The Shemwell Family

Events of close relatives Historical facts
Birth	October 30, 1832 28 25 Pomfret, Chautauqua, New York, 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
Birth of a brother	Seth Sherman June 30, 1836 (Age 3 years) Kirtland, Geauga, Ohio, United States
Birth of a brother	Daniel Sherman about 1837 (Age 4 years) Kirtland, Geauga, Ohio, United States
Birth of a sister	Susan Julia Sherman October 31, 1838 (Age 6 years) Far West, Caldwell, Missouri, United States
Death of a father	Lyman Royal Sherman January 27, 1839 (Age 6 years) Far West, Caldwell, Missouri, United States
Marriage of a parent	Joseph Smith Jr. — Delcena Diademia Johnson — View this family Type: Religious marriage before July 1842 (Age 9 years) Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Marriage of a parent	Almon Whiting Babbitt — Delcena Diademia Johnson — View this family Type: Religious marriage January 24, 1846 (Age 13 years) Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Death of a maternal grandfather	Ezekiel Johnson Jr. January 13, 1848 (Age 15 years) Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
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 sister	Mary Elvira Sherman August 19, 1850 (Age 17 years) Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States
Death of a brother	Seth Sherman November 1850 (Age 18 years) Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States
Death of a mother	Delcena Diademia Johnson October 21, 1854 (Age 21 years) Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Death of a maternal grandmother	Julia Ellis Hills May 30, 1856 (Age 23 years) Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, 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
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
Death of a sister	Susan Julia Sherman January 28, 1874 (Age 41 years) Logan, Cache, Utah, United States
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	September 18, 1911 (Age 78 years) Huntington, Emery, Utah, United States
Burial	Huntington City Cemetery, Huntington, Emery, Utah, United States Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Huntington City Cemetery

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father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Delcena Diademia Johnson Mary Elvira Sherman Albey Lyman Sherman Seth Sherman Daniel Sherman Susan Julia Sherman Lyman Royal Sherman Birth: May 22, 1804 — Addison, Vermont, United States Death: January 27, 1839 — Far West, Caldwell, Missouri, United States
mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Lyman Royal Sherman Mary Elvira Sherman Albey Lyman Sherman Seth Sherman Daniel Sherman Susan Julia Sherman Family with spouse Joseph Smith Jr. Family with spouse Almon Whiting Babbitt Delcena Diademia Johnson Birth: November 19, 1806 33 23 — Westfield, Orleans, Vermont, United States Death: October 21, 1854 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
	Marriage: January 16, 1829 — Pomfret, Chautauqua, New York, United States
2 years elder sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Mary Elvira Sherman Birth: February 1831 26 24 — Pomfret, Chautauqua, New York, United States Death: August 19, 1850 — Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States
21 months himself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Albey Lyman Sherman Birth: October 30, 1832 28 25 — Pomfret, Chautauqua, New York, United States Death: September 18, 1911 — Huntington, Emery, Utah, United States
4 years younger brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Seth Sherman Birth: June 30, 1836 32 29 — Kirtland, Geauga, Ohio, United States Death: November 1850 — Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States
18 months younger brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Daniel Sherman Birth: about 1837 32 30 — Kirtland, Geauga, Ohio, United States Death:
22 months younger sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Susan Julia Sherman Birth: October 31, 1838 34 31 — Far West, Caldwell, Missouri, United States Death: January 28, 1874 — Logan, Cache, 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 Lyman Royal Sherman Mary Elvira Sherman Albey Lyman Sherman Seth Sherman Daniel Sherman Susan Julia Sherman Family with spouse Joseph Smith Jr. Family with spouse Almon Whiting Babbitt Delcena Diademia Johnson Birth: November 19, 1806 33 23 — Westfield, Orleans, Vermont, United States Death: October 21, 1854 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
	Marriage: before July 1842 — Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States

Mother’s family with Almon Whiting Babbitt - View this family

step-father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Delcena Diademia Johnson Family with spouse Julie Ann Johnson Family with spouse Maria Lawrence Almon Whiting Babbitt Birth: October 9, 1812 — Cheshire, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States Death: October 1856 — Prairie Creek, Buffalo, Nebraska, United States
mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Lyman Royal Sherman Mary Elvira Sherman Albey Lyman Sherman Seth Sherman Daniel Sherman Susan Julia Sherman Family with spouse Joseph Smith Jr. Family with spouse Almon Whiting Babbitt Delcena Diademia Johnson Birth: November 19, 1806 33 23 — Westfield, Orleans, Vermont, United States Death: October 21, 1854 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
	Marriage: January 24, 1846 — Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States

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Family with parents
father Parents (unknown)	Lyman Royal Sherman 1804–1839
mother Parents Ezekiel Johnson Jr. Julia Ellis Hills	Delcena Diademia Johnson 1806–1854
elder sister Family (none)	Mary Elvira Sherman 1831–1850
himself Family (none)	Albey Lyman Sherman 1832–1911
younger brother Family (none)	Seth Sherman 1836–1850
younger brother Family (none)	Daniel Sherman 1837–
younger sister Family (none)	Susan Julia Sherman 1838–1874
Mother’s family with Joseph Smith Jr.
step-father Parents Joseph Smith Lucy Mack	Joseph Smith Jr. 1805–1844
mother Parents Ezekiel Johnson Jr. Julia Ellis Hills	Delcena Diademia Johnson 1806–1854
Mother’s family with Almon Whiting Babbitt
step-father Parents (unknown)	Almon Whiting Babbitt 1812–1856
mother Parents Ezekiel Johnson Jr. Julia Ellis Hills	Delcena Diademia Johnson 1806–1854