The Shemwell Family

Events of close relatives Historical facts
Birth	May 9, 1823 33 28 Newry, Oxford, Maine, United States
Historical Event	Cholera Epidemic 1832 (Age 8 years) New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA 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 12 years) Texas, USA 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
Birth of a sister	Amanda D Sessions November 14, 1837 (Age 14 years) Far West, Caldwell, Missouri, United States
Death of a sister	Amanda D Sessions May 15, 1841 (Age 18 years) Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Birth of a brother	Athelson Sessions June 1841 (Age 18 years) Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Marriage of a parent	Joseph Smith Jr. — Patty Bartlett — View this family Type: Religious marriage March 9, 1842 (Age 18 years) Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Death of a brother	Athelson Sessions December 21, 1842 (Age 19 years) Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Marriage of a parent	David Sessions III — Rozilla Cowan — View this family Type: Religious marriage October 3, 1845 (Age 22 years) Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Historical Event	Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 22 years) 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
Marriage of a parent	David Sessions III — Harriet Elvira Teeples — View this family Type: Religious marriage January 13, 1850 (Age 26 years) Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Death of a father	David Sessions III August 11, 1850 (Age 27 years) Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Marriage of a parent	John Parry — Patty Bartlett — View this family Type: Religious marriage December 14, 1851 (Age 28 years) Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Historical Event	Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 33 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 37 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 43 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 43 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 45 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
Historical Event	Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 54 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 sister	Sylvia Porter Sessions April 12, 1882 (Age 58 years) Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States
Death of a mother	Patty Bartlett December 14, 1892 (Age 69 years) Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States
Death of a brother	Perrygrine Sessions June 3, 1893 (Age 70 years) Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States
Death	April 19, 1896 (Age 72 years) Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States
Burial	Bountiful Memorial Park, Davis, Utah, United States Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Bountiful Memorial Park

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Family with parents - View this family

father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Patty Bartlett Perrygrine Sessions Sylvia Porter Sessions David Sessions IV Amanda D Sessions Athelson Sessions Family with spouse Rozilla Cowan Family with spouse Harriet Elvira Teeples David Sessions III Birth: April 4, 1790 — Fairlee, Orange, Vermont, United States Death: August 11, 1850 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Joseph Smith Jr. Family with spouse David Sessions III Perrygrine Sessions Sylvia Porter Sessions David Sessions IV Amanda D Sessions Athelson Sessions Family with spouse John Parry Patty Bartlett Birth: February 4, 1795 — Bethel, Oxford, Maine, United States Death: December 14, 1892 — Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States
	Marriage: June 28, 1812 — Newry, Oxford, Maine, United States
2 years elder brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Perrygrine Sessions Birth: June 15, 1814 24 19 — Newry, Oxford, Maine, United States Death: June 3, 1893 — Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States
4 years elder sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Joseph Smith Jr. Family with spouse Windsor Palmer Lyon Marian S Lyon Philofreen Lyon Asa Windsor Lyon Josephine Rosetta Lyon Family with spouse Heber Chase Kimball Family with spouse Ezekiel Clark Sr. Perry Ezekiel Clark Phebe Jane Clark Martha Sylvia Clark Sylvia Porter Sessions Birth: July 31, 1818 28 23 — Newry, Oxford, Maine, United States Death: April 12, 1882 — Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States
5 years himself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree David Sessions IV Birth: May 9, 1823 33 28 — Newry, Oxford, Maine, United States Death: April 19, 1896 — Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States
15 years younger sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Amanda D Sessions Birth: November 14, 1837 47 42 — Far West, Caldwell, Missouri, United States Death: May 15, 1841 — Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
4 years younger brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Athelson Sessions Birth: June 1841 51 46 — Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Death: December 21, 1842 — Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States

Father’s family with Rozilla Cowan - View this family

father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Patty Bartlett Perrygrine Sessions Sylvia Porter Sessions David Sessions IV Amanda D Sessions Athelson Sessions Family with spouse Rozilla Cowan Family with spouse Harriet Elvira Teeples David Sessions III Birth: April 4, 1790 — Fairlee, Orange, Vermont, United States Death: August 11, 1850 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
step-mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse David Sessions III Rozilla Cowan Birth: November 8, 1814 — Maine, United States Death: January 17, 1894
	Marriage: October 3, 1845 — Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States

Father’s family with Harriet Elvira Teeples - View this family

father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Patty Bartlett Perrygrine Sessions Sylvia Porter Sessions David Sessions IV Amanda D Sessions Athelson Sessions Family with spouse Rozilla Cowan Family with spouse Harriet Elvira Teeples David Sessions III Birth: April 4, 1790 — Fairlee, Orange, Vermont, United States Death: August 11, 1850 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
step-mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse David Sessions III Harriet Elvira Teeples Birth: October 15, 1830 — Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan, United States Death: October 6, 1911 — Eden, Weber, Utah, United States
	Marriage: January 13, 1850 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, 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 Joseph Smith Jr. Family with spouse David Sessions III Perrygrine Sessions Sylvia Porter Sessions David Sessions IV Amanda D Sessions Athelson Sessions Family with spouse John Parry Patty Bartlett Birth: February 4, 1795 — Bethel, Oxford, Maine, United States Death: December 14, 1892 — Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States
	Marriage: March 9, 1842 — Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States

Mother’s family with John Parry - View this family

step-father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Patty Bartlett John Parry Birth: February 10, 1789 — Flintshire, Wales Death: January 13, 1868 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Joseph Smith Jr. Family with spouse David Sessions III Perrygrine Sessions Sylvia Porter Sessions David Sessions IV Amanda D Sessions Athelson Sessions Family with spouse John Parry Patty Bartlett Birth: February 4, 1795 — Bethel, Oxford, Maine, United States Death: December 14, 1892 — Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States
	Marriage: December 14, 1851 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

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Family with parents
father Parents (unknown)	David Sessions III 1790–1850
mother Parents (unknown)	Patty Bartlett 1795–1892
elder brother Family (none)	Perrygrine Sessions 1814–1893
elder sister Family Joseph Smith Jr. Windsor Palmer Lyon Marian S Lyon Philofreen Lyon Asa Windsor Lyon Josephine Rosetta Lyon Heber Chase Kimball Ezekiel Clark Sr. Perry Ezekiel Clark Phebe Jane Clark Martha Sylvia Clark	Sylvia Porter Sessions 1818–1882
himself Family (none)	David Sessions IV 1823–1896
younger sister Family (none)	Amanda D Sessions 1837–1841
younger brother Family (none)	Athelson Sessions 1841–1842
Father’s family with Rozilla Cowan
father Parents (unknown)	David Sessions III 1790–1850
step-mother Parents (unknown)	Rozilla Cowan 1814–1894
Father’s family with Harriet Elvira Teeples
father Parents (unknown)	David Sessions III 1790–1850
step-mother Parents (unknown)	Harriet Elvira Teeples 1830–1911
Mother’s family with Joseph Smith Jr.
step-father Parents Joseph Smith Lucy Mack	Joseph Smith Jr. 1805–1844
mother Parents (unknown)	Patty Bartlett 1795–1892
Mother’s family with John Parry
step-father Parents (unknown)	John Parry 1789–1868
mother Parents (unknown)	Patty Bartlett 1795–1892