The Shemwell Family

Events of close relatives Historical facts
Birth	December 18, 1842 35 34 Edinburgh, Johnson, Indiana, United States
Birth of a brother	Elijah Warren Mayhew November 1, 1844 (Age 22 months) Edinburgh, Johnson, Indiana, United States
Death of a brother	Elijah Warren Mayhew November 7, 1845 (Age 2 years) Edinburgh, Johnson, Indiana, United States
Birth of a brother	Walter Franklin Mayhew January 17, 1848 (Age 5 years) Edinburgh, Johnson, Indiana, United States
Historical Event	Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 3 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
Historical Event	Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 14 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 18 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 24 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 24 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 26 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
Marriage of a parent	Brigham Young Sr. — Lydia Farnsworth — View this family Type: Religious marriage May 8, 1870 (Age 27 years) Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Historical Event	Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 35 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	Elijah Mayhew Sr. January 17, 1896 (Age 53 years) Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah, United States
Death of a mother	Lydia Farnsworth February 5, 1897 (Age 54 years) Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah, United States
Historical Event	Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 55 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 brother	Austin Ship Mayhew Sr. May 22, 1910 (Age 67 years) Giles, Wayne, Utah, United States
Death of a brother	Walter Franklin Mayhew June 18, 1914 (Age 71 years) Ephraim, Sanpete, Utah, United States
Historical Event	Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 73 years) Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death of a brother	Otto Lyman Mayhew February 6, 1917 (Age 74 years) American Fork, Utah, Utah, United States
Historical Event	World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 74 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 75 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/
Death	November 30, 1924 (Age 81 years) American Fork, Utah, Utah, United States
Burial	American Fork Cemetery, American Fork, Utah, Utah, United States Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: American Fork 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 Lydia Farnsworth Lucinda Mayhew Laurana Mayhew Otto Lyman Mayhew Austin Ship Mayhew Sr. Elijah Mayhew Jr. Elisha Mayhew Caroline Abigail Mayhew Elijah Warren Mayhew Walter Franklin Mayhew Elijah Mayhew Sr. Birth: April 15, 1807 — Levant, Hancock, Massachusetts, United States Death: January 17, 1896 — Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah, United States
mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Elijah Mayhew Sr. Lucinda Mayhew Laurana Mayhew Otto Lyman Mayhew Austin Ship Mayhew Sr. Elijah Mayhew Jr. Elisha Mayhew Caroline Abigail Mayhew Elijah Warren Mayhew Walter Franklin Mayhew Family with spouse Brigham Young Sr. Lydia Farnsworth Birth: February 5, 1808 — Dorset, Bennington, Vermont, United States Death: February 5, 1897 — Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah, United States
	Marriage: October 2, 1832 — Shelbyville, Shelby, Indiana, United States
13 months elder sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Lucinda Mayhew Birth: November 2, 1833 26 25 — Edinburgh, Johnson, Indiana, United States Death: November 2, 1833 — Edinburgh, Johnson, Indiana, United States
14 months elder sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Laurana Mayhew Birth: December 20, 1834 27 26 — Edinburgh, Johnson, Indiana, United States Death: September 26, 1835 — Edinburgh, Johnson, Indiana, United States
21 months elder brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Otto Lyman Mayhew Birth: October 2, 1836 29 28 — Edinburgh, Johnson, Indiana, United States Death: February 6, 1917 — American Fork, Utah, Utah, United States
2 years elder brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Austin Ship Mayhew Sr. Birth: October 24, 1838 31 30 — La Porte, La Porte, Indiana, United States Death: May 22, 1910 — Giles, Wayne, Utah, United States
3 years elder brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Elijah Mayhew Jr. Birth: December 3, 1841 34 33 — Edinburgh, Johnson, Indiana, United States Death: December 3, 1841 — Edinburgh, Johnson, Indiana, United States
elder brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Elisha Mayhew Birth: December 3, 1841 34 33 — Edinburgh, Johnson, Indiana, United States Death: December 3, 1841 — Edinburgh, Johnson, Indiana, United States
1 year herself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Caroline Abigail Mayhew Birth: December 18, 1842 35 34 — Edinburgh, Johnson, Indiana, United States Death: November 30, 1924 — American Fork, Utah, Utah, United States
22 months younger brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Elijah Warren Mayhew Birth: November 1, 1844 37 36 — Edinburgh, Johnson, Indiana, United States Death: November 7, 1845 — Edinburgh, Johnson, Indiana, United States
3 years younger brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Walter Franklin Mayhew Birth: January 17, 1848 40 39 — Edinburgh, Johnson, Indiana, United States Death: June 18, 1914 — Ephraim, Sanpete, 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 Elijah Mayhew Sr. Lucinda Mayhew Laurana Mayhew Otto Lyman Mayhew Austin Ship Mayhew Sr. Elijah Mayhew Jr. Elisha Mayhew Caroline Abigail Mayhew Elijah Warren Mayhew Walter Franklin Mayhew Family with spouse Brigham Young Sr. Lydia Farnsworth Birth: February 5, 1808 — Dorset, Bennington, Vermont, United States Death: February 5, 1897 — Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah, United States
	Marriage: May 8, 1870 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

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Family with parents
father Parents (unknown)	Elijah Mayhew Sr. 1807–1896
mother Parents (unknown)	Lydia Farnsworth 1808–1897
elder sister Family (none)	Lucinda Mayhew 1833–1833
elder sister Family (none)	Laurana Mayhew 1834–1835
elder brother Family (none)	Otto Lyman Mayhew 1836–1917
elder brother Family (none)	Austin Ship Mayhew Sr. 1838–1910
elder brother Family (none)	Elijah Mayhew Jr. 1841–1841
elder brother Family (none)	Elisha Mayhew 1841–1841
herself Family (none)	Caroline Abigail Mayhew 1842–1924
younger brother Family (none)	Elijah Warren Mayhew 1844–1845
younger brother Family (none)	Walter Franklin Mayhew 1848–1914
Mother’s family with Brigham Young Sr.
step-father Parents John Young Abigail “Nabby” Howe	Brigham Young Sr. 1801–1877
mother Parents (unknown)	Lydia Farnsworth 1808–1897