The Shemwell Family

Events of close relatives Historical facts
Birth	October 5, 1839 23 17 Pike, Illinois, United States
Birth of a brother	William Jacob Seely December 29, 1841 (Age 2 years) Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
Marriage of a parent	Brigham Young Sr. — Lucy Ann “Luca” Decker — View this family Type: Religious marriage June 15, 1842 (Age 2 years) Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Birth of a half-brother	Brigham Heber Young June 19, 1845 (Age 5 years) Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Historical Event	Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 6 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
Birth of a half-sister	Fanny Decker Young January 25, 1849 (Age 9 years) Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Death of a brother	William Jacob Seely January 1850 (Age 10 years) Stark, Illinois, United States
Birth of a half-brother	Ernest Irving Young Sr. April 29, 1851 (Age 11 years) Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Death of a father	William I Seely May 20, 1851 (Age 11 years) Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
Birth of a half-sister	Shamira Young March 21, 1853 (Age 13 years) Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Birth of a half-brother	Arta DeCrista Young Sr. April 16, 1855 (Age 15 years) Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Birth of a half-brother	Feramorz Little Young September 16, 1858 (Age 18 years) Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Historical Event	Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 17 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 half-sister	Clarissa Hamilton Young July 23, 1860 (Age 20 years) Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Historical Event	American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 21 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 27 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 27 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 29 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 maternal grandmother	Harriet Page Wheeler December 22, 1871 (Age 32 years) Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Death of a maternal grandfather	Isaac Decker June 13, 1873 (Age 33 years) Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Historical Event	Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 38 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 half-brother	Ernest Irving Young Sr. October 8, 1879 (Age 40 years) Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Death of a half-brother	Feramorz Little Young September 27, 1881 (Age 41 years)
Death of a mother	Lucy Ann “Luca” Decker January 24, 1890 (Age 50 years) Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Death of a half-sister	Fanny Decker Young January 21, 1892 (Age 52 years) Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Historical Event	Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 58 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	May 10, 1899 (Age 59 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 Lucy Ann “Luca” Decker Isaac Joseph Seely Harriet Christina Seely William Jacob Seely William I Seely Birth: January 27, 1816 — Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States Death: May 20, 1851 — Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse William I Seely Isaac Joseph Seely Harriet Christina Seely William Jacob Seely Family with spouse Brigham Young Sr. Brigham Heber Young Fanny Decker Young Ernest Irving Young Sr. Shamira Young Arta DeCrista Young Sr. Feramorz Little Young Clarissa Hamilton Young Lucy Ann “Luca” Decker Birth: May 17, 1822 22 18 — Phelps, Ontario, New York, United States Death: January 24, 1890 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
	Marriage: February 6, 1837 — Portage, Ohio, United States
7 months elder brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Isaac Joseph Seely Birth: August 25, 1837 21 15 — Chester, Geauga, Ohio, United States Death: December 26, 1902 — Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
2 years herself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Harriet Christina Seely Birth: October 5, 1839 23 17 — Pike, Illinois, United States Death: May 10, 1899 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
2 years younger brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree William Jacob Seely Birth: December 29, 1841 25 19 — Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States Death: January 1850 — Stark, Illinois, United States

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 William I Seely Isaac Joseph Seely Harriet Christina Seely William Jacob Seely Family with spouse Brigham Young Sr. Brigham Heber Young Fanny Decker Young Ernest Irving Young Sr. Shamira Young Arta DeCrista Young Sr. Feramorz Little Young Clarissa Hamilton Young Lucy Ann “Luca” Decker Birth: May 17, 1822 22 18 — Phelps, Ontario, New York, United States Death: January 24, 1890 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
	Marriage: June 15, 1842 — Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
3 years half-brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Brigham Heber Young Birth: June 19, 1845 44 23 — Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Death: June 3, 1928 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
4 years half-sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Fanny Decker Young Birth: January 25, 1849 47 26 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Death: January 21, 1892 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
2 years half-brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Ernest Irving Young Sr. Birth: April 29, 1851 49 28 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Death: October 8, 1879 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
23 months half-sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Shamira Young Birth: March 21, 1853 51 30 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Death: August 24, 1915 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
2 years half-brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Arta DeCrista Young Sr. Birth: April 16, 1855 53 32 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Death: April 7, 1916 — Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States
3 years half-brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Feramorz Little Young Birth: September 16, 1858 57 36 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Death: September 27, 1881
22 months half-sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Clarissa Hamilton Young Birth: July 23, 1860 59 38 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Death: August 21, 1939 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

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Family with parents
father Parents (unknown)	William I Seely 1816–1851
mother Parents Isaac Decker Harriet Page Wheeler	Lucy Ann “Luca” Decker 1822–1890
elder brother Family (none)	Isaac Joseph Seely 1837–1902
herself Family (none)	Harriet Christina Seely 1839–1899
younger brother Family (none)	William Jacob Seely 1841–1850
Mother’s family with Brigham Young Sr.
step-father Parents John Young Abigail “Nabby” Howe	Brigham Young Sr. 1801–1877
mother Parents Isaac Decker Harriet Page Wheeler	Lucy Ann “Luca” Decker 1822–1890
half-brother Family (none)	Brigham Heber Young 1845–1928
half-sister Family (none)	Fanny Decker Young 1849–1892
half-brother Family (none)	Ernest Irving Young Sr. 1851–1879
half-sister Family (none)	Shamira Young 1853–1915
half-brother Family (none)	Arta DeCrista Young Sr. 1855–1916
half-brother Family (none)	Feramorz Little Young 1858–1881
half-sister Family (none)	Clarissa Hamilton Young 1860–1939