The Shemwell Family

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Birth	September 13, 1861 28 25 Missouri, United States
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
Death of a father	Thomas F Duncan about 1865 (Age 3 years) Note: Assumed he died in the Civil War
Marriage of a parent	Robert McGehee — Sarah Ann Jones — View this family April 16, 1866 (Age 4 years) Butler, Missouri, United States
Birth of a half-brother	Robert Gordon McGehee August 8, 1867 (Age 5 years) Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States
Historical Event	The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 5 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 5 years) New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Birth of a half-sister	Tabitha Clementine McGehee August 16, 1869 (Age 7 years) Butler, Bates, Missouri, United States
Historical Event	Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 7 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 3, 1870 (Age 8 years) Beaver Dam, Butler, Missouri, United States Shared note: 1870 United States - Census transcript - Robert McGehee - Household 1870 United States - Census transcript - Robert McGehee - Household Beaver Dam, Butler, Missouri Name Relation Age Sex Color Occupation RE PE Birthplace FFB MFB Born Mar School Read Write Infirm Cit Dis McGehee, Robert head 48 M W Farmer MO McGehee, Sarah wife 34 F W Keeping House TN McGehee, Mary daughter 16 F W At Home TX McGehee, Martha daughter 12 F W At Home AR Duncan, Mary E step daughter 11 F W At Home MO Duncan, Martha V step daughter 8 F W At Home MO McGehee, William son 5 M W At Home MO McGehee, Tabitha daughter 9m F W At Home MO McGehee, Robert son 2 M W At Home MO Who are Mary E & Martha V - children of Sarah? -b
Historical Event	Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 16 years) Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Marriage of a parent	Andrew J Brown — Sarah Ann Jones — View this family after 1880 (Age 18 years) Note: in the 1880 Census she was listed as a McGehee. In the 1900 Census she was listed as Sarah Brown, Widow.
Death of a paternal grandmother	Mary Elizabeth Crawford about 1884 (Age 22 years) Faulkner, Arkansas, United States
Historical Event	Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 36 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	Sarah Ann Jones November 18, 1910 (Age 49 years) Vinita, Craig, Oklahoma, United States
Death	August 16, 1915 (Age 53 years) Texas, United States
Burial	Fargo Cemetery, Fargo, Wilbarger, Texas, United States Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Fargo Cemetery

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father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Sarah Ann Jones Mary E Duncan Martha V Duncan Thomas F Duncan Birth: about 1833 33 29 — Tennessee, United States Death: about 1865
mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Robert McGehee Robert Gordon McGehee Tabitha Clementine McGehee Family with spouse Andrew J Brown Family with spouse William Cotter John Cotter Family with spouse Thomas F Duncan Mary E Duncan Martha V Duncan Sarah Ann Jones Birth: November 28, 1835 28 23 — Tennessee, United States Death: November 18, 1910 — Vinita, Craig, Oklahoma, United States
	Marriage: February 21, 1858 — Butler, Missouri, United States
22 months elder sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Mary E Duncan Birth: about 1859 26 23 — Missouri, United States Death:
3 years herself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Martha V Duncan Birth: September 13, 1861 28 25 — Missouri, United States Death: August 16, 1915 — Texas, United States

Mother’s family with Robert McGehee - View this family

step-father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Nancy Harvil John Edward Megehee James S McGehee Julia Ann McGehee William Joshua McGehee Mary Ann McGehee Martha “Mattie” McGehee Family with spouse Melissa Adeline Murphy William Abraham McGehee Family with spouse Sarah Ann Jones Robert Gordon McGehee Tabitha Clementine McGehee Robert McGehee Birth: about 1822 22 17 — Missouri, United States Death: October 12, 1870 — Butler, Missouri, United States
mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Robert McGehee Robert Gordon McGehee Tabitha Clementine McGehee Family with spouse Andrew J Brown Family with spouse William Cotter John Cotter Family with spouse Thomas F Duncan Mary E Duncan Martha V Duncan Sarah Ann Jones Birth: November 28, 1835 28 23 — Tennessee, United States Death: November 18, 1910 — Vinita, Craig, Oklahoma, United States
	Marriage: April 16, 1866 — Butler, Missouri, United States
16 months half-brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Harriette A “Hattie” Howell Mary Mae McGehee Albert Lon “Bert” McGehee Lula Lee McGehee Edwin E McGehee Herman Earl McGehee Carl Everette McGehee Anna Laura McGehee Robert Gordon McGehee Birth: August 8, 1867 45 31 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States Death: July 9, 1921 — Rogers, Benton, Arkansas, United States
2 years half-sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse James Solomon Hancock Cora May Hancock Sarah Alice Hancock Charles Edward Hancock Laura Beth Hancock James Arthur Hancock Edna Faye Hancock Tabitha Clementine McGehee Birth: August 16, 1869 47 33 — Butler, Bates, Missouri, United States Death: August 9, 1942 — Sherman, Grayson, Texas, United States

