The Shemwell Family

Events of close relatives Historical facts
Birth	April 1, 1807 Vienna, Trumbull, Ohio, United States
Historical Event	War of 1812 between 1812 and 1815 (Age 4 years) 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
Historical Event	Cholera Epidemic 1832 (Age 24 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 28 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
Historical Event	Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 38 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	Mary Jane Bigelow — View this family September 29, 1851 (Age 44 years) Provo, Utah, Utah, United States
Historical Event	Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 49 years) 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 54 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 59 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 59 years) New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Death of a wife	Mary Jane Bigelow September 26, 1868 (Age 61 years) Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Death	December 24, 1868 (Age 61 years) Provo, Utah, Utah, United States
Burial	Provo City Cemetery, Utah, Utah, United States Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Provo City Cemetery

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Family with Mary Jane Bigelow - View this family

himself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Mary Jane Bigelow Horace Ephraim “Potter” Roberts Birth: April 1, 1807 — Vienna, Trumbull, Ohio, United States Death: December 24, 1868 — Provo, Utah, Utah, United States
wife	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Brigham Young Sr. Family with spouse Horace Ephraim “Potter” Roberts Family with spouse John “Chief Bear John” Bair Family with spouse Daniel Durham Hunt Family with spouse Philander “Philip” Bell Mary Jane Bigelow Birth: October 15, 1827 42 18 — Lawrenceville, Lawrence, Illinois, United States Death: September 26, 1868 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
	Marriage: September 29, 1851 — Provo, Utah, Utah, United States

Brigham Young Sr. + Mary Jane Bigelow - View this family

wife’s husband	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
wife	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Brigham Young Sr. Family with spouse Horace Ephraim “Potter” Roberts Family with spouse John “Chief Bear John” Bair Family with spouse Daniel Durham Hunt Family with spouse Philander “Philip” Bell Mary Jane Bigelow Birth: October 15, 1827 42 18 — Lawrenceville, Lawrence, Illinois, United States Death: September 26, 1868 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
	Marriage: March 14, 1847 — Winter Quarters, Douglas, Nebraska, United States

John “Chief Bear John” Bair + Mary Jane Bigelow - View this family

wife’s husband	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Mary Jane Bigelow John “Chief Bear John” Bair Birth: November 26, 1810 — Somerset, Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States Death: October 11, 1884 — Richmond, Cache, Utah, United States
wife	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Brigham Young Sr. Family with spouse Horace Ephraim “Potter” Roberts Family with spouse John “Chief Bear John” Bair Family with spouse Daniel Durham Hunt Family with spouse Philander “Philip” Bell Mary Jane Bigelow Birth: October 15, 1827 42 18 — Lawrenceville, Lawrence, Illinois, United States Death: September 26, 1868 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
	Marriage: April 8, 1856 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

Daniel Durham Hunt + Mary Jane Bigelow - View this family

wife’s husband	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Nancy Davis Susan Jane Hunt John Alexander Hunt James Wiseman Hunt Levi Bunyan Hunt Benoni Smith Hunt Daniel Whitmore Hunt Nancy Johanna Penelope “Joan” Hunt Family with spouse Susannah “Susan” Davis Family with spouse Mary Jane Bigelow Family with spouse Martha Enyon Daniel Durham Hunt Birth: February 1, 1797 32 26 — Rowan, North Carolina, United States Death: October 7, 1866 — St. Charles, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States
wife	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Brigham Young Sr. Family with spouse Horace Ephraim “Potter” Roberts Family with spouse John “Chief Bear John” Bair Family with spouse Daniel Durham Hunt Family with spouse Philander “Philip” Bell Mary Jane Bigelow Birth: October 15, 1827 42 18 — Lawrenceville, Lawrence, Illinois, United States Death: September 26, 1868 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
	Marriage: February 14, 1859 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

Philander “Philip” Bell + Mary Jane Bigelow - View this family

wife’s husband	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Mary Jane Bigelow Philander “Philip” Bell Birth: about 1823 — Stockbridge, Madison, New York, United States Death:
wife	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Brigham Young Sr. Family with spouse Horace Ephraim “Potter” Roberts Family with spouse John “Chief Bear John” Bair Family with spouse Daniel Durham Hunt Family with spouse Philander “Philip” Bell Mary Jane Bigelow Birth: October 15, 1827 42 18 — Lawrenceville, Lawrence, Illinois, United States Death: September 26, 1868 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
	Marriage: April 9, 1868 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

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Family with Mary Jane Bigelow
himself Parents (unknown)	Horace Ephraim “Potter” Roberts 1807–1868
wife Parents Nahum Bigelow Mary Gibbs	Mary Jane Bigelow 1827–1868
Brigham Young Sr. + Mary Jane Bigelow
wife’s husband Parents John Young Abigail “Nabby” Howe	Brigham Young Sr. 1801–1877
wife Parents Nahum Bigelow Mary Gibbs	Mary Jane Bigelow 1827–1868
John “Chief Bear John” Bair + Mary Jane Bigelow
wife’s husband Parents (unknown)	John “Chief Bear John” Bair 1810–1884
wife Parents Nahum Bigelow Mary Gibbs	Mary Jane Bigelow 1827–1868
Daniel Durham Hunt + Mary Jane Bigelow
wife’s husband Parents Abel Hunt Joanna Beard	Daniel Durham Hunt 1797–1866
wife Parents Nahum Bigelow Mary Gibbs	Mary Jane Bigelow 1827–1868
Philander “Philip” Bell + Mary Jane Bigelow
wife’s husband Parents (unknown)	Philander “Philip” Bell 1823–
wife Parents Nahum Bigelow Mary Gibbs	Mary Jane Bigelow 1827–1868