The Shemwell Family

Historical Event

Mexican-American War

from 1846 to 1848 (Age 2 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

Historical Event

Influenza Epidemic

between 1857 and 1859 (Age 13 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 father

Thomas S Sherrod
about 1860 (Age 16 years)

Russellville, Logan, Kentucky, United States

Enlisted

Civil War

August 5, 1862 (Age 18 years)

Note: Private, Co. K 8th Kentucky Cav., USA

Mustered In

Civil War

September 6, 1862 (Age 19 years)

Note: Russellville, Kentucky 1 year

Mustered out

Civil War

September 23, 1863 (Age 20 years)

Historical Event

American Civil War

between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 17 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

Marriage

Elizabeth Jane “Bettie” Shemwell — View this family
September 2, 1866 (Age 23 years)

New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Historical Event

The Alaska Purchase

1867 (Age 23 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 23 years)

Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306

Birth of a daughter
#1

Nannie H Sherrod
April 14, 1869 (Age 25 years)

Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States

Historical Event

Transcontinental Railroad completed

1869 (Age 25 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

Birth of a daughter
#2

Sarah Permelia Sherrod
November 19, 1871 (Age 28 years)

Birth of a daughter
#3

Francis C Sherrod
June 5, 1873 (Age 29 years)

Birth of a daughter
#4

Elizabeth “Lizzie” Sherrod
about 1877 (Age 33 years)

Historical Event

Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878

1878 (Age 34 years)

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
#5

James Samuel “Jim” Sherrod
January 22, 1880 (Age 36 years)

Sharon, Todd, Kentucky, United States

Census

June 18, 1880 (Age 36 years)

Shared note: 1880 United States - Census transcript - Finis Washington Sherrod - Household

Marriage of a child

William Isom Tomerlin — Nannie H Sherrod — View this family
October 30, 1884 (Age 41 years)

Birth of a son
#6

Horace Drake Sherrod
September 5, 1885 (Age 42 years)

Birth of a granddaughter
#1

Lola T Tomerlin
February 4, 1886 (Age 42 years)

Birth of a granddaughter
#2

Gertrude E “Gertie” Tomerlin
August 31, 1887 (Age 43 years)

Marriage of a child

Wiley “Buck” Shemwell — Sarah Permelia Sherrod — View this family
January 31, 1888 (Age 44 years)

Birth of a grandson
#3

Oscar O Tomerlin
March 25, 1889 (Age 45 years)

Birth of a grandson
#4

Noble John Shemwell
August 3, 1889 (Age 45 years)

Birth of a son
#7

Norwood Auston Sherrod
August 7, 1889 (Age 45 years)

Birth of a granddaughter
#5

Delia P Shemwell
October 30, 1890 (Age 47 years)

Birth of a grandson
#6

Caskey Lewis Tomerlin
July 5, 1891 (Age 47 years)

Birth of a grandson
#7

Melvin M Shemwell
February 8, 1893 (Age 49 years)

Death of a grandson

Melvin M Shemwell
March 3, 1893 (Age 49 years)

Birth of a grandson
#8

Walton W Tomerlin
March 12, 1893 (Age 49 years)

Birth of a granddaughter
#9

Mary Betty Shemwell
February 8, 1896 (Age 52 years)

Birth of a granddaughter
#10

Cora “Cokie” Tomerlin
November 27, 1896 (Age 53 years)

Historical Event

Spanish-American War

between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 54 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

Birth of a grandson
#11

William Henry “Willie” Tomerlin
December 24, 1898 (Age 55 years)

Census

June 16, 1900 (Age 56 years)

Shared note: 1900 United States - Census transcript - Finis Washington Sherrod - Household

Birth of a granddaughter
#12

Etta Mae Shemwell
August 29, 1900 (Age 56 years)

Marriage of a child

James Samuel “Jim” Sherrod — Minnie Pearl Richmond — View this family
November 11, 1900 (Age 57 years)

Birth of a grandson
#13

Carlie Finis Sherrod
June 30, 1902 (Age 58 years)

Birth of a granddaughter
#14

Rose H “Rosie” Shemwell
January 11, 1903 (Age 59 years)

Birth of a granddaughter
#15

Beulah Tomerlin
June 4, 1903 (Age 59 years)

Marriage of a child

Horace Drake Sherrod — Cora Lee Foster — View this family
June 28, 1903 (Age 59 years)

Death of a sister

Elizabeth Rachel Sherrod
1904 (Age 60 years)

Birth of a granddaughter
#16

Laurene Carrie Shemwell
January 8, 1906 (Age 62 years)

Marriage of a child

James Samuel “Jim” Sherrod — Mattie Lou Eddings — View this family
about 1906 (Age 62 years)

Birth of a grandson
#17

Finis N Shemwell
February 22, 1907 (Age 63 years)

Birth of a grandson
#18

Arvin Willis Sherrod
February 21, 1908 (Age 64 years)

Birth of a grandson
#19

Winford Dudley Tomerlin
1909 (Age 65 years)

Census

May 5, 1910 (Age 66 years)

Shared note: 1910 United States - Census transcript - Finis Washington Sherrod - Household

Birth of a granddaughter
#20

Myrtle A Sherrod
May 10, 1910 (Age 66 years)

Birth of a grandson
#21

Roy K Sherrod
November 21, 1911 (Age 68 years)

Birth of a granddaughter
#22

Olevia Virginia Sherrod
March 27, 1914 (Age 70 years)

Marriage of a child

Norwood Auston Sherrod — Lissie Belle Price — View this family
November 21, 1915 (Age 72 years)

Note: Norwood is divorced - 1st wife? - children? -b

Historical Event

Polio Epidemic

1916 (Age 72 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1

Birth of a grandson
#23

Coy Ray Sherrod
July 16, 1918 (Age 74 years)

Historical Event

World War I

between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 73 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 74 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/

Death

April 30, 1919 (Age 75 years)