The Shemwell Family

Events of close relatives Historical facts
Birth	December 19, 1862 35 35 Independence, Mono, California, United States
Death of a sister	Isabel Priscilla Cook about 1862 San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States
Historical Event	American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 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 sister	Charlotte Thankful Cook about 1867 (Age 4 years) San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States
Death of a sister	Charlotte Thankful Cook about 1867 (Age 4 years) San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States
Historical Event	The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 4 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 4 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 brother	Jonathan Cook about 1868 (Age 5 years) Colton, San Bernardino, California, United States
Death of a brother	Jonathan Cook about 1868 (Age 5 years) Colton, San Bernardino, California, United States
Birth of a sister	Marinda Maria Cook September 12, 1869 (Age 6 years) Colton, San Bernardino, California, United States
Historical Event	Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 6 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 15 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	John James Cook about 1882 (Age 19 years) Arizona, United States
Historical Event	Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 35 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 mother	Mary Ann Turley December 24, 1904 (Age 42 years) Santa Paula, Ventura, California, United States
Historical Event	Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 53 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 54 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 55 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 66 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 of a sister	Sarah Ann Cook October 25, 1933 (Age 70 years) Santa Paula, Ventura, California, United States
Death of a brother	Henry Theodore Cook November 2, 1941 (Age 78 years) Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
Death of a sister	Mary Effie Cook September 16, 1942 (Age 79 years) Santa Paula, Ventura, California, United States
Historical Event	World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 78 years) Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
Death	August 15, 1945 (Age 82 years) Ventura, California, United States
Burial	August 17, 1945 (2 days after death) Pierce Brothers Santa Paula Cemetery, Santa Paula, Ventura, California, United States Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Pierce Brothers Santa Paula Cemetery

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father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Mary Ann Turley Henry Theodore Cook John Edward Cook Mary Effie Cook Isabel Priscilla Cook Sarah Ann Cook Carolina Owena Cook Charlotte Thankful Cook Jonathan Cook Marinda Maria Cook John James Cook Birth: May 22, 1827 — Mohawk, Herkimer, New York, United States Death: about 1882 — Arizona, United States
mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Brigham Young Sr. Family with spouse John James Cook Henry Theodore Cook John Edward Cook Mary Effie Cook Isabel Priscilla Cook Sarah Ann Cook Carolina Owena Cook Charlotte Thankful Cook Jonathan Cook Marinda Maria Cook Mary Ann Turley Birth: July 13, 1827 — Toronto, Toronto, Canada Death: December 24, 1904 — Santa Paula, Ventura, California, United States
	Marriage: September 8, 1851 — Toronto, Canada
17 months elder brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Henry Theodore Cook Birth: February 9, 1853 25 25 — San Bernardino, Los Angeles, California, United States Death: November 2, 1941 — Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
3 years elder brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree John Edward Cook Birth: about 1855 27 27 — San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States Death: about 1855 — San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States
11 months elder sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Mary Effie Cook Birth: December 2, 1855 28 28 — San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States Death: September 16, 1942 — Santa Paula, Ventura, California, United States
5 years elder sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Isabel Priscilla Cook Birth: about 1860 32 32 — San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States Death: about 1862 — San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States
21 months elder sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Sarah Ann Cook Birth: September 26, 1861 34 34 — Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States Death: October 25, 1933 — Santa Paula, Ventura, California, United States
15 months herself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Carolina Owena Cook Birth: December 19, 1862 35 35 — Independence, Mono, California, United States Death: August 15, 1945 — Ventura, California, United States
5 years younger sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Charlotte Thankful Cook Birth: about 1867 39 39 — San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States Death: about 1867 — San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States
2 years younger brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Jonathan Cook Birth: about 1868 40 40 — Colton, San Bernardino, California, United States Death: about 1868 — Colton, San Bernardino, California, United States
20 months younger sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Marinda Maria Cook Birth: September 12, 1869 42 42 — Colton, San Bernardino, California, United States Death: May 28, 1946 — Ventura, California, 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 John James Cook Henry Theodore Cook John Edward Cook Mary Effie Cook Isabel Priscilla Cook Sarah Ann Cook Carolina Owena Cook Charlotte Thankful Cook Jonathan Cook Marinda Maria Cook Mary Ann Turley Birth: July 13, 1827 — Toronto, Toronto, Canada Death: December 24, 1904 — Santa Paula, Ventura, California, United States
	Marriage: February 3, 1846 — Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States

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Family with parents
father Parents (unknown)	John James Cook 1827–1882
mother Parents (unknown)	Mary Ann Turley 1827–1904
elder brother Family (none)	Henry Theodore Cook 1853–1941
elder brother Family (none)	John Edward Cook 1855–1855
elder sister Family (none)	Mary Effie Cook 1855–1942
elder sister Family (none)	Isabel Priscilla Cook 1860–1862
elder sister Family (none)	Sarah Ann Cook 1861–1933
herself Family (none)	Carolina Owena Cook 1862–1945
younger sister Family (none)	Charlotte Thankful Cook 1867–1867
younger brother Family (none)	Jonathan Cook 1868–1868
younger sister Family (none)	Marinda Maria Cook 1869–1946
Mother’s family with Brigham Young Sr.
step-father Parents John Young Abigail “Nabby” Howe	Brigham Young Sr. 1801–1877
mother Parents (unknown)	Mary Ann Turley 1827–1904