents Thomas Jefferson Oldham + Esther Ann “Anna” Clegg
| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - James T Cerro Moore - Household
Graham, Alamance, North Carolina
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - James T Cerro Moore - Household
Main Street Burlington, Alamance, North Carolina
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Dan H White - Household
Burlington, Alamance, North Carolina
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Dan H White - Household
705 Church Street Burlington, Alamance, North Carolina
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