Mother’s family with Andrew J Brown - View this family

step-father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Sarah Ann Jones Andrew J Brown Death: June 21, 1896 — Tennessee, United States
mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Robert McGehee Robert Gordon McGehee Tabitha Clementine McGehee Family with spouse Andrew J Brown Family with spouse William Cotter John Cotter Family with spouse Thomas F Duncan Mary E Duncan Martha V Duncan Sarah Ann Jones Birth: November 28, 1835 28 23 — Tennessee, United States Death: November 18, 1910 — Vinita, Craig, Oklahoma, United States
	Marriage: after 1880 —

Mother’s family with William Cotter - View this family

step-father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Sarah Ann Jones John Cotter William Cotter Birth: about 1829 — Tennessee, United States Death:
mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Robert McGehee Robert Gordon McGehee Tabitha Clementine McGehee Family with spouse Andrew J Brown Family with spouse William Cotter John Cotter Family with spouse Thomas F Duncan Mary E Duncan Martha V Duncan Sarah Ann Jones Birth: November 28, 1835 28 23 — Tennessee, United States Death: November 18, 1910 — Vinita, Craig, Oklahoma, United States
	Marriage: about 1853 — Tennessee, United States
2 years half-brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree John Cotter Birth: about 1854 25 18 — Missouri, United States Death:

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1870 United States - Census transcript - Robert McGehee - Household Beaver Dam, Butler, Missouri Name Relation Age Sex Color Occupation RE PE Birthplace FFB MFB Born Mar School Read Write Infirm Cit Dis McGehee, Robert head 48 M W Farmer MO McGehee, Sarah wife 34 F W Keeping House TN McGehee, Mary daughter 16 F W At Home TX McGehee, Martha daughter 12 F W At Home AR Duncan, Mary E step daughter 11 F W At Home MO Duncan, Martha V step daughter 8 F W At Home MO McGehee, William son 5 M W At Home MO McGehee, Tabitha daughter 9m F W At Home MO McGehee, Robert son 2 M W At Home MO Who are Mary E & Martha V - children of Sarah? -b

Family with parents
father Parents Philip Duncan Mary Elizabeth Crawford	Thomas F Duncan 1833–1865
mother Parents Emanuel Gordon Jones Mary Jane McKinney	Sarah Ann Jones 1835–1910
elder sister Family (none)	Mary E Duncan 1859–
herself Family (none)	Martha V Duncan 1861–1915
Mother’s family with Robert McGehee
step-father Parents John McGehee … …	Robert McGehee 1822–1870
mother Parents Emanuel Gordon Jones Mary Jane McKinney	Sarah Ann Jones 1835–1910
half-brother Family Harriette A “Hattie” Howell Mary Mae McGehee Albert Lon “Bert” McGehee Lula Lee McGehee Edwin E McGehee Herman Earl McGehee Carl Everette McGehee Anna Laura McGehee	Robert Gordon McGehee 1867–1921
half-sister Family James Solomon Hancock Cora May Hancock Sarah Alice Hancock Charles Edward Hancock Laura Beth Hancock James Arthur Hancock Edna Faye Hancock	Tabitha Clementine McGehee 1869–1942
Mother’s family with Andrew J Brown
step-father Parents (unknown)	Andrew J Brown –1896
mother Parents Emanuel Gordon Jones Mary Jane McKinney	Sarah Ann Jones 1835–1910
Mother’s family with William Cotter
step-father Parents (unknown)	William Cotter 1829–
mother Parents Emanuel Gordon Jones Mary Jane McKinney	Sarah Ann Jones 1835–1910
half-brother Family (none)	John Cotter 1854–