The Shemwell Family

Events of close relatives Historical facts
Birth	about 1825 62 Simpson, Kentucky, United States
Historical Event	Cholera Epidemic 1832 (Age 7 years) New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Note: Cholera killed 4,340 people in New Orleans & over 3,000 in New York City - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholera_outbreaks_and_pandemics
Death of a father	Nathan Horn 1834 (Age 9 years) Logan, Kentucky, United States
Historical Event	The Texas Revolution between October 1835 and April 1836 (Age 10 years) 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
Death of a half-sister	Hansel G Horn about 1837 (Age 12 years)
Death of a half-brother	Wiley Horn 1847 (Age 22 years) Johnson, Missouri, United States
Historical Event	Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 21 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
Death of a half-brother	Reddick Horn 1858 (Age 33 years) Pawnee, Nebraska, United States
Historical Event	Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 32 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 half-sister	Celia Horn May 10, 1865 (Age 40 years) Simpson, Kentucky, United States
Historical Event	American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 36 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 42 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 42 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 44 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 half-sister	Priscilla Horn May 6, 1877 (Age 52 years) Simpson, Kentucky, United States
Historical Event	Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 53 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 half-sister	Eda Horn September 27, 1879 (Age 54 years) Kentucky, United States
Death of a half-brother	Thomas Horn September 27, 1879 (Age 54 years) Kentucky, United States
Death of a half-sister	Piety E Horn after June 18, 1880 (Age 55 years) Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death of a half-brother	Jackson Horn November 30, 1891 (Age 66 years) Simpson, Kentucky, United States
Historical Event	Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 73 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
Historical Event	Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 91 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 92 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 93 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/
Historical Event	The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 104 years) 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
Death	unknown

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father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Nancy Jennings Reddick Horn Wiley Horn Hansel G Horn Celia Horn William H Horn Mary Horn Eda Horn Thomas Horn Family with spouse Sarah “Sally” Harris Joel Horn Piety E Horn Elizabeth Horn Harris Horn Richard Horn Priscilla Horn Jackson Horn Family with spouse Elizabeth Cleaves Henry Horn James Horn Nancy Horn Nathan Horn Birth: May 27, 1762 20 — Nash, North Carolina, United States Death: 1834 — Logan, Kentucky, United States
mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Nathan Horn Henry Horn James Horn Nancy Horn Elizabeth Cleaves Death:
	Marriage: March 11, 1822 — Logan, Kentucky, United States
10 months elder brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Henry Horn Birth: about 1822 59 — Simpson, Kentucky, United States Death:
2 years elder brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree James Horn Birth: about 1823 60 — Simpson, Kentucky, United States Death:
3 years herself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Nancy Horn Birth: about 1825 62 — Simpson, Kentucky, United States Death:

Father’s family with Nancy Jennings - View this family

father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Nancy Jennings Reddick Horn Wiley Horn Hansel G Horn Celia Horn William H Horn Mary Horn Eda Horn Thomas Horn Family with spouse Sarah “Sally” Harris Joel Horn Piety E Horn Elizabeth Horn Harris Horn Richard Horn Priscilla Horn Jackson Horn Family with spouse Elizabeth Cleaves Henry Horn James Horn Nancy Horn Nathan Horn Birth: May 27, 1762 20 — Nash, North Carolina, United States Death: 1834 — Logan, Kentucky, United States
step-mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Nathan Horn Reddick Horn Wiley Horn Hansel G Horn Celia Horn William H Horn Mary Horn Eda Horn Thomas Horn Nancy Jennings Death:
	Marriage: about 1782 — Nash, North Carolina, United States
2 years half-brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Reddick Horn Birth: 1783 20 — Nash, North Carolina, United States Death: 1858 — Pawnee, Nebraska, United States
3 years half-brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Wiley Horn Birth: September 24, 1785 23 — Nash, North Carolina, United States Death: 1847 — Johnson, Missouri, United States
15 months half-sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Hansel G Horn Birth: about 1786 23 — Nash, North Carolina, United States Death: about 1837
2 years half-sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Celia Horn Birth: January 26, 1788 25 — Montgomery, North Carolina, United States Death: May 10, 1865 — Simpson, Kentucky, United States
5 years half-brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree William H Horn Birth: 1792 29 — Montgomery, North Carolina, United States Death:
5 years half-sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse … Hall Mary Horn Birth: 1796 33 — Montgomery, North Carolina, United States Death: before 1818 — Dubois, Washington, Illinois, United States
1 year half-sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Eda Horn Birth: about 1796 33 — Montgomery, North Carolina, United States Death: September 27, 1879 — Kentucky, United States
6 years half-brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Thomas Horn Birth: November 26, 1801 39 — Montgomery, North Carolina, United States Death: September 27, 1879 — Kentucky, United States

