The Shemwell Family

Events of close relatives Historical facts
Birth	September 4, 1833 29 28 Perrysburg, Cattaraugus, New York, United States
Birth of a brother	Nathaniel Knight December 31, 1835 (Age 2 years) Kirtland, Geauga, Ohio, United States
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
Death of a brother	Nathaniel Knight October 31, 1836 (Age 3 years) Kirtland, Geauga, Ohio, United States
Birth of a sister	Martha Abigail Knight February 9, 1839 (Age 5 years) Kirtland, Geauga, Ohio, United States
Birth of a brother	Rodolphus Elderkin Knight September 29, 1841 (Age 8 years) Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Death of a father	Vinson Knight July 31, 1842 (Age 8 years) Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Marriage of a parent	Joseph Smith Jr. — Martha McBride — View this family Type: Religious marriage August 1842 (Age 8 years)
Death of a brother	Rodolphus Elderkin Knight September 3, 1842 (Age 8 years) Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Death of a sister	Martha Abigail Knight March 24, 1844 (Age 10 years) Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Marriage of a parent	Heber Chase Kimball — Martha McBride — View this family Type: Religious marriage October 12, 1844 (Age 11 years) Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Historical Event	Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 12 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
Historical Event	Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 23 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 27 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 33 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 33 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 35 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 44 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	Rizpah Jane Knight March 17, 1895 (Age 61 years) Saint Johns, Apache, Arizona, United States
Historical Event	Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 64 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	Martha McBride November 20, 1901 (Age 68 years) Hooper, Weber, Utah, United States
Death of a sister	Almira Knight January 23, 1912 (Age 78 years) Ohio, United States
Death	April 11, 1912 (Age 78 years) Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Burial	Hinckley City Cemetery, Hinckley, Millard, Utah, United States Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Hinckley City Cemetery

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father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Martha McBride Almira Knight Rizpah Jane Knight Adaline Knight James Vincent Knight Nathaniel Knight Martha Abigail Knight Rodolphus Elderkin Knight Vinson Knight Birth: March 14, 1804 — New York, United States Death: July 31, 1842 — Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Vinson Knight Almira Knight Rizpah Jane Knight Adaline Knight James Vincent Knight Nathaniel Knight Martha Abigail Knight Rodolphus Elderkin Knight Family with spouse Joseph Smith Jr. Family with spouse Heber Chase Kimball Martha McBride Birth: March 17, 1805 — Chester, Orange, New York, United States Death: November 20, 1901 — Hooper, Weber, Utah, United States
	Marriage: July 26, 1826 —
11 months elder sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Almira Knight Birth: June 21, 1827 23 22 — New York, United States Death: January 23, 1912 — Ohio, United States
23 months elder sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Rizpah Jane Knight Birth: May 13, 1829 25 24 — Perrysburg, Cattaraugus, New York, United States Death: March 17, 1895 — Saint Johns, Apache, Arizona, United States
2 years elder sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Adaline Knight Birth: May 4, 1831 27 26 — Cattaraugus, New York, United States Death: June 10, 1919 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
2 years himself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree James Vincent Knight Birth: September 4, 1833 29 28 — Perrysburg, Cattaraugus, New York, United States Death: April 11, 1912 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
2 years younger brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Nathaniel Knight Birth: December 31, 1835 31 30 — Kirtland, Geauga, Ohio, United States Death: October 31, 1836 — Kirtland, Geauga, Ohio, United States
3 years younger sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Martha Abigail Knight Birth: February 9, 1839 34 33 — Kirtland, Geauga, Ohio, United States Death: March 24, 1844 — Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
3 years younger brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Rodolphus Elderkin Knight Birth: September 29, 1841 37 36 — Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Death: September 3, 1842 — Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, 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 Vinson Knight Almira Knight Rizpah Jane Knight Adaline Knight James Vincent Knight Nathaniel Knight Martha Abigail Knight Rodolphus Elderkin Knight Family with spouse Joseph Smith Jr. Family with spouse Heber Chase Kimball Martha McBride Birth: March 17, 1805 — Chester, Orange, New York, United States Death: November 20, 1901 — Hooper, Weber, Utah, United States
	Marriage: August 1842 —

Mother’s family with Heber Chase Kimball - View this family

step-father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Vilate Murray Helen Mar Kimball Family with spouse Nancy Mariah “Mary” Winchester Family with spouse Martha McBride Family with spouse Sarah Ann Whitney David Kimball David Orson Kimball Dorice H Kimball David Heber Kimball Newel Whitney Kimball Horace Heber Kimball Sarah Maria Kimball Joshua Heber Kimball Family with spouse Presendia Lathrop Huntington Presendia Celestia Kimball Joseph Smith Kimball Family with spouse Sylvia Porter Sessions Family with spouse Sarah Lawrence Family with spouse Lucy Walker Rachel Sylvia Kimball John Heber Kimball Willard Heber Kimball Lydia Holmes Kimball Anna Spaulding Kimball Eliza Kimball Joshua Heber Kimball Washington Heber Kimball Franklin Heber Kimball Family with spouse Sarah Scott Family with spouse Mary Houston Heber Chase Kimball Birth: June 14, 1801 — Sheldon, Franklin, Vermont, United States Death: June 24, 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 Vinson Knight Almira Knight Rizpah Jane Knight Adaline Knight James Vincent Knight Nathaniel Knight Martha Abigail Knight Rodolphus Elderkin Knight Family with spouse Joseph Smith Jr. Family with spouse Heber Chase Kimball Martha McBride Birth: March 17, 1805 — Chester, Orange, New York, United States Death: November 20, 1901 — Hooper, Weber, Utah, United States
	Marriage: October 12, 1844 — Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States

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Family with parents
father Parents (unknown)	Vinson Knight 1804–1842
mother Parents (unknown)	Martha McBride 1805–1901
elder sister Family (none)	Almira Knight 1827–1912
elder sister Family (none)	Rizpah Jane Knight 1829–1895
elder sister Family (none)	Adaline Knight 1831–1919
himself Family (none)	James Vincent Knight 1833–1912
younger brother Family (none)	Nathaniel Knight 1835–1836
younger sister Family (none)	Martha Abigail Knight 1839–1844
younger brother Family (none)	Rodolphus Elderkin Knight 1841–1842
Mother’s family with Joseph Smith Jr.
step-father Parents Joseph Smith Lucy Mack	Joseph Smith Jr. 1805–1844
mother Parents (unknown)	Martha McBride 1805–1901
Mother’s family with Heber Chase Kimball
step-father Parents (unknown)	Heber Chase Kimball 1801–1868
mother Parents (unknown)	Martha McBride 1805–1901