Susan Shemwell1852–
- Name
- Susan Shemwell
- Given names
- Susan
- Surname
- Shemwell
 Birth | 1852 32 29 |
 Birth of a brother | William Luther Shemwell April 22, 1853 (Age 15 months) |
| Birth of a sister | Sarah Permelia Shemwell March 10, 1855 (Age 3 years) |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 5 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Birth of a brother | Lewis T Shemwell February 10, 1860 (Age 8 years) |
 Census | June 1, 1860 (Age 8 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Samuel James Shemwell August 17, 1860 (Age 8 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Mary “Polly” VanMetre December 2, 1863 (Age 11 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 9 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 15 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 15 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Death of a mother | Susan Kerna Tabb May 20, 1869 (Age 17 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 17 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 |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 26 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 father | William Green Shemwell after May 1884 (Age 32 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 46 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 |
| Death of a sister | Columbia Jane Shemwell May 12, 1907 (Age 55 years) |
| Death of a sister | Sarah Permelia Shemwell before April 1910 (Age 58 years) |
| Death of a brother | William Luther Shemwell August 15, 1910 (Age 58 years) |
| Death of a brother | Joseph A Shemwell after 1910 (Age 58 years) |
| Death of a brother | Samuel Vanmeter Shemwell December 8, 1911 (Age 59 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 64 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 65 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 66 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 77 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 of a sister | George Ann Shemwell January 13, 1931 (Age 79 years) |
| Death of a sister | Mary Ann Shemwell March 8, 1931 (Age 79 years) Cause: Pneumonia |
| Death of a brother | Lewis T Shemwell April 16, 1934 (Age 82 years) |
| Burial of a brother | Lewis T Shemwell April 18, 1934 (Age 82 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Locust Creek Cemetery |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 89 years)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 (Age 98 years)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 (Age 94 years)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 |
 Death | unknown |
| Family with parents |
| father |
William Green Shemwell Birth: January 27, 1819 42 39 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: after May 1884 |
| mother |
Susan Kerna Tabb Birth: November 14, 1822 50 34 — Kentucky, United States Death: May 20, 1869 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: January 15, 1840 — Montgomery, Tennessee, United States |
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17 months elder brother |
Joseph A Shemwell Birth: June 6, 1841 22 18 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: after 1910 |
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22 months elder sister |
George Ann Shemwell Birth: April 8, 1843 24 20 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: January 13, 1931 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years elder brother |
Samuel Vanmeter Shemwell Birth: March 24, 1845 26 22 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: December 8, 1911 — Nashville, Washington, Illinois, United States |
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2 years elder sister |
Columbia Jane Shemwell Birth: May 7, 1847 28 24 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: May 12, 1907 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years elder sister |
Mary Ann Shemwell Birth: June 5, 1850 31 27 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: March 8, 1931 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years herself |
Susan Shemwell Birth: 1852 32 29 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: |
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16 months younger brother |
William Luther Shemwell Birth: April 22, 1853 34 30 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: August 15, 1910 — Kentucky, United States |
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23 months younger sister |
Sarah Permelia Shemwell Birth: March 10, 1855 36 32 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: before April 1910 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
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5 years younger brother |
Lewis T Shemwell Birth: February 10, 1860 41 37 — Kentucky, United States Death: April 16, 1934 — Nashville, Washington, Illinois, United States |
Susan Shemwell has 27 first cousins recorded
Father's family (27)
Parents James Shemwell + Nancy Green
Parents Thomas Holland + Nancy Shemwell
Parents Thomas Shemwell + Nancy Bone
Parents Nicholas Christian + Sarah “Sally” Shemwell
Parents Samuel Shemwell + Permelia Belinda Rickman
Parents Alexander McEwing Christian + Jane Shemwell
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - William G. Shemwell - Household
Dist. 2 Todd, Kentucky, USA
Notes: Ages are off? |