The Shemwell Family

Events of close relatives Historical facts
Birth	August 14, 1843 23 24 Ramus, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Death of a brother	Hyrum O Littlefield August 27, 1843 (Age 13 days) Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Marriage of a parent	Joseph Smith Jr. — Olive Martha Andrews — View this family Type: Religious marriage before 1844 (Age 4 months) Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Marriage of a parent	Brigham Young Sr. — Olive Martha Andrews — View this family Type: Religious marriage January 15, 1846 (Age 2 years) Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Historical Event	Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 2 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
Marriage of a parent	Orra Metcalf Lisk — Olive Martha Andrews — View this family about 1849 (Age 5 years) New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Birth of a half-sister	Kate Lisk August 10, 1853 (Age 9 years) New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Historical Event	Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 13 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 17 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 23 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 23 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 25 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 half-brother	Samuel Omar Kingsley April 3, 1877 (Age 33 years) Bombay, India
Historical Event	Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 34 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 mother	Olive Martha Andrews November 1879 (Age 36 years) Ashtabula, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States
Death of a father	Lyman Omer Littlefield September 1, 1893 (Age 50 years) Smithfield, Cache, Utah, United States
Historical Event	Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 54 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
Historical Event	Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 72 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 73 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 74 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	March 9, 1928 (Age 84 years) Maryville, Nodaway, Missouri, United States
Burial	Oak Hill Cemetery, Maryville, Nodaway, Missouri, United States Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Oak Hill Cemetery

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father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Olive Martha Andrews Mariah Littlefield Edward Lytton Littlefield Hyrum O Littlefield Donna Isora Littlefield Lyman Omer Littlefield Birth: November 22, 1819 — Verona, Oneida, New York, United States Death: September 1, 1893 — Smithfield, Cache, 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 Samuel Kingsley Samuel Omar Kingsley Family with spouse Lyman Omer Littlefield Mariah Littlefield Edward Lytton Littlefield Hyrum O Littlefield Donna Isora Littlefield Family with spouse Brigham Young Sr. Family with spouse Orra Metcalf Lisk Kate Lisk Olive Martha Andrews Birth: September 24, 1818 — Livermore, Androscoggin, Maine, United States Death: November 1879 — Ashtabula, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States
	Marriage: February 16, 1840 — Liberty, Adams, Illinois, United States
22 months elder sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Mariah Littlefield Birth: about 1841 21 22 — Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Death: about 1841 — Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
2 years elder brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Edward Lytton Littlefield Birth: about 1842 22 23 — Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Death: about 1842 — Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
11 months elder brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Hyrum O Littlefield Birth: November 1842 22 24 — Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Death: August 27, 1843 — Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
9 months herself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Donna Isora Littlefield Birth: August 14, 1843 23 24 — Ramus, Hancock, Illinois, United States Death: March 9, 1928 — Maryville, Nodaway, Missouri, 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 Samuel Kingsley Samuel Omar Kingsley Family with spouse Lyman Omer Littlefield Mariah Littlefield Edward Lytton Littlefield Hyrum O Littlefield Donna Isora Littlefield Family with spouse Brigham Young Sr. Family with spouse Orra Metcalf Lisk Kate Lisk Olive Martha Andrews Birth: September 24, 1818 — Livermore, Androscoggin, Maine, United States Death: November 1879 — Ashtabula, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States
	Marriage: before 1844 — Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States

Mother’s family with Samuel Kingsley - View this family

step-father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Olive Martha Andrews Samuel Omar Kingsley Samuel Kingsley Birth: January 17, 1808 — Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States Death: about 1849 — Beardstown, Cass, 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 Samuel Kingsley Samuel Omar Kingsley Family with spouse Lyman Omer Littlefield Mariah Littlefield Edward Lytton Littlefield Hyrum O Littlefield Donna Isora Littlefield Family with spouse Brigham Young Sr. Family with spouse Orra Metcalf Lisk Kate Lisk Olive Martha Andrews Birth: September 24, 1818 — Livermore, Androscoggin, Maine, United States Death: November 1879 — Ashtabula, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States
	Marriage: about 1838 — Quincy, Adams, Illinois, United States
2 years half-brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Samuel Omar Kingsley Birth: about 1839 30 20 — Beardstown, Cass, Illinois, United States Death: April 3, 1877 — Bombay, India

