William Pinkney ShemwellAge: 26 years1850–1877
- Name
- William Pinkney Shemwell
- Given names
- William Pinkney
- Surname
- Shemwell
 Birth | February 22, 1850 31 21 |
 Census | June 1, 1850 (Age 3 months) |
 Birth of a sister | Mary L Shemwell May 8, 1852 (Age 2 years) |
| Death of a sister | Mary L Shemwell July 19, 1853 (Age 3 years) Note: or May 1, 1857 |
| Birth of a brother | George Washington Shemwell November 19, 1857 (Age 7 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Isaac Newton Shemwell June 6, 1859 (Age 9 years) |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 6 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Census | July 11, 1860 (Age 10 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Thomas Alonzo Shemwell February 6, 1862 (Age 11 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 11 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 16 years)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 16 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Birth of a sister | Susanna Melissa Elizabeth “Susie” Shemwell March 4, 1868 (Age 18 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | George Feezer October 2, 1869 (Age 19 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 18 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 |
| Census | September 9, 1870 (Age 20 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Roly Ann “Mary” Ivy April 1, 1875 (Age 25 years) |
 Death | January 9, 1877 (Age 26 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Doom's Chapel Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Isaac Shemwell Birth: July 27, 1818 26 18 — North Carolina, United States Death: February 4, 1894 — Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Martha Ann “Mattie” Feezor Birth: October 3, 1828 26 23 — Bedford, Tennessee, United States Death: February 27, 1900 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: — |
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| elder brother |
John Wesley Shemwell Birth: February 6, 1848 29 19 — Kentucky, United States Death: March 17, 1933 — Western State Hospital, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years himself |
William Pinkney Shemwell Birth: February 22, 1850 31 21 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: January 9, 1877 — Graves, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Mary L Shemwell Birth: May 8, 1852 33 23 Death: July 19, 1853 |
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6 years younger brother |
George Washington Shemwell Birth: November 19, 1857 39 29 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: November 27, 1925 — Wingo, Graves, Kentucky, United States |
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19 months younger brother |
Isaac Newton Shemwell Birth: June 6, 1859 40 30 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: January 24, 1936 — Kentucky, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Thomas Alonzo Shemwell Birth: February 6, 1862 43 33 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: April 15, 1947 — McCracken, Kentucky, United States |
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6 years younger sister |
Susanna Melissa Elizabeth “Susie” Shemwell Birth: March 4, 1868 49 39 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: October 18, 1942 — Graves, Kentucky, United States |
William Pinkney Shemwell has 38 first cousins recorded
Father's family (38)
Parents David Alexander Shemwell + Permelia J Roach
Parents Lovelace Wellington Shemwell + Luvenia “Vena” Roach
Parents Pinkney H Shemwell + Sarah E Williamson
Parents Henry Cox Shemwell + Eliza Jane Reed
Parents Willis Washington Breezeel + Nancy Shemwell
Parents Milous R “Miles” Shemwell + Amanda Lee Wright
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1850 United States - Census transcript - Isaac Shemwell - Household
Graves, Kentucky
Notes: Dist. 2 farmer w 150 acres - Living with oldest brother Isaac | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - Isaac Shemwell - Household
Graves, Kentucky
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| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Isaac Shemwell - Household
Symsonia, Graves, KY
Note: Returned from California unwed. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Note | According to the Mayfield Monitor newspaper, January 13, 1877, "Mr. Pink
Shemwell died Monday at age 22."
He was killed by a falling tree.
Per Elizabeth Shemwell Skerritt, he was born in 1849. Other records show
his date of birth as April, 1850. The newspaper death notice, however,
places his date of birth at ca. 1855. |