Milous Greene “Miles” ShemwellAge: 64 years1858–1922
- Name
- Milous Greene “Miles” Shemwell
- Given names
- Milous Greene
- Surname
- Shemwell
- Nickname
- Miles
 Birth | March 24, 1858 29 21 |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
 Death of a maternal grandmother | Elizabeth Owens 1860 (Age 21 months) |
| Birth of a brother | Willie Shemwell October 10, 1861 (Age 3 years) |
| Death of a brother | Willie Shemwell October 7, 1862 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Henryetta Adaline Shemwell June 27, 1864 (Age 6 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 3 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 |
| Birth of a brother | Calvin R Shemwell September 20, 1867 (Age 9 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 8 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 8 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Birth of a brother | Pinkney P Shemwell August 7, 1869 (Age 11 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Lovelace Lacewell Shemwell August 7, 1869 (Age 11 years) twin: Pinkney P Shemwell
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| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 10 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 maternal grandfather | Thomas S Reed 1874 (Age 15 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 19 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | Louisa Ann “Anna” Legate — View this family September 7, 1879 (Age 21 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Rev. Werner Guy Shemwell July 28, 1880 (Age 22 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Effie Shemwell April 14, 1884 (Age 26 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Lillie E Shemwell August 1887 (Age 29 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | Horace Otto Shemwell August 27, 1889 (Age 31 years) |
| Death of a sister | Henryetta Adaline Shemwell July 25, 1890 (Age 32 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #5 | Mamie G Shemwell May 21, 1892 (Age 34 years) |
| Death of a father | Henry Cox Shemwell January 16, 1893 (Age 34 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #6 | Nora Christine Shemwell December 31, 1893 (Age 35 years) |
| Death of a brother | Pinkney P Shemwell May 8, 1894 (Age 36 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 40 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 daughter #7 | Zula Montey Shemwell November 17, 1898 (Age 40 years) |
 Census | June 1, 1900 (Age 42 years) |
| Death of a mother | Eliza Jane Reed October 31, 1908 (Age 50 years) Cause: Kicked by a mule |
| Death of a daughter | Effie Shemwell March 11, 1910 (Age 51 years) Cause: Pneumonia-Measles-While attending school |
| Census | May 3, 1910 (Age 52 years) |
| Death of a brother | James Pascal Shemwell April 20, 1916 (Age 58 years) Cause: Arteriosclerosis |
| Burial of a brother | James Pascal Shemwell April 21, 1916 (Age 58 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Pitman Cemetery |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 57 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Marriage of a child | Horace Otto Shemwell — Zelpha Hill — View this family May 4, 1917 (Age 59 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Thelma Dean Shemwell February 28, 1918 (Age 59 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Bynum Bentley Wood — Zula Montey Shemwell — View this family October 5, 1918 (Age 60 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 58 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 59 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 granddaughter #2 | Vera Cleone Shemwell March 6, 1919 (Age 60 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | Presley Bynum “Woody” Wood November 29, 1919 (Age 61 years) |
| Census | January 15, 1920 (Age 61 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | Lester Lynn Shemwell September 8, 1920 (Age 62 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #5 | John Edward Wood September 2, 1921 (Age 63 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #6 | Ralph Ewing Shemwell November 26, 1921 (Age 63 years) |
 Death | October 26, 1922 (Age 64 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Heber Springs City Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Henry Cox Shemwell Birth: December 11, 1828 36 28 — Rowan, North Carolina, United States Death: January 16, 1893 — Clay, Arkansas, United States |
| mother |
Eliza Jane Reed Birth: August 17, 1836 18 18 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: October 31, 1908 — Arkansas, United States |
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Marriage: November 6, 1854 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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9 months elder brother |
James Pascal Shemwell Birth: August 17, 1855 26 19 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: April 20, 1916 — Current River, Ripley, Missouri, United States |
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3 years himself |
Milous Greene “Miles” Shemwell Birth: March 24, 1858 29 21 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: October 26, 1922 — Cleburne, Arkansas, United States |
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4 years younger brother |
Willie Shemwell Birth: October 10, 1861 32 25 Death: October 7, 1862 |
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3 years younger sister |
Henryetta Adaline Shemwell Birth: June 27, 1864 35 27 — Arkansas, United States Death: July 25, 1890 — Arkansas, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Calvin R Shemwell Birth: September 20, 1867 38 31 — Arkansas, United States Death: November 25, 1939 — Arkansas, United States |
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23 months younger brother |
Pinkney P Shemwell Birth: August 7, 1869 40 32 — Arkansas, United States Death: May 8, 1894 — Arkansas, United States |
| younger brother |
Lovelace Lacewell Shemwell Birth: August 7, 1869 40 32 — Pitman, Randolph, Arkansas, United States Death: December 19, 1924 — Clay, Arkansas, United States |
| Family with Louisa Ann “Anna” Legate |
| himself |
Milous Greene “Miles” Shemwell Birth: March 24, 1858 29 21 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: October 26, 1922 — Cleburne, Arkansas, United States |
| wife |
Louisa Ann “Anna” Legate Birth: December 24, 1861 — Illinois, United States Death: February 7, 1944 — Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States |
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Marriage: September 7, 1879 — Randolph, Arkansas, United States |
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11 months son |
Rev. Werner Guy Shemwell Birth: July 28, 1880 22 18 — Sherman, Gray, Texas, United States Death: May 14, 1961 — Pulaski, Arkansas, United States |
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4 years daughter |
Effie Shemwell Birth: April 14, 1884 26 22 — Arkansas, United States Death: March 11, 1910 — Chillicothe, Livingston, Missouri, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Lillie E Shemwell Birth: August 1887 29 25 — Arkansas, United States Death: January 7, 1971 |
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2 years son |
Horace Otto Shemwell Birth: August 27, 1889 31 27 — Arkansas, United States Death: December 10, 1971 — Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Mamie G Shemwell Birth: May 21, 1892 34 30 — Arkansas, United States Death: June 1984 |
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19 months daughter |
Nora Christine Shemwell Birth: December 31, 1893 35 32 — Pitman, Randolph, Arkansas, United States Death: May 1984 — Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States |
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5 years daughter |
Zula Montey Shemwell Birth: November 17, 1898 40 36 — Arkansas, United States Death: May 24, 1972 |
Milous Greene “Miles” Shemwell has 38 first cousins recorded
Father's family (38)
Parents Isaac Shemwell + Martha Ann “Mattie” Feezor
Parents David Alexander Shemwell + Permelia J Roach
Parents Lovelace Wellington Shemwell + Luvenia “Vena” Roach
Parents Pinkney H Shemwell + Sarah E Williamson
Parents Willis Washington Breezeel + Nancy Shemwell
Parents Milous R “Miles” Shemwell + Amanda Lee Wright
Mother's family (0)
| Birth | Name: Milus G Shamwell
Birth Date: 24 Mar 1858
Birth Place: Graves, Kentucky, USA
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Father: Henry Shamwell
Mother: Eliza Reed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Milous Greene Shemwell - Household
Clay Arkansas
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Milous Greene Shemwell - Household
Kilgore Clay Ak
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Milous Greene “Miles” Shemwell - Household
Higden, Cleburne, Arkansas
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