The Shemwell Family

Events of close relatives Historical facts
Birth	March 25, 1877 29 29
Birth of a sister	Mary E Edwards December 8, 1878 (Age 20 months)
Historical Event	Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 9 months) Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Birth of a brother	Hershel Edwards January 8, 1881 (Age 3 years) Clifty, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Birth of a sister	Nettie Edwards August 30, 1883 (Age 6 years)
Death of a paternal grandfather	Andrew Jackson Edwards September 28, 1885 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a brother	Barney Coy Edwards May 27, 1887 (Age 10 years)
Historical Event	Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 21 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
Marriage	Jennie Richmond — View this family August 10, 1904 (Age 27 years) Todd, Kentucky, United States
Birth of a daughter #1	Ruth Edwards March 16, 1905 (Age 27 years)
Death of a daughter	Ruth Edwards March 19, 1905 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a son #2	Toy Edwards October 11, 1906 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event	Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 38 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 39 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 40 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 of a wife	Jennie Richmond December 29, 1919 (Age 42 years)
Death of a father	William Harrison Edwards July 7, 1926 (Age 49 years) Clifty, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death of a mother	Martha Jane Bivin June 24, 1927 (Age 50 years) Clifty, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death of a wife	Myrtie Slaughter May 12, 1928 (Age 51 years)
Death	September 27, 1928 (Age 51 years)

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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 Martha Jane Bivin Dora Alice Edwards John Jackson Edwards Thomas Edwards Walter Edwards Charles H Edwards Mary E Edwards Hershel Edwards Nettie Edwards Barney Coy Edwards William Harrison Edwards Birth: November 16, 1847 25 20 — Kirkmansville, Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: July 7, 1926 — Clifty, Todd, Kentucky, United States
mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse William Harrison Edwards Dora Alice Edwards John Jackson Edwards Thomas Edwards Walter Edwards Charles H Edwards Mary E Edwards Hershel Edwards Nettie Edwards Barney Coy Edwards Martha Jane Bivin Birth: May 20, 1847 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: June 24, 1927 — Clifty, Todd, Kentucky, United States
	Marriage: September 5, 1867 — Todd, Kentucky, United States
10 months elder sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Dora Alice Edwards Birth: July 20, 1868 20 21 Death: 1961
2 years elder brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Susie “Sue” Powell Marie Edwards Missie Germ “Germie” Edwards Family with spouse Myrtie Cleveland Bolton Lela Edwards Stella Louise Edwards Samuel Harlan Edwards Johnny Wilson Edwards Thelma Edwards Hubert Rufus Edwards Vella Ione Edwards John Jackson Edwards Birth: August 15, 1870 22 23 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: August 16, 1954 — Todd, Kentucky, United States
2 years elder brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Nannie Latham Pearl Edwards Ila Edwards Eurie Edwards Flora Edwards William Estle Edwards Ible Edwards Thomas Edwards Birth: 1872 24 24 Death: 1958
3 years elder brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Eva Kirkman Pattie Norene Edwards Ima Pauline Edwards Howell Edwards Luycle Edwards Cobertt Edwards Myrtel Edwards Stella Edwards Walter Edwards Birth: May 2, 1875 27 27 Death: September 28, 1959
23 months himself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Jennie Richmond Ruth Edwards Toy Edwards Family with spouse Myrtie Slaughter Charles H Edwards Birth: March 25, 1877 29 29 Death: September 27, 1928
20 months younger sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Mary E Edwards Birth: December 8, 1878 31 31 Death:
2 years younger brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Sarah Elizabeth Chappell Owen Edwards Zada Edwards Cecil Walter Edwards Cora Beatrice Edwards Thomas Linden Edwards Virgil A Edwards Nobel Edwards Family with spouse Etta McPherson Hershel Edwards Birth: January 8, 1881 33 33 — Clifty, Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: March 20, 1962 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
3 years younger sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Robert Latham Vera Latham Ernest Latham Iva Latham Ocus Latham Nettie Edwards Birth: August 30, 1883 35 36 Death: July 4, 1948 — Clifty, Todd, Kentucky, United States
4 years younger brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Laura Bell McPherson Lawernce Edwards Hazel Edwards Arnet T Edwards Barney Coy Edwards Birth: May 27, 1887 39 40 Death: July 8, 1951

