The Shemwell Family

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Birth	April 29, 1849 38 36 Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Birth of a sister	Lois Elvira Barton April 19, 1851 (Age 23 months) Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Death of a maternal grandmother	Julia Ellis Hills May 30, 1856 (Age 7 years) Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States
Historical Event	Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 7 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 11 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 17 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 17 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 19 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	March 23, 1870 (Age 20 years) Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States
Burial	Parowan City Cemetery, Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Parowan City Cemetery

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father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Almera Woodard Johnson Mary Ellen Barton Sarah Delcina “Dellie” Barton Lois Elvira Barton Reuben Barton Birth: January 9, 1811 — Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States Death: April 2, 1891 — Weston, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States
mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Joseph Smith Jr. Family with spouse Reuben Barton Mary Ellen Barton Sarah Delcina “Dellie” Barton Lois Elvira Barton Almera Woodard Johnson Birth: October 12, 1812 39 29 — Westfield, Orleans, Vermont, United States Death: March 4, 1896 — Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States
	Marriage: November 16, 1845 —
8 months elder sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Mary Ellen Barton Birth: July 21, 1846 35 33 — Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Death: August 17, 1848 — Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
3 years herself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Sarah Delcina “Dellie” Barton Birth: April 29, 1849 38 36 — Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Death: March 23, 1870 — Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States
2 years younger sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Lois Elvira Barton Birth: April 19, 1851 40 38 — Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Death: September 2, 1893 — Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States

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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 Reuben Barton Mary Ellen Barton Sarah Delcina “Dellie” Barton Lois Elvira Barton Almera Woodard Johnson Birth: October 12, 1812 39 29 — Westfield, Orleans, Vermont, United States Death: March 4, 1896 — Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States
	Marriage: about 1843 — Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States

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Family with parents
father Parents (unknown)	Reuben Barton 1811–1891
mother Parents Ezekiel Johnson Jr. Julia Ellis Hills	Almera Woodard Johnson 1812–1896
elder sister Family (none)	Mary Ellen Barton 1846–1848
herself Family (none)	Sarah Delcina “Dellie” Barton 1849–1870
younger sister Family (none)	Lois Elvira Barton 1851–1893
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	Almera Woodard Johnson 1812–1896