The Shemwell Family

Susannah Fitzhugh “Susan” BattaileAge: 47 years18761924

Name
Susannah Fitzhugh “Susan” Battaile
Given names
Susannah Fitzhugh
Nickname
Susan
Surname
Battaile
Married name
Susannah Fitzhugh Shemwell
Married name
Susannah Fitzhugh Harman
Birth June 1, 1876
MarriageEdwin Heath HarmanView this family
unknown

Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 19 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 son
#1
Fitzhugh B Harman
1898 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 21 years)
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
Birth of a daughter
#2
Maud M Harman
1901 (Age 24 years)
MarriageBaxter ShemwellView this family
May 1906 (Age 29 years)
Census April 15, 1910 (Age 33 years)
Address: Ward 6
Birth of a son
#3
LTC Everard Baxter Shemwell
November 22, 1911 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 39 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 40 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 41 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/
Census January 1920 (Age 43 years)
Death February 17, 1924 (Age 47 years)
Cause of death: Cancer
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Riverside Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage:
herself
Family with Edwin Heath Harman - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage:
son
4 years
daughter
Family with Baxter Shemwell - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: May 1906St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
6 years
son
LTC Everard Baxter Shemwell
Birth: November 22, 1911 53 35Georgia, United States
Death: March 19, 1991Alachua, Alachua, Florida, United States
Baxter Shemwell + Laura E Bernheim - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage: June 8, 1882Davidson, North Carolina, United States
2 years
step-son
9 years
step-daughter
Irma Loraine Shemwell
Birth: December 31, 1892 34 29North Carolina, United States
Death: July 1, 1908Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Everard Baxter Shemwell - Household

Highland Ave Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Baxter ShemwellheadMW52M24NCNCNCManufacturerRailroad switches
Susan B ShemwellwifeFW33M2422TXVATN
Fitzhugh B Harmanstep-sonMW12STXGATX
Maud M Harmanstep-daughterFW9S00TXGATX
Kitty AllisonservantFM39WdNCNCNCMaidPrivate Family
Sylvester CarsonservantMB26SSCNCNCButlerPrivate Family

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Everard Baxter Shemwell - Household

Lexington, Davidson, NC.

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Baxter ShemwellheadMW61WNCNCNCManufacturerCalculating Machines
Susan ShemwellwifeFW42WTXVAVA
Everard B ShemwellsonMW8SGANCNC