Family with Jennie Richmond - View this family

himself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Jennie Richmond Ruth Edwards Toy Edwards Family with spouse Myrtie Slaughter Charles H Edwards Birth: March 25, 1877 29 29 Death: September 27, 1928
wife	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Charles H Edwards Ruth Edwards Toy Edwards Jennie Richmond Birth: February 5, 1883 Death: December 29, 1919
	Marriage: August 10, 1904 — Todd, Kentucky, United States
7 months daughter	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Ruth Edwards Birth: March 16, 1905 27 22 Death: March 19, 1905
19 months son	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Toy Edwards Birth: October 11, 1906 29 23 Death: July 6, 1980 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States

Family with Myrtie Slaughter - View this family

himself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Jennie Richmond Ruth Edwards Toy Edwards Family with spouse Myrtie Slaughter Charles H Edwards Birth: March 25, 1877 29 29 Death: September 27, 1928
wife	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Charles H Edwards Myrtie Slaughter Birth: August 2, 1885 Death: May 12, 1928
daughter	Private
daughter	Private
son	Private

Family with parents
father Parents Andrew Jackson Edwards Arena Edwards	William Harrison Edwards 1847–1926
mother Parents John Daggie Bivin Edith Shuffield	Martha Jane Bivin 1847–1927
elder sister Family (none)	Dora Alice Edwards 1868–1961
elder brother Family Susie “Sue” Powell Marie Edwards Missie Germ “Germie” Edwards Myrtie Cleveland Bolton Lela Edwards Stella Louise Edwards Samuel Harlan Edwards Johnny Wilson Edwards Thelma Edwards Hubert Rufus Edwards Vella Ione Edwards Private Private	John Jackson Edwards 1870–1954
elder brother Family Nannie Latham Pearl Edwards Ila Edwards Eurie Edwards Flora Edwards William Estle Edwards Ible Edwards Private Private	Thomas Edwards 1872–1958
elder brother Family Eva Kirkman Pattie Norene Edwards Ima Pauline Edwards Howell Edwards Luycle Edwards Cobertt Edwards Myrtel Edwards Stella Edwards Private Private Private Private Private	Walter Edwards 1875–1959
himself Family Jennie Richmond Ruth Edwards Toy Edwards Myrtie Slaughter Private Private Private	Charles H Edwards 1877–1928
younger sister Family (none)	Mary E Edwards 1878–
younger brother Family Sarah Elizabeth Chappell Owen Edwards Zada Edwards Cecil Walter Edwards Cora Beatrice Edwards Thomas Linden Edwards Virgil A Edwards Nobel Edwards Etta McPherson	Hershel Edwards 1881–1962
younger sister Family Robert Latham Vera Latham Ernest Latham Iva Latham Private Private Ocus Latham	Nettie Edwards 1883–1948
younger brother Family Laura Bell McPherson Lawernce Edwards Hazel Edwards Arnet T Edwards Private Private Private Private Private	Barney Coy Edwards 1887–1951
Family with Jennie Richmond
himself Parents William Harrison Edwards Martha Jane Bivin	Charles H Edwards 1877–1928
wife Parents (unknown)	Jennie Richmond 1883–1919
daughter Family (none)	Ruth Edwards 1905–1905
son Family (none)	Toy Edwards 1906–1980
Family with Myrtie Slaughter
himself Parents William Harrison Edwards Martha Jane Bivin	Charles H Edwards 1877–1928
wife Parents (unknown)	Myrtie Slaughter 1885–1928
daughter Family (none)	Private
daughter Family (none)	Private
son Family (none)	Private