The Shemwell Family

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Birth	February 5, 1851 44 37 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Birth of a sister	Josephine Octavia Ann Holmes July 8, 1854 (Age 3 years) Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States
Birth of a sister	Emma Lucinda Holmes February 1, 1856 (Age 4 years) Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States
Death of a sister	Josephine Octavia Ann Holmes about 1857 (Age 5 years) Farmington, Davis, 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
Historical Event	American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 10 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 mother	Elvira Ann Cowles March 10, 1871 (Age 20 years) Farmington, Davis, 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 of a father	Jonathan Harriman Holmes August 18, 1880 (Age 29 years) Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States
Historical Event	Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 47 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	Emma Lucinda Holmes June 11, 1901 (Age 50 years) Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States
Death of a sister	Marietta Holmes August 10, 1905 (Age 54 years) Riverside, Box Elder, Utah, United States
Historical Event	Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 64 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 65 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 66 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/
Historical Event	The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 78 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	June 30, 1939 (Age 88 years) Plymouth, Box Elder, Utah, United States
Burial	Farmington City Cemetery, Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Farmington City Cemetery

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father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Elvira Ann Cowles Lucy Elvira Holmes Marietta Holmes Phoebe Louisa Holmes Josephine Octavia Ann Holmes Emma Lucinda Holmes Jonathan Harriman Holmes Birth: March 11, 1806 — Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Death: August 18, 1880 — Farmington, Davis, 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 Jonathan Harriman Holmes Lucy Elvira Holmes Marietta Holmes Phoebe Louisa Holmes Josephine Octavia Ann Holmes Emma Lucinda Holmes Elvira Ann Cowles Birth: November 23, 1813 — Unadilla, Otsego, New York, United States Death: March 10, 1871 — Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States
	Marriage: December 1, 1842 — Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Lucy Elvira Holmes Death:
elder sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Marietta Holmes Birth: July 17, 1849 43 35 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Death: August 10, 1905 — Riverside, Box Elder, Utah, United States
19 months herself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Phoebe Louisa Holmes Birth: February 5, 1851 44 37 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Death: June 30, 1939 — Plymouth, Box Elder, Utah, United States
3 years younger sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Josephine Octavia Ann Holmes Birth: July 8, 1854 48 40 — Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States Death: about 1857 — Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States
19 months younger sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Emma Lucinda Holmes Birth: February 1, 1856 49 42 — Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States Death: June 11, 1901 — Farmington, Davis, 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 Jonathan Harriman Holmes Lucy Elvira Holmes Marietta Holmes Phoebe Louisa Holmes Josephine Octavia Ann Holmes Emma Lucinda Holmes Elvira Ann Cowles Birth: November 23, 1813 — Unadilla, Otsego, New York, United States Death: March 10, 1871 — Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States
	Marriage: June 1843 — Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States

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Family with parents
father Parents (unknown)	Jonathan Harriman Holmes 1806–1880
mother Parents (unknown)	Elvira Ann Cowles 1813–1871
sister Family (none)	Lucy Elvira Holmes –
elder sister Family (none)	Marietta Holmes 1849–1905
herself Family (none)	Phoebe Louisa Holmes 1851–1939
younger sister Family (none)	Josephine Octavia Ann Holmes 1854–1857
younger sister Family (none)	Emma Lucinda Holmes 1856–1901
Mother’s family with Joseph Smith Jr.
step-father Parents Joseph Smith Lucy Mack	Joseph Smith Jr. 1805–1844
mother Parents (unknown)	Elvira Ann Cowles 1813–1871