The Shemwell Family

Events of close relatives Historical facts
Birth	January 5, 1858 25 26 Grantsville, Tooele, Utah, United States
Death of a father	Joseph McMurray Sr. October 20, 1859 (Age 21 months) Tooele, Tooele, Utah, United States
Historical Event	Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 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 3 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 half-brother	William Matthew Chastain September 30, 1866 (Age 8 years) Fort Bridger, Uinta, Wyoming, United States Note: Biologically the son of Elizabeth Fairchild and possibly James Matthew. He took the name of Elizabeth's last husband, William L. Chastain.
Marriage of a parent	William Lowery Chastain — Elizabeth “Betsy” Fairchild — View this family about 1867 (Age 8 years) Utah, United States
Historical Event	The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 8 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 8 years) New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Birth of a half-brother	Junious Franklin “June” Chastain September 24, 1869 (Age 11 years) St Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri, United States
Historical Event	Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 10 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
Historical Event	Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 19 years) Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Historical Event	Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 40 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	August 7, 1907 (Age 49 years) Oakley, Cassia, Idaho, United States
Burial	Oakley Cemetery, Oakley, Cassia, Idaho, United States Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Oakley Cemetery

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father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Elizabeth “Betsy” Fairchild Elizabeth “Lizzie” McMurray Joseph McMurray Jr. Joseph McMurray Sr. Birth: April 13, 1832 — Middleton, Columbiana, Ohio, United States Death: October 20, 1859 — Tooele, Tooele, Utah, United States
mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Brigham Young Sr. Family with spouse James David Lyman Angeline Lyman James Acy Lyman Sr. Family with spouse Joseph McMurray Sr. Elizabeth “Lizzie” McMurray Joseph McMurray Jr. Family with spouse William Lowery Chastain William Matthew Chastain Junious Franklin “June” Chastain Elizabeth “Betsy” Fairchild Birth: March 28, 1831 — Marion, Ohio, United States Death: June 26, 1910 — Grantsville, Tooele, Utah, United States
	Marriage: August 16, 1855 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
11 months elder sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Elizabeth “Lizzie” McMurray Birth: July 26, 1856 24 25 — Grantsville, Tooele, Utah, United States Death: December 1922 — Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United States
17 months himself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Joseph McMurray Jr. Birth: January 5, 1858 25 26 — Grantsville, Tooele, Utah, United States Death: August 7, 1907 — Oakley, Cassia, Idaho, 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 Brigham Young Sr. Family with spouse James David Lyman Angeline Lyman James Acy Lyman Sr. Family with spouse Joseph McMurray Sr. Elizabeth “Lizzie” McMurray Joseph McMurray Jr. Family with spouse William Lowery Chastain William Matthew Chastain Junious Franklin “June” Chastain Elizabeth “Betsy” Fairchild Birth: March 28, 1831 — Marion, Ohio, United States Death: June 26, 1910 — Grantsville, Tooele, Utah, United States
	Marriage: October 3, 1844 — Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States

Mother’s family with James David Lyman - View this family

step-father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Elizabeth “Betsy” Fairchild Angeline Lyman James Acy Lyman Sr. James David Lyman Birth: May 29, 1826 — St. Lawrence, New York, United States Death: about 1852 — St Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri, United States
mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Brigham Young Sr. Family with spouse James David Lyman Angeline Lyman James Acy Lyman Sr. Family with spouse Joseph McMurray Sr. Elizabeth “Lizzie” McMurray Joseph McMurray Jr. Family with spouse William Lowery Chastain William Matthew Chastain Junious Franklin “June” Chastain Elizabeth “Betsy” Fairchild Birth: March 28, 1831 — Marion, Ohio, United States Death: June 26, 1910 — Grantsville, Tooele, Utah, United States
	Marriage: January 30, 1846 —
3 years half-sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Angeline Lyman Birth: about 1848 21 16 — Lake, Buchanan, Missouri, United States Death: about 1852
4 years half-brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree James Acy Lyman Sr. Birth: December 23, 1851 25 20 — St Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri, United States Death: December 6, 1942 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

Mother’s family with William Lowery Chastain - View this family

step-father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Elizabeth “Betsy” Fairchild William Matthew Chastain Junious Franklin “June” Chastain William Lowery Chastain Birth: October 1, 1836 — Dahlonega, Lumpkin, Georgia, United States Death: November 26, 1911 — Grantsville, Tooele, Utah, United States
mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Brigham Young Sr. Family with spouse James David Lyman Angeline Lyman James Acy Lyman Sr. Family with spouse Joseph McMurray Sr. Elizabeth “Lizzie” McMurray Joseph McMurray Jr. Family with spouse William Lowery Chastain William Matthew Chastain Junious Franklin “June” Chastain Elizabeth “Betsy” Fairchild Birth: March 28, 1831 — Marion, Ohio, United States Death: June 26, 1910 — Grantsville, Tooele, Utah, United States
	Marriage: about 1867 — Utah, United States
-3 months half-brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree William Matthew Chastain Birth: September 30, 1866 29 35 — Fort Bridger, Uinta, Wyoming, United States Death: May 11, 1942 — Kent, Culberson, Texas, United States
3 years half-brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Junious Franklin “June” Chastain Birth: September 24, 1869 32 38 — St Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri, United States Death: November 27, 1927

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Family with parents
father Parents (unknown)	Joseph McMurray Sr. 1832–1859
mother Parents (unknown)	Elizabeth “Betsy” Fairchild 1831–1910
elder sister Family (none)	Elizabeth “Lizzie” McMurray 1856–1922
himself Family (none)	Joseph McMurray Jr. 1858–1907
Mother’s family with Brigham Young Sr.
step-father Parents John Young Abigail “Nabby” Howe	Brigham Young Sr. 1801–1877
mother Parents (unknown)	Elizabeth “Betsy” Fairchild 1831–1910
Mother’s family with James David Lyman
step-father Parents (unknown)	James David Lyman 1826–1852
mother Parents (unknown)	Elizabeth “Betsy” Fairchild 1831–1910
half-sister Family (none)	Angeline Lyman 1848–1852
half-brother Family (none)	James Acy Lyman Sr. 1851–1942
Mother’s family with William Lowery Chastain
step-father Parents (unknown)	William Lowery Chastain 1836–1911
mother Parents (unknown)	Elizabeth “Betsy” Fairchild 1831–1910
half-brother Family (none)	William Matthew Chastain 1866–1942
half-brother Family (none)	Junious Franklin “June” Chastain 1869–1927