Father’s family with Sarah “Sally” Harris - View this family

father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Nancy Jennings Reddick Horn Wiley Horn Hansel G Horn Celia Horn William H Horn Mary Horn Eda Horn Thomas Horn Family with spouse Sarah “Sally” Harris Joel Horn Piety E Horn Elizabeth Horn Harris Horn Richard Horn Priscilla Horn Jackson Horn Family with spouse Elizabeth Cleaves Henry Horn James Horn Nancy Horn Nathan Horn Birth: May 27, 1762 20 — Nash, North Carolina, United States Death: 1834 — Logan, Kentucky, United States
step-mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Nathan Horn Joel Horn Piety E Horn Elizabeth Horn Harris Horn Richard Horn Priscilla Horn Jackson Horn Sarah “Sally” Harris Death:
	Marriage: about 1802 — Montgomery, North Carolina, United States
4 years half-brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Emily N Paschall Joel Horn Birth: 1805 42 — Montgomery, North Carolina, United States Death: Nebraska, United States
2 years half-sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Samuel Sherrod Nathan H Sherrod Sarah E Sherrod Fadie Sherrod Priscilla Sherrod Nancy R Sherrod Almarinda J Sherrod Harriet Sherrod Angeline T Sherrod Mary Hester Sherrod Cornelia E Sherrod Josephine Sherrod Piety E Horn Birth: 1806 43 — Montgomery, North Carolina, United States Death: after June 18, 1880 — Todd, Kentucky, United States
4 years half-sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse John Carpenter Elizabeth Horn Birth: 1809 46 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death:
1 year half-brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Martha Ann Sherrod Harris Horn Birth: 1809 46 — Kentucky, United States Death:
1 year half-brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Jinsey Ann “Grimsey” Chambers Richard Horn Birth: 1809 46 — Montgomery, North Carolina, United States Death:
3 years half-sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Daniel Morris Priscilla Horn Birth: March 1, 1812 49 — Simpson, Kentucky, United States Death: May 6, 1877 — Simpson, Kentucky, United States
6 years half-brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Lucy Wright Family with spouse Frances M Perry Jackson Horn Birth: 1817 54 — Simpson, Kentucky, United States Death: November 30, 1891 — Simpson, Kentucky, United States

Family with parents
father Parents Isaac Horn Edith Richardson	Nathan Horn 1762–1834
mother Parents (unknown)	Elizabeth Cleaves –
elder brother Family (none)	Henry Horn 1822–
elder brother Family (none)	James Horn 1823–
herself Family (none)	Nancy Horn 1825–
Father’s family with Nancy Jennings
father Parents Isaac Horn Edith Richardson	Nathan Horn 1762–1834
step-mother Parents (unknown)	Nancy Jennings –
half-brother Family (none)	Reddick Horn 1783–1858
half-brother Family (none)	Wiley Horn 1785–1847
half-sister Family (none)	Hansel G Horn 1786–1837
half-sister Family (none)	Celia Horn 1788–1865
half-brother Family (none)	William H Horn 1792–
half-sister Family … Hall	Mary Horn 1796–1818
half-sister Family (none)	Eda Horn 1796–1879
half-brother Family (none)	Thomas Horn 1801–1879
Father’s family with Sarah “Sally” Harris
father Parents Isaac Horn Edith Richardson	Nathan Horn 1762–1834
step-mother Parents (unknown)	Sarah “Sally” Harris –
half-brother Family Emily N Paschall	Joel Horn 1805–
half-sister Family Samuel Sherrod Nathan H Sherrod Sarah E Sherrod Fadie Sherrod Priscilla Sherrod Nancy R Sherrod Almarinda J Sherrod Harriet Sherrod Angeline T Sherrod Mary Hester Sherrod Cornelia E Sherrod Josephine Sherrod	Piety E Horn 1806–1880
half-sister Family John Carpenter	Elizabeth Horn 1809–
half-brother Family Martha Ann Sherrod	Harris Horn 1809–
half-brother Family Jinsey Ann “Grimsey” Chambers	Richard Horn 1809–
half-sister Family Daniel Morris	Priscilla Horn 1812–1877
half-brother Family Lucy Wright Frances M Perry	Jackson Horn 1817–1891