Mother’s family with Brigham Young Sr. - View this family

step-father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Miriam Angeline Works Elizabeth Young Vilate Young Family with spouse Mary Ann Angell Joseph Angell Young Sr. Mary Ann Young Brigham Young Jr. Alice Young Luna Caroline Young John Willard Young Family with spouse Lucy Ann “Luca” Decker Brigham Heber Young Fanny Decker Young Ernest Irving Young Sr. Shamira Young Arta DeCrista Young Sr. Feramorz Little Young Clarissa Hamilton Young Family with spouse Augusta Adams Family with spouse Harriett Elizabeth Cook Oscar Brigham Young Sr. Family with spouse Clarissa Caroline “Clara” Decker Jeannette Richards Young Nabbie Howe Young Jedediah Grant Young Albert Jeddie Young Charlotte Tallula Young Family with spouse Emily Dow Partridge Edward Partridge Young Emily Augusta Young Caroline Partridge Young Joseph Don Carlos Young Miriam Young Josephine Young Laura Young Family with spouse Clarissa Ross Mary Eliza Young Clarissa Maria Young Willard Young Phoebe Louisa Young Family with spouse Louisa Beaman Moroni Young Hyrum Young Joseph Young Alma Burtts Young Alva Beaman Young Family with spouse Elizabeth “Betsy” Fairchild Family with spouse Eliza Roxcy Snow Family with spouse Clarissa “Clara” Blake Family with spouse Rebecca Greenleaf Holman Family with spouse Diana Severance Chase Family with spouse Susannah “Susan” Snively Julia Young Family with spouse Olive Gray Frost Family with spouse Mary Ann Clark Family with spouse Margaret Pierce Brigham Morris Young Sr. Family with spouse Mary Harvey Pierce Family with spouse Emmeline Free Ella Elizabeth Young Miranda Hyde Young Hyrum Smith Young Emeline Amanda Young Louisa Wells Young Lorenzo Dow Young Alonzo Young Ruth Young Daniel Wells Young Ardelle Elwin “Adella” Young Family with spouse Mary Elizabeth Rollins Family with spouse Margaret Maria Alley Evelyn Louisa Young Mahonri Moriancumer Young Family with spouse Emily Haws Family with spouse Olive Martha Andrews Family with spouse Martha Bowker Ida Ames Young Family with spouse Ellen Rockwood Family with spouse Abigail Jerusha Marks Family with spouse Jemima Angell Family with spouse Phebe Ann Morton Family with spouse Cynthia Porter Family with spouse Maria Lawrence Family with spouse Rhoda Richards Family with spouse Mary Eliza Nelson Family with spouse Zina Diantha Huntington Zina Presendia Young Family with spouse Amy Cecilia Cooper Family with spouse Mary Ellen de la Montaigne Family with spouse Abigail Harback Family with spouse Mary Ann Turley Family with spouse Julia Foster Family with spouse Naamah Kendel Jenkins Carter Family with spouse Nancy Cressy Family with spouse Jane Terry Family with spouse Mary Jane Bigelow Family with spouse Lucy Bigelow Eudora Lovina “Dora” Young Susan Amelia “Susa” Young Rhoda Mabel Young Family with spouse Sarah Malin Family with spouse Eliza Burgess Alfales Young Family with spouse Mary Oldfield Family with spouse Eliza Babcock Family with spouse Catherine Reese Family with spouse Harriet Emeline Barney Royal Barney Young Mary Lola Young Joseph Ormal Young Sarah Emeline Young Phineas Howe Young Infant Young Family with spouse Harriett Amelia Folsom Family with spouse Ann Eliza Webb Family with spouse Mary Van Cott Fannie Van Cott Young Family with spouse Elizabeth Jones Family with spouse Lydia Farnsworth Family with spouse Hannah Dorcas Tapfield Brigham Young Sr. Birth: June 1, 1801 38 36 — Whitingham, Windham, Vermont, United States Death: August 29, 1877 — 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 Samuel Kingsley Samuel Omar Kingsley Family with spouse Lyman Omer Littlefield Mariah Littlefield Edward Lytton Littlefield Hyrum O Littlefield Donna Isora Littlefield Family with spouse Brigham Young Sr. Family with spouse Orra Metcalf Lisk Kate Lisk Olive Martha Andrews Birth: September 24, 1818 — Livermore, Androscoggin, Maine, United States Death: November 1879 — Ashtabula, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States
	Marriage: January 15, 1846 — Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States

Mother’s family with Orra Metcalf Lisk - View this family

step-father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Olive Martha Andrews Kate Lisk Orra Metcalf Lisk Birth: February 10, 1819 — Cooperstown, Otsego, New York, United States Death: January 14, 1904 — Blandinsville, McDonough, 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 Samuel Kingsley Samuel Omar Kingsley Family with spouse Lyman Omer Littlefield Mariah Littlefield Edward Lytton Littlefield Hyrum O Littlefield Donna Isora Littlefield Family with spouse Brigham Young Sr. Family with spouse Orra Metcalf Lisk Kate Lisk Olive Martha Andrews Birth: September 24, 1818 — Livermore, Androscoggin, Maine, United States Death: November 1879 — Ashtabula, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States
	Marriage: about 1849 — New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States
5 years half-sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Kate Lisk Birth: August 10, 1853 34 34 — New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States Death: February 15, 1940

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Family with parents
father Parents (unknown)	Lyman Omer Littlefield 1819–1893
mother Parents (unknown)	Olive Martha Andrews 1818–1879
elder sister Family (none)	Mariah Littlefield 1841–1841
elder brother Family (none)	Edward Lytton Littlefield 1842–1842
elder brother Family (none)	Hyrum O Littlefield 1842–1843
herself Family (none)	Donna Isora Littlefield 1843–1928
Mother’s family with Joseph Smith Jr.
step-father Parents Joseph Smith Lucy Mack	Joseph Smith Jr. 1805–1844
mother Parents (unknown)	Olive Martha Andrews 1818–1879
Mother’s family with Samuel Kingsley
step-father Parents (unknown)	Samuel Kingsley 1808–1849
mother Parents (unknown)	Olive Martha Andrews 1818–1879
half-brother Family (none)	Samuel Omar Kingsley 1839–1877
Mother’s family with Brigham Young Sr.
step-father Parents John Young Abigail “Nabby” Howe	Brigham Young Sr. 1801–1877
mother Parents (unknown)	Olive Martha Andrews 1818–1879
Mother’s family with Orra Metcalf Lisk
step-father Parents (unknown)	Orra Metcalf Lisk 1819–1904
mother Parents (unknown)	Olive Martha Andrews 1818–1879
half-sister Family (none)	Kate Lisk 1853–1940