The Shemwell Family

Events of close relatives Historical facts
Birth	December 11, 1847 31 36 St. Louis City, Missouri, United States
Birth of a brother	William Pickett Jr. December 11, 1847 St. Louis City, Missouri, United States
Historical Event	Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 Texas, USA 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
Historical Event	Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 9 years) Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Historical Event	American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 13 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 19 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 19 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 21 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 half-sister	Agnes Charlotte Smith January 31, 1873 (Age 25 years) California, United States
Death of a mother	Agnes Moulton Coolbrith December 26, 1876 (Age 29 years) San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States
Historical Event	Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 30 years) Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Death of a father	William Pickett Sr. April 4, 1891 (Age 43 years)
Historical Event	Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 50 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
Historical Event	Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 68 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 69 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 70 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	Josephine Donna “Ina” Smith February 29, 1928 (Age 80 years) Berkeley, Alameda, California, United States
Death	July 26, 1928 (Age 80 years) San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States
Burial	Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, Alameda, California, United States Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mountain View Cemetery

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father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Agnes Moulton Coolbrith Don Carlos Pickett William Pickett Jr. William Pickett Sr. Birth: November 2, 1816 Death: April 4, 1891
mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Don Carlos Smith Agnes Charlotte Smith Sophronia Catherine Smith Josephine Donna “Ina” Smith Family with spouse Joseph Smith Jr. Family with spouse George Albert Smith Sr. Family with spouse William Pickett Sr. Don Carlos Pickett William Pickett Jr. Agnes Moulton Coolbrith Birth: July 9, 1811 — Scarborough, Cumberland, Maine, United States Death: December 26, 1876 — San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States
	Marriage: April 1847 —
8 months himself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Don Carlos Pickett Birth: December 11, 1847 31 36 — St. Louis City, Missouri, United States Death: July 26, 1928 — San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States
twin brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree William Pickett Jr. Birth: December 11, 1847 31 36 — St. Louis City, Missouri, United States Death: October 19, 1931 — San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States

Mother’s family with Don Carlos Smith - View this family

step-father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Agnes Moulton Coolbrith Agnes Charlotte Smith Sophronia Catherine Smith Josephine Donna “Ina” Smith Don Carlos Smith Birth: March 25, 1816 44 40 — Norwich, Windsor, Vermont, United States Death: August 7, 1841 — Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Don Carlos Smith Agnes Charlotte Smith Sophronia Catherine Smith Josephine Donna “Ina” Smith Family with spouse Joseph Smith Jr. Family with spouse George Albert Smith Sr. Family with spouse William Pickett Sr. Don Carlos Pickett William Pickett Jr. Agnes Moulton Coolbrith Birth: July 9, 1811 — Scarborough, Cumberland, Maine, United States Death: December 26, 1876 — San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States
	Marriage: July 30, 1835 — Kirtland, Lake, Ohio, United States
1 year half-sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Agnes Charlotte Smith Birth: August 7, 1836 20 25 — Kirtland, Geauga, Ohio, United States Death: January 31, 1873 — California, United States
9 months half-sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Sophronia Catherine Smith Birth: April 23, 1837 21 25 — Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Death: October 2, 1843 — Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
4 years half-sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Josephine Donna “Ina” Smith Birth: March 10, 1841 24 29 — Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Death: February 29, 1928 — Berkeley, Alameda, California, United States

