The Shemwell Family

Events of close relatives Historical facts
Birth	August 8, 1835 37 31 Utica, Oneida, New York, United States
Historical Event	The Texas Revolution between October 1835 and April 1836 (Age 54 days) 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	Harriet Cornelia Clawson February 11, 1840 (Age 4 years) Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States
Death of a father	Zephaniah Clawson September 19, 1841 (Age 6 years) Ohio River, Clermont, Ohio, United States
Marriage of a parent	Howard Egan — Catherine Reese — View this family Type: Religious marriage about 1844 (Age 8 years) Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Historical Event	Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 10 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 of a parent	Brigham Young Sr. — Catherine Reese — View this family Type: Religious marriage June 10, 1855 (Age 19 years) Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Historical Event	Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 21 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 mother	Catherine Reese November 7, 1860 (Age 25 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
Historical Event	The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 31 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 31 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 33 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
Death of a brother	John Reese Clawson Sr. December 18, 1872 (Age 37 years) Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Historical Event	Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 42 years) Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Death	January 19, 1884 (Age 48 years) Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Burial	Salt Lake City Cemetery, 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 Catherine Reese Susannah Clawson Hiram Bradley Clawson Sr. John Reese Clawson Sr. Louisa P Clawson Helen Cordelia Clawson Harriet Cornelia Clawson Zephaniah Clawson Birth: May 13, 1798 — Utica, Oneida, New York, United States Death: September 19, 1841 — Ohio River, Clermont, Ohio, United States
mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Zephaniah Clawson Susannah Clawson Hiram Bradley Clawson Sr. John Reese Clawson Sr. Louisa P Clawson Helen Cordelia Clawson Harriet Cornelia Clawson Family with spouse Howard Egan Family with spouse Brigham Young Sr. Catherine Reese Birth: January 27, 1804 — New York City, New York, New York, United States Death: November 7, 1860 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
	Marriage: about 1824 — Utica, Oneida, New York, United States
14 months elder sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Susannah Clawson Birth: March 10, 1825 26 21 — Utica, Oneida, New York, United States Death: July 19, 1826 — Utica, Oneida, New York, United States
20 months elder brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Alice Young Family with spouse Emily Augusta Young Hiram Bradley Clawson Sr. Birth: November 7, 1826 28 22 — Utica, Oneida, New York, United States Death: March 29, 1912 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
2 years elder brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree John Reese Clawson Sr. Birth: December 23, 1828 30 24 — Utica, Oneida, New York, United States Death: December 18, 1872 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
3 years elder sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Louisa P Clawson Birth: September 19, 1831 33 27 — Utica, Oneida, New York, United States Death: January 4, 1832 — Utica, Oneida, New York, United States
4 years herself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Helen Cordelia Clawson Birth: August 8, 1835 37 31 — Utica, Oneida, New York, United States Death: January 19, 1884 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
5 years younger sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Harriet Cornelia Clawson Birth: February 11, 1840 41 36 — Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States Death: July 20, 1911 — Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States

Mother’s family with Howard Egan - View this family

step-father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Catherine Reese Howard Egan Birth: June 15, 1815 — Tullamore, Kilbride, Offaly, Ireland Death: March 15, 1878 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Zephaniah Clawson Susannah Clawson Hiram Bradley Clawson Sr. John Reese Clawson Sr. Louisa P Clawson Helen Cordelia Clawson Harriet Cornelia Clawson Family with spouse Howard Egan Family with spouse Brigham Young Sr. Catherine Reese Birth: January 27, 1804 — New York City, New York, New York, United States Death: November 7, 1860 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
	Marriage: about 1844 — Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, 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 Zephaniah Clawson Susannah Clawson Hiram Bradley Clawson Sr. John Reese Clawson Sr. Louisa P Clawson Helen Cordelia Clawson Harriet Cornelia Clawson Family with spouse Howard Egan Family with spouse Brigham Young Sr. Catherine Reese Birth: January 27, 1804 — New York City, New York, New York, United States Death: November 7, 1860 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
	Marriage: June 10, 1855 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

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Family with parents
father Parents (unknown)	Zephaniah Clawson 1798–1841
mother Parents (unknown)	Catherine Reese 1804–1860
elder sister Family (none)	Susannah Clawson 1825–1826
elder brother Family Alice Young Emily Augusta Young	Hiram Bradley Clawson Sr. 1826–1912
elder brother Family (none)	John Reese Clawson Sr. 1828–1872
elder sister Family (none)	Louisa P Clawson 1831–1832
herself Family (none)	Helen Cordelia Clawson 1835–1884
younger sister Family (none)	Harriet Cornelia Clawson 1840–1911
Mother’s family with Howard Egan
step-father Parents (unknown)	Howard Egan 1815–1878
mother Parents (unknown)	Catherine Reese 1804–1860
Mother’s family with Brigham Young Sr.
step-father Parents John Young Abigail “Nabby” Howe	Brigham Young Sr. 1801–1877
mother Parents (unknown)	Catherine Reese 1804–1860