The Shemwell Family

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Birth	February 4, 1836 24 24 Kirtland, Geauga, Ohio, United States
Historical Event	The Texas Revolution between October 1835 and April 1836 Texas, USA Note: The Texas Revolution (or Texas War of Independence) was fought from October 2, 1835 to April 21, 1836 between Mexico and the Texas (Tejas) portion of the Mexican state of Coahuila y Tejas. The Texas Revolution erupted in 1836, after Texas declared its independence from Mexico. Mexico responded by invading Texas, where General Santa Anna won decisive victories in the battles of the Alamo and Goliad. The war ended at the Battle of San Jacinto (about 20 miles) east of modern day downtown Houston) where General Sam Houston led the Texas Army to victory in 18 minutes over a portion of the Mexican Army under Santa Anna, who was captured shortly after the battle. The conclusion of the war resulted in the creation of the Republic of Texas - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Revolution
Birth of a sister	Sarah Cerena Hampton May 7, 1837 (Age 15 months) Kirtland, Geauga, Ohio, United States
Death of a sister	Sarah Cerena Hampton October 17, 1838 (Age 2 years) Caldwell, Missouri, United States
Birth of a brother	Edaly Foster Hampton December 28, 1840 (Age 4 years) Adams, Illinois, United States
Birth of a sister	Julia Ann Hampton December 16, 1844 (Age 8 years) Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Death of a father	Jonathan Hampton December 30, 1844 (Age 8 years) Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Marriage of a parent	Brigham Young Sr. — Julia Foster — View this family Type: Religious marriage February 3, 1846 (Age 9 years) Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Marriage of a parent	Thomas Cole — Julia Foster — View this family about 1847 (Age 10 years)
Birth of a half-sister	Alice Vilate Cole September 1848 (Age 12 years) Jacksonville, Morgan, Illinois, United States
Historical Event	Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 9 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	Bertha Mary King — View this family October 12, 1856 (Age 20 years) Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Historical Event	Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 20 years) Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Death of a brother	Nephi G Hampton September 11, 1864 (Age 28 years) Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Historical Event	American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 25 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
Death of a sister	Julia Ann Hampton September 2, 1867 (Age 31 years) Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Historical Event	The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 30 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 30 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 32 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 41 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	Julia Foster January 17, 1891 (Age 54 years) Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Historical Event	Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 62 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	July 21, 1902 (Age 66 years) Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Burial	July 24, 1902 (3 days after death) 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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Family with parents - View this family

father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Julia Foster Nephi G Hampton Brigham Young Hampton Sr. Sarah Cerena Hampton Edaly Foster Hampton Julia Ann Hampton Jonathan Hampton Birth: April 10, 1811 — York, Canada Death: December 30, 1844 — Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Jonathan Hampton Nephi G Hampton Brigham Young Hampton Sr. Sarah Cerena Hampton Edaly Foster Hampton Julia Ann Hampton Family with spouse Brigham Young Sr. Family with spouse Thomas Cole Alice Vilate Cole Julia Foster Birth: November 18, 1811 — Vienna, Kennebec, Massachusetts, United States Death: January 17, 1891 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
	Marriage: September 4, 1833 — Lyons, Wayne, New York, United States
10 months elder brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Nephi G Hampton Birth: June 22, 1834 23 22 — Lyons, Wayne, New York, United States Death: September 11, 1864 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
19 months himself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Bertha Mary King Brigham Young Hampton Sr. Birth: February 4, 1836 24 24 — Kirtland, Geauga, Ohio, United States Death: July 21, 1902 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
15 months younger sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Sarah Cerena Hampton Birth: May 7, 1837 26 25 — Kirtland, Geauga, Ohio, United States Death: October 17, 1838 — Caldwell, Missouri, United States
4 years younger brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Edaly Foster Hampton Birth: December 28, 1840 29 29 — Adams, Illinois, United States Death: January 2, 1906 — Provo, Utah, Utah, United States
4 years younger sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Julia Ann Hampton Birth: December 16, 1844 33 33 — Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Death: September 2, 1867 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, 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 Jonathan Hampton Nephi G Hampton Brigham Young Hampton Sr. Sarah Cerena Hampton Edaly Foster Hampton Julia Ann Hampton Family with spouse Brigham Young Sr. Family with spouse Thomas Cole Alice Vilate Cole Julia Foster Birth: November 18, 1811 — Vienna, Kennebec, Massachusetts, United States Death: January 17, 1891 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
	Marriage: February 3, 1846 — Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States

Mother’s family with Thomas Cole - View this family

step-father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Julia Foster Alice Vilate Cole Thomas Cole Birth: about 1807 Death: about 1860 — California, United States
mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Jonathan Hampton Nephi G Hampton Brigham Young Hampton Sr. Sarah Cerena Hampton Edaly Foster Hampton Julia Ann Hampton Family with spouse Brigham Young Sr. Family with spouse Thomas Cole Alice Vilate Cole Julia Foster Birth: November 18, 1811 — Vienna, Kennebec, Massachusetts, United States Death: January 17, 1891 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
	Marriage: about 1847 —
21 months half-sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Alice Vilate Cole Birth: September 1848 41 36 — Jacksonville, Morgan, Illinois, United States Death: April 4, 1908 — Oakland, Alameda, California, United States

Family with Bertha Mary King - View this family

himself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Bertha Mary King Brigham Young Hampton Sr. Birth: February 4, 1836 24 24 — Kirtland, Geauga, Ohio, United States Death: July 21, 1902 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
wife	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Brigham Young Hampton Sr. Bertha Mary King Birth: April 7, 1835 35 27 — Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom Death: July 13, 1912 — Truckee, Nevada, California, United States
	Marriage: October 12, 1856 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

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Family with parents
father Parents (unknown)	Jonathan Hampton 1811–1844
mother Parents (unknown)	Julia Foster 1811–1891
elder brother Family (none)	Nephi G Hampton 1834–1864
himself Family Bertha Mary King	Brigham Young Hampton Sr. 1836–1902
younger sister Family (none)	Sarah Cerena Hampton 1837–1838
younger brother Family (none)	Edaly Foster Hampton 1840–1906
younger sister Family (none)	Julia Ann Hampton 1844–1867
Mother’s family with Brigham Young Sr.
step-father Parents John Young Abigail “Nabby” Howe	Brigham Young Sr. 1801–1877
mother Parents (unknown)	Julia Foster 1811–1891
Mother’s family with Thomas Cole
step-father Parents (unknown)	Thomas Cole 1807–1860
mother Parents (unknown)	Julia Foster 1811–1891
half-sister Family (none)	Alice Vilate Cole 1848–1908
Family with Bertha Mary King
himself Parents Jonathan Hampton Julia Foster	Brigham Young Hampton Sr. 1836–1902
wife Parents Thomas Owen King Sr. Hannah Dorcas Tapfield	Bertha Mary King 1835–1912