The Shemwell Family

Events of close relatives Historical facts
Birth	June 1, 1855 31 26 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Birth of a sister	Elizabeth Ann “Lily” Whitney November 27, 1857 (Age 2 years) Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Historical Event	Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 19 months) 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	Genevieve Whitney March 13, 1860 (Age 4 years) Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Birth of a sister	Helen Kimball Whitney March 24, 1862 (Age 6 years) Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Birth of a brother	Charles Spaulding Whitney November 21, 1864 (Age 9 years) Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Historical Event	American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 5 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
Birth of a sister	Florence Marion Whitney April 4, 1867 (Age 11 years) Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Death of a maternal grandmother	Vilate Murray October 22, 1867 (Age 12 years) Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Historical Event	The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 11 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 11 years) New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Death of a maternal grandfather	Heber Chase Kimball June 24, 1868 (Age 13 years) Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Birth of a sister	Phoebe Isabel Whitney September 24, 1869 (Age 14 years) Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Historical Event	Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 13 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	Vilate Murray Whitney February 5, 1870 (Age 14 years) Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Death of a sister	Phoebe Isabel Whitney July 23, 1874 (Age 19 years) Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Historical Event	Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 22 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 paternal grandmother	Elizabeth Ann Smith February 15, 1882 (Age 26 years) Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Death of a father	Horace Kimball Whitney Sr. November 22, 1884 (Age 29 years) Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Death of a brother	Charles Spaulding Whitney August 4, 1886 (Age 31 years) Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Death of a mother	Helen Mar Kimball November 13, 1896 (Age 41 years) Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Historical Event	Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 42 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	Genevieve Whitney June 12, 1901 (Age 46 years) Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Death of a sister	Elizabeth Ann “Lily” Whitney May 7, 1905 (Age 49 years) Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Historical Event	Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 60 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 61 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 62 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 of a sister	Helen Kimball Whitney February 13, 1927 (Age 71 years) Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Historical Event	The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 74 years) Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression
Death of a sister	Florence Marion Whitney April 18, 1930 (Age 74 years) Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Death	May 16, 1931 (Age 75 years) Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Burial	Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Salt Lake City Cemetery

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father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Helen Mar Kimball Helen Rosebelle Whitney William Howard Whitney Horace Kimball Whitney Jr. Vilate Murray Whitney Orson Ferguson Whitney Elizabeth Ann “Lily” Whitney Genevieve Whitney Helen Kimball Whitney Charles Spaulding Whitney Florence Marion Whitney Phoebe Isabel Whitney Horace Kimball Whitney Sr. Birth: July 25, 1823 28 22 — Kirtland, Geauga, Ohio, United States Death: November 22, 1884 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, 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 Horace Kimball Whitney Sr. Helen Rosebelle Whitney William Howard Whitney Horace Kimball Whitney Jr. Vilate Murray Whitney Orson Ferguson Whitney Elizabeth Ann “Lily” Whitney Genevieve Whitney Helen Kimball Whitney Charles Spaulding Whitney Florence Marion Whitney Phoebe Isabel Whitney Helen Mar Kimball Birth: August 22, 1828 27 22 — Mendon, Monroe, New York, United States Death: November 13, 1896 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
	Marriage: February 4, 1846 — Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
15 months elder sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Helen Rosebelle Whitney Birth: May 6, 1847 23 18 — Winter Quarters, Douglas, Nebraska, United States Death: May 6, 1847 — Winter Quarters, Douglas, Nebraska, United States
15 months elder brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree William Howard Whitney Birth: August 17, 1848 25 19 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Death: August 23, 1848 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1 year elder brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Horace Kimball Whitney Jr. Birth: September 1, 1849 26 21 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Death: September 1, 1849 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
4 years elder sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Vilate Murray Whitney Birth: June 2, 1853 29 24 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Death: February 5, 1870 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
2 years himself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Orson Ferguson Whitney Birth: June 1, 1855 31 26 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Death: May 16, 1931 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
3 years younger sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Elizabeth Ann “Lily” Whitney Birth: November 27, 1857 34 29 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Death: May 7, 1905 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
2 years younger sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Genevieve Whitney Birth: March 13, 1860 36 31 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Death: June 12, 1901 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
2 years younger sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Helen Kimball Whitney Birth: March 24, 1862 38 33 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Death: February 13, 1927 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
3 years younger brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Charles Spaulding Whitney Birth: November 21, 1864 41 36 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Death: August 4, 1886 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
2 years younger sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Florence Marion Whitney Birth: April 4, 1867 43 38 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Death: April 18, 1930 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
3 years younger sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Phoebe Isabel Whitney Birth: September 24, 1869 46 41 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Death: July 23, 1874 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, 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 Horace Kimball Whitney Sr. Helen Rosebelle Whitney William Howard Whitney Horace Kimball Whitney Jr. Vilate Murray Whitney Orson Ferguson Whitney Elizabeth Ann “Lily” Whitney Genevieve Whitney Helen Kimball Whitney Charles Spaulding Whitney Florence Marion Whitney Phoebe Isabel Whitney Helen Mar Kimball Birth: August 22, 1828 27 22 — Mendon, Monroe, New York, United States Death: November 13, 1896 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
	Marriage: May 1843 — Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States

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Family with parents
father Parents Newel Kimball Whitney Elizabeth Ann Smith	Horace Kimball Whitney Sr. 1823–1884
mother Parents Heber Chase Kimball Vilate Murray	Helen Mar Kimball 1828–1896
elder sister Family (none)	Helen Rosebelle Whitney 1847–1847
elder brother Family (none)	William Howard Whitney 1848–1848
elder brother Family (none)	Horace Kimball Whitney Jr. 1849–1849
elder sister Family (none)	Vilate Murray Whitney 1853–1870
himself Family (none)	Orson Ferguson Whitney 1855–1931
younger sister Family (none)	Elizabeth Ann “Lily” Whitney 1857–1905
younger sister Family (none)	Genevieve Whitney 1860–1901
younger sister Family (none)	Helen Kimball Whitney 1862–1927
younger brother Family (none)	Charles Spaulding Whitney 1864–1886
younger sister Family (none)	Florence Marion Whitney 1867–1930
younger sister Family (none)	Phoebe Isabel Whitney 1869–1874
Mother’s family with Joseph Smith Jr.
step-father Parents Joseph Smith Lucy Mack	Joseph Smith Jr. 1805–1844
mother Parents Heber Chase Kimball Vilate Murray	Helen Mar Kimball 1828–1896