The Shemwell Family

Events of close relatives Historical facts
Birth	March 12, 1815 26 24 Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Historical Event	War of 1812 between 1812 and 1815 Note: War of 1812 between the Americans and the British. The Creek (or Red Stick) War in Alabama had different origins, but it coincided with the war of 1812, and the U.S. treated it as a part of the larger war, with Jackson and his forces also in charge of defeating the Creeks - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812
Birth of a brother	Thomas Leander Hall April 6, 1817 (Age 2 years) Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Birth of a sister	Martha Spring Hall November 21, 1819 (Age 4 years) Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Birth of a sister	Candace A Hall January 21, 1821 (Age 5 years) Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Birth of a sister	Sarah Sophia Hall March 2, 1823 (Age 7 years) Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Birth of a brother	William Estes Hall December 21, 1826 (Age 11 years) Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Birth of a sister	Catherine Whitney Hall April 13, 1828 (Age 13 years) Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Birth of a brother	Henry Lewis Hall April 14, 1832 (Age 17 years) Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Historical Event	Cholera Epidemic 1832 (Age 16 years) New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Note: Cholera killed 4,340 people in New Orleans & over 3,000 in New York City - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholera_outbreaks_and_pandemics
Historical Event	The Texas Revolution between October 1835 and April 1836 (Age 20 years) 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
Marriage of a parent	Brigham Young Sr. — Abigail Harback — View this family Type: Religious marriage February 3, 1846 (Age 30 years) Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Historical Event	Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 30 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
Death of a mother	Abigail Harback March 25, 1849 (Age 34 years) Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Death of a father	Calvin Hall March 1, 1855 (Age 39 years) Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Historical Event	Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 41 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 sister	Martha Spring Hall March 22, 1861 (Age 46 years) Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Historical Event	American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 46 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 51 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 51 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 53 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 62 years) Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Death	July 7, 1882 (Age 67 years) Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

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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 Abigail Harback Abigail Hall Edwin Calvin Hall Thomas Leander Hall Martha Spring Hall Candace A Hall Sarah Sophia Hall William Estes Hall Catherine Whitney Hall Henry Lewis Hall Calvin Hall Birth: January 23, 1789 — Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States Death: March 1, 1855 — Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Calvin Hall Abigail Hall Edwin Calvin Hall Thomas Leander Hall Martha Spring Hall Candace A Hall Sarah Sophia Hall William Estes Hall Catherine Whitney Hall Henry Lewis Hall Family with spouse Brigham Young Sr. Abigail Harback Birth: September 20, 1790 — Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States Death: March 25, 1849 — Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
	Marriage: August 28, 1812 — Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
4 months elder sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Abigail Hall Birth: December 20, 1812 23 22 — Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States Death:
2 years himself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Edwin Calvin Hall Birth: March 12, 1815 26 24 — Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States Death: July 7, 1882 — Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
2 years younger brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Thomas Leander Hall Birth: April 6, 1817 28 26 — Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States Death: April 20, 1909 — Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
3 years younger sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Martha Spring Hall Birth: November 21, 1819 30 29 — Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States Death: March 22, 1861 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
14 months younger sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Candace A Hall Birth: January 21, 1821 31 30 — Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States Death: February 5, 1885 — Pawtucket, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
2 years younger sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Sarah Sophia Hall Birth: March 2, 1823 34 32 — Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States Death: August 20, 1910 — Pardeeville, Columbia, Wisconsin, United States
4 years younger brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree William Estes Hall Birth: December 21, 1826 37 36 — Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States Death: March 13, 1893 — Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
16 months younger sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Catherine Whitney Hall Birth: April 13, 1828 39 37 — Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States Death: January 21, 1927 — Anoka, Minnesota, United States
4 years younger brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Henry Lewis Hall Birth: April 14, 1832 43 41 — Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States Death:

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 Calvin Hall Abigail Hall Edwin Calvin Hall Thomas Leander Hall Martha Spring Hall Candace A Hall Sarah Sophia Hall William Estes Hall Catherine Whitney Hall Henry Lewis Hall Family with spouse Brigham Young Sr. Abigail Harback Birth: September 20, 1790 — Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States Death: March 25, 1849 — Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
	Marriage: February 3, 1846 — Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States

Family with parents
father Parents (unknown)	Calvin Hall 1789–1855
mother Parents (unknown)	Abigail Harback 1790–1849
elder sister Family (none)	Abigail Hall 1812–
himself Family (none)	Edwin Calvin Hall 1815–1882
younger brother Family (none)	Thomas Leander Hall 1817–1909
younger sister Family (none)	Martha Spring Hall 1819–1861
younger sister Family (none)	Candace A Hall 1821–1885
younger sister Family (none)	Sarah Sophia Hall 1823–1910
younger brother Family (none)	William Estes Hall 1826–1893
younger sister Family (none)	Catherine Whitney Hall 1828–1927
younger brother Family (none)	Henry Lewis Hall 1832–
Mother’s family with Brigham Young Sr.
step-father Parents John Young Abigail “Nabby” Howe	Brigham Young Sr. 1801–1877
mother Parents (unknown)	Abigail Harback 1790–1849