The Shemwell Family

Events of close relatives Historical facts
Birth	October 7, 1832 42 43 Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States
Historical Event	Cholera Epidemic 1832 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 2 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
Marriage of a parent	Joseph Smith Jr. — Sarah Marietta Kingsley — View this family Type: Religious marriage before June 29, 1842 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event	Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 13 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
Death of a mother	Sarah Marietta Kingsley April 20, 1856 (Age 23 years) Plymouth, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Historical Event	Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 24 years) Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Death of a father	John Alexander Cleveland November 24, 1860 (Age 28 years) Plymouth, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Historical Event	American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 28 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 34 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 34 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 36 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 45 years) Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Historical Event	Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 65 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 sister	Augusta Bowen Cleveland March 27, 1903 (Age 70 years) Hayden, Kootenai, Idaho, United States
Historical Event	Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 83 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 84 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 85 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	February 22, 1920 (Age 87 years) Mason City, Cerro Gordo, Iowa, United States
Burial	Laurel Hill Cemetery, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Laurel Hill Cemetery

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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 Sarah Marietta Kingsley Augusta Bowen Cleveland Alexander Dennison Cleveland John Alexander Cleveland Birth: May 21, 1790 — New York City, New York, New York, United States Death: November 24, 1860 — Plymouth, Hancock, Illinois, United States
mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse John Howe Edward Chaplin Howe Family with spouse John Alexander Cleveland Augusta Bowen Cleveland Alexander Dennison Cleveland Family with spouse Joseph Smith Jr. Sarah Marietta Kingsley Birth: October 20, 1788 — Becket, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States Death: April 20, 1856 — Plymouth, Hancock, Illinois, United States
	Marriage: June 10, 1826 — Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States
3 years elder sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Augusta Bowen Cleveland Birth: December 7, 1828 38 40 — Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States Death: March 27, 1903 — Hayden, Kootenai, Idaho, United States
4 years himself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Alexander Dennison Cleveland Birth: October 7, 1832 42 43 — Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States Death: February 22, 1920 — Mason City, Cerro Gordo, Iowa, United States

Mother’s family with John Howe - View this family

step-father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Sarah Marietta Kingsley Edward Chaplin Howe John Howe Birth: about 1780 — Massachusetts, United States Death: about 1825 — Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States
mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse John Howe Edward Chaplin Howe Family with spouse John Alexander Cleveland Augusta Bowen Cleveland Alexander Dennison Cleveland Family with spouse Joseph Smith Jr. Sarah Marietta Kingsley Birth: October 20, 1788 — Becket, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States Death: April 20, 1856 — Plymouth, Hancock, Illinois, United States
	Marriage: December 7, 1807 — New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
13 months half-brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Edward Chaplin Howe Birth: about 1808 28 19 — Berkshire, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States Death: about 1815 — Berkshire, Berkshire, Massachusetts, 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 John Howe Edward Chaplin Howe Family with spouse John Alexander Cleveland Augusta Bowen Cleveland Alexander Dennison Cleveland Family with spouse Joseph Smith Jr. Sarah Marietta Kingsley Birth: October 20, 1788 — Becket, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States Death: April 20, 1856 — Plymouth, Hancock, Illinois, United States
	Marriage: before June 29, 1842 —

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Family with parents
father Parents (unknown)	John Alexander Cleveland 1790–1860
mother Parents (unknown)	Sarah Marietta Kingsley 1788–1856
elder sister Family (none)	Augusta Bowen Cleveland 1828–1903
himself Family (none)	Alexander Dennison Cleveland 1832–1920
Mother’s family with John Howe
step-father Parents (unknown)	John Howe 1780–1825
mother Parents (unknown)	Sarah Marietta Kingsley 1788–1856
half-brother Family (none)	Edward Chaplin Howe 1808–1815
Mother’s family with Joseph Smith Jr.
step-father Parents Joseph Smith Lucy Mack	Joseph Smith Jr. 1805–1844
mother Parents (unknown)	Sarah Marietta Kingsley 1788–1856