The Shemwell Family

Events of close relatives Historical facts
Death of a mother	Alicey Johnson 1854 Weir, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Historical Event	Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 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 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 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 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 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 sister	Patsey Edwards September 24, 1878 Todd, Kentucky, United States
Historical Event	Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 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 brother	Hugh H Edwards August 27, 1882 Weir, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death of a brother	Andrew Jackson Edwards September 28, 1885
Death of a brother	Gideon Edwards 1890 Weir, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Historical Event	Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 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
Historical Event	Polio Epidemic 1916 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 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 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/
Marriage	Ezekiel Moore — View this family January 6, 1929 Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Historical Event	The Great Depression October 1929 Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression
Historical Event	World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
Historical Event	Korean War between 1950 and 1953 South Korea Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
Historical Event	Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 Vietnam Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
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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 Margaret Willis Newtt Edwards Family with spouse Alicey Johnson Gideon Edwards Hugh H Edwards John Edwards Polly Edwards Patsey Edwards Nancy Edwards Andrew Jackson Edwards Hicksey Ann Edwards Sallie Edwards David Edwards Jr. Birth: 1758 28 — Courtland, Southampton, Virginia, United States Death: July 11, 1839 — Weir, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse David Edwards Jr. Gideon Edwards Hugh H Edwards John Edwards Polly Edwards Patsey Edwards Nancy Edwards Andrew Jackson Edwards Hicksey Ann Edwards Sallie Edwards Alicey Johnson Birth: 1780 — North Carolina, United States Death: 1854 — Weir, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
	Marriage: 1797 — Nash, North Carolina, United States
5 years brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Elizabeth Bodine Mahala Edwards William F Edwards Mariah E Edwards Mary Edwards Susan Edwards Nancy Edwards John B Edwards Asley A Edwards James Marion Edwards Rebecca Adalin Edwards Gideon Edwards Birth: 1801 43 21 — North Carolina, United States Death: 1890 — Weir, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
19 months brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Neomiah Harkin Tempa Edwards Mary Edwards William Jackson Edwards Hugh H Edwards Birth: July 19, 1802 44 22 — Virginia, United States Death: August 27, 1882 — Weir, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
6 years brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Elizabeth Starks Manon Edwards Martha A Edwards Albert A Edwards Manda E Edwards Andrew J Edwards Sylvester H Edwards Mary M Edwards John H Edwards John Edwards Birth: 1808 50 28 Death:
6 years sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Polly Edwards Birth: about 1813 55 33 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death:
2 years sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Patsey Edwards Birth: about 1814 56 34 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: September 24, 1878 — Todd, Kentucky, United States
6 years sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse James Monroe Hinchee Nancy Edwards Birth: about 1819 61 39 Death:
3 years brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Arena Edwards Howell B Edwards William Harrison Edwards Mary Elizabeth Edwards Martha Ann Edwards Annie Laura Edwards Family with spouse Amanda Latham Rosa Bell Edwards Addie S Edwards James Edwards Elbert Ovie Edwards Milen J Edwards Andrew Jackson Edwards Birth: January 22, 1822 64 42 — Weir, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: September 28, 1885
sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse William Stearman Hicksey Ann Edwards Death:
herself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Ezekiel Moore Sallie Edwards Death:

Father’s family with Margaret Willis - View this family

father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Margaret Willis Newtt Edwards Family with spouse Alicey Johnson Gideon Edwards Hugh H Edwards John Edwards Polly Edwards Patsey Edwards Nancy Edwards Andrew Jackson Edwards Hicksey Ann Edwards Sallie Edwards David Edwards Jr. Birth: 1758 28 — Courtland, Southampton, Virginia, United States Death: July 11, 1839 — Weir, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
step-mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse David Edwards Jr. Newtt Edwards Margaret Willis Death:
	Marriage: April 25, 1784 — Southampton, Virginia, United States
half-brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Newtt Edwards Death: 1815 — Southampton, Virginia, United States

Family with Ezekiel Moore - View this family

husband	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Sallie Edwards Ezekiel Moore Death:
herself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Ezekiel Moore Sallie Edwards Death:
	Marriage: January 6, 1929 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States

Family with parents
father Parents David Edwards Catherine Edwards	David Edwards Jr. 1758–1839
mother Parents (unknown)	Alicey Johnson 1780–1854
brother Family Elizabeth Bodine Mahala Edwards William F Edwards Mariah E Edwards Mary Edwards Susan Edwards Nancy Edwards John B Edwards Asley A Edwards James Marion Edwards Rebecca Adalin Edwards	Gideon Edwards 1801–1890
brother Family Neomiah Harkin Tempa Edwards Mary Edwards William Jackson Edwards	Hugh H Edwards 1802–1882
brother Family Elizabeth Starks Manon Edwards Martha A Edwards Albert A Edwards Manda E Edwards Andrew J Edwards Sylvester H Edwards Mary M Edwards John H Edwards	John Edwards 1808–
sister Family (none)	Polly Edwards 1813–
sister Family (none)	Patsey Edwards 1814–1878
sister Family James Monroe Hinchee	Nancy Edwards 1819–
brother Family Arena Edwards Howell B Edwards William Harrison Edwards Mary Elizabeth Edwards Martha Ann Edwards Annie Laura Edwards Amanda Latham Rosa Bell Edwards Addie S Edwards James Edwards Elbert Ovie Edwards Milen J Edwards	Andrew Jackson Edwards 1822–1885
sister Family William Stearman	Hicksey Ann Edwards –
herself Family Ezekiel Moore	Sallie Edwards –
Father’s family with Margaret Willis
father Parents David Edwards Catherine Edwards	David Edwards Jr. 1758–1839
step-mother Parents (unknown)	Margaret Willis –
half-brother Family (none)	Newtt Edwards –1815
Family with Ezekiel Moore
husband Parents (unknown)	Ezekiel Moore –
herself Parents David Edwards Jr. Alicey Johnson	Sallie Edwards –