The Shemwell Family

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Birth	August 1, 1851 38 31 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Marriage of a parent	Amasa Mason Lyman Sr. — Lydia Partridge — View this family Type: Religious marriage February 7, 1853 (Age 18 months) Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Birth of a brother	Joseph Alvin Lyman December 13, 1856 (Age 5 years) Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Historical Event	Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 5 years) Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Birth of a sister	Lucy Zina Lyman August 26, 1860 (Age 9 years) Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Historical Event	American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 9 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 15 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 15 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 17 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 father	Amasa Mason Lyman Sr. February 4, 1877 (Age 25 years) Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States
Death of a maternal grandmother	Lydia Clisbee June 9, 1878 (Age 26 years) Oak City, Millard, Utah, United States
Historical Event	Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 26 years) Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Death	March 20, 1879 (Age 27 years) Oak City, Millard, Utah, United States
Burial	Oak City Cemetery, Oak City, Millard, Utah, United States Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Oak City 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 Eliza Maria Partridge Don Carlos Lyman Platte De Alton Lyman Caroline Eliza “Carlie” Lyman Joseph Alvin Lyman Lucy Zina Lyman Family with spouse Caroline Ely Partridge Family with spouse Lydia Partridge Amasa Mason Lyman Sr. Birth: March 30, 1813 — Lyme, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States Death: February 4, 1877 — Fillmore, Millard, 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 Amasa Mason Lyman Sr. Don Carlos Lyman Platte De Alton Lyman Caroline Eliza “Carlie” Lyman Joseph Alvin Lyman Lucy Zina Lyman Eliza Maria Partridge Birth: April 20, 1820 26 26 — Painesville, Lake, Ohio, United States Death: March 2, 1886 — Oak City, Millard, Utah, United States
	Marriage: January 13, 1846 — Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
6 months elder brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Don Carlos Lyman Birth: July 14, 1846 33 26 — Winter Quarters, Douglas, Nebraska, United States Death: December 12, 1846 — Winter Quarters, Douglas, Nebraska, United States
2 years elder brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Platte De Alton Lyman Birth: August 20, 1848 35 28 — Goshen, Wyoming, United States Death: November 13, 1901 — Bluff, San Juan, Utah, United States
3 years herself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Caroline Eliza “Carlie” Lyman Birth: August 1, 1851 38 31 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Death: March 20, 1879 — Oak City, Millard, Utah, United States
5 years younger brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Joseph Alvin Lyman Birth: December 13, 1856 43 36 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Death: December 18, 1925 — Mayfield, Sanpete, Utah, United States
4 years younger sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Lucy Zina Lyman Birth: August 26, 1860 47 40 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Death: January 4, 1930 — Blanding, San Juan, Utah, United States

Father’s family with Caroline Ely Partridge - View this family

father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Eliza Maria Partridge Don Carlos Lyman Platte De Alton Lyman Caroline Eliza “Carlie” Lyman Joseph Alvin Lyman Lucy Zina Lyman Family with spouse Caroline Ely Partridge Family with spouse Lydia Partridge Amasa Mason Lyman Sr. Birth: March 30, 1813 — Lyme, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States Death: February 4, 1877 — Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States
step-mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Amasa Mason Lyman Sr. Caroline Ely Partridge Birth: January 8, 1827 33 33 — Painesville, Geauga, Ohio, United States Death: May 5, 1908 — Oak City, Millard, Utah, United States
	Marriage: September 6, 1844 — Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States

Father’s family with Lydia Partridge - View this family

father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Eliza Maria Partridge Don Carlos Lyman Platte De Alton Lyman Caroline Eliza “Carlie” Lyman Joseph Alvin Lyman Lucy Zina Lyman Family with spouse Caroline Ely Partridge Family with spouse Lydia Partridge Amasa Mason Lyman Sr. Birth: March 30, 1813 — Lyme, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States Death: February 4, 1877 — Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States
step-mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Amasa Mason Lyman Sr. Lydia Partridge Birth: May 8, 1830 36 36 — Painesville, Geauga, Ohio, United States Death: January 16, 1875 — Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States
	Marriage: February 7, 1853 — 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 Amasa Mason Lyman Sr. Don Carlos Lyman Platte De Alton Lyman Caroline Eliza “Carlie” Lyman Joseph Alvin Lyman Lucy Zina Lyman Eliza Maria Partridge Birth: April 20, 1820 26 26 — Painesville, Lake, Ohio, United States Death: March 2, 1886 — Oak City, Millard, Utah, United States
	Marriage: March 8, 1843 — Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States

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Family with parents
father Parents (unknown)	Amasa Mason Lyman Sr. 1813–1877
mother Parents Edward Partridge Sr. Lydia Clisbee	Eliza Maria Partridge 1820–1886
elder brother Family (none)	Don Carlos Lyman 1846–1846
elder brother Family (none)	Platte De Alton Lyman 1848–1901
herself Family (none)	Caroline Eliza “Carlie” Lyman 1851–1879
younger brother Family (none)	Joseph Alvin Lyman 1856–1925
younger sister Family (none)	Lucy Zina Lyman 1860–1930
Father’s family with Caroline Ely Partridge
father Parents (unknown)	Amasa Mason Lyman Sr. 1813–1877
step-mother Parents Edward Partridge Sr. Lydia Clisbee	Caroline Ely Partridge 1827–1908
Father’s family with Lydia Partridge
father Parents (unknown)	Amasa Mason Lyman Sr. 1813–1877
step-mother Parents Edward Partridge Sr. Lydia Clisbee	Lydia Partridge 1830–1875
Mother’s family with Joseph Smith Jr.
step-father Parents Joseph Smith Lucy Mack	Joseph Smith Jr. 1805–1844
mother Parents Edward Partridge Sr. Lydia Clisbee	Eliza Maria Partridge 1820–1886