Mother’s family with Joseph Smith Jr. - View this family

step-father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Emma Hale Alvin Smith Julia Murdock-Smith Joseph Murdock-Smith Louisa Smith Thaddeus Smith Joseph Smith III Frederick Granger Williams Smith Alexander Hale Smith Don Carlos Smith David Hyrum Smith Family with spouse Elvira Ann Cowles Family with spouse Clarissa Reed Family with spouse Frances Ward “Fanny” Alger Family with spouse Lucinda Pendleton Family with spouse Louisa Beaman Family with spouse Zina Diantha Huntington Family with spouse Presendia Lathrop Huntington Family with spouse Sally Ann Fuller Family with spouse Agnes Moulton Coolbrith Family with spouse Mary Elizabeth Rollins Family with spouse Sylvia Porter Sessions Family with spouse Patty Bartlett Family with spouse Marinda Nancy Johnson Family with spouse Elizabeth “Eliza” Davis Family with spouse Sarah Marietta Kingsley Family with spouse Eliza Roxcy Snow Family with spouse Delcena Diademia Johnson Family with spouse Sarah Ann Whitney Family with spouse Sarah Bapson Family with spouse Desdemona Wadsworth Fullmer Family with spouse Martha McBride Family with spouse Ruth Daggett Vose Family with spouse Emily Dow Partridge Family with spouse Eliza Maria Partridge Family with spouse Helen Mar Kimball Family with spouse Flora Ann Woodworth Family with spouse Rhoda Richards Family with spouse Fanny Young Family with spouse Almera Woodard Johnson Family with spouse Olive Gray Frost Family with spouse Olive Martha Andrews Family with spouse Nancy Mariah “Mary” Winchester Family with spouse Maria Lawrence Family with spouse Sarah Lawrence Family with spouse Lucy Walker Family with spouse Melissa Lott Family with spouse Sarah Scott Family with spouse Mary Houston Joseph Smith Jr. Birth: December 23, 1805 34 30 — Sharon, Windsor, Vermont, United States Death: June 27, 1844 — Carthage, Hancock, Illinois, United States
mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Don Carlos Smith Agnes Charlotte Smith Sophronia Catherine Smith Josephine Donna “Ina” Smith Family with spouse Joseph Smith Jr. Family with spouse George Albert Smith Sr. Family with spouse William Pickett Sr. Don Carlos Pickett William Pickett Jr. Agnes Moulton Coolbrith Birth: July 9, 1811 — Scarborough, Cumberland, Maine, United States Death: December 26, 1876 — San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States
	Marriage: January 6, 1842 — Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States

Mother’s family with George Albert Smith Sr. - View this family

step-father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Agnes Moulton Coolbrith George Albert Smith Sr. Birth: June 26, 1817 — Potsdam, St. Lawrence, New York, United States Death: September 1, 1875 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Don Carlos Smith Agnes Charlotte Smith Sophronia Catherine Smith Josephine Donna “Ina” Smith Family with spouse Joseph Smith Jr. Family with spouse George Albert Smith Sr. Family with spouse William Pickett Sr. Don Carlos Pickett William Pickett Jr. Agnes Moulton Coolbrith Birth: July 9, 1811 — Scarborough, Cumberland, Maine, United States Death: December 26, 1876 — San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States
	Marriage: January 28, 1846 — Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States

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Family with parents
father Parents (unknown)	William Pickett Sr. 1816–1891
mother Parents (unknown)	Agnes Moulton Coolbrith 1811–1876
himself Family (none)	Don Carlos Pickett 1847–1928
twin brother Family (none)	William Pickett Jr. 1847–1931
Mother’s family with Don Carlos Smith
step-father Parents Joseph Smith Lucy Mack	Don Carlos Smith 1816–1841
mother Parents (unknown)	Agnes Moulton Coolbrith 1811–1876
half-sister Family (none)	Agnes Charlotte Smith 1836–1873
half-sister Family (none)	Sophronia Catherine Smith 1837–1843
half-sister Family (none)	Josephine Donna “Ina” Smith 1841–1928
Mother’s family with Joseph Smith Jr.
step-father Parents Joseph Smith Lucy Mack	Joseph Smith Jr. 1805–1844
mother Parents (unknown)	Agnes Moulton Coolbrith 1811–1876
Mother’s family with George Albert Smith Sr.
step-father Parents (unknown)	George Albert Smith Sr. 1817–1875
mother Parents (unknown)	Agnes Moulton Coolbrith 1811–1876