Sarah Elizabeth “Sally” ThompsonAge: 77 years1838–1916
- Name
- Sarah Elizabeth “Sally” Thompson
- Given names
- Sarah Elizabeth
- Surname
- Thompson
- Married name
- Sarah Elizabeth Shemwell
- Nickname
- Sally
 Birth | June 30, 1838 28 38 |
 Birth of a brother | William Lewis Thompson December 14, 1841 (Age 3 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Capt. Charles M Thompson about 1844 (Age 5 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Joseph Hiram Thompson Jr. August 20, 1845 (Age 7 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Harriett Thompson before 1847 (Age 8 years) |
| Death of a mother | Cynthia Suretha Ratts 1847 (Age 8 years) |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 7 years)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 sister | Louisa V Thompson after 1850 (Age 11 years) |
| Death of a sister | Mary H Thompson after 1850 (Age 11 years) |
| Death of a brother | John Frederick Thompson after 1850 (Age 11 years) |
 Marriage | Dr. Obediah Marcellus Shemwell — View this family April 7, 1857 (Age 18 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Baxter Shemwell March 12, 1858 (Age 19 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Mary Louisa Shemwell July 14, 1859 (Age 21 years) |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 18 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 daughter | Mary Louisa Shemwell April 7, 1860 (Age 21 years) |
 Census | July 26, 1860 (Age 22 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | William Whitehead Shemwell December 2, 1860 (Age 22 years) |
| Death of a son | William Whitehead Shemwell December 26, 1861 (Age 23 years) |
 Military | Confederate Army - Captain Type: Surgeon 1862 (Age 23 years)Agency: 66th Regiment, 16th Brigade |
| Birth of a son #4 | Edward Marcellus Shemwell October 28, 1862 (Age 24 years) |
| Death of a son | Edward Marcellus Shemwell March 13, 1864 (Age 25 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #5 | Cora B Shemwell August 21, 1864 (Age 26 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 22 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 |
| Birth of a son #6 | Frederick Shemwell October 13, 1866 (Age 28 years) |
| Death of a son | Frederick Shemwell June 23, 1867 (Age 28 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 28 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 28 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Birth of a daughter #7 | Della Shemwell March 17, 1868 (Age 29 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 30 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 #8 | Etta Shemwell June 30, 1870 (Age 32 years) |
| Census | August 19, 1870 (Age 32 years) |
| Death of a father | Joseph Hiram Thompson July 23, 1872 (Age 34 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #9 | Sara Frances Shemwell September 11, 1872 (Age 34 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #10 | Alice Shemwell August 11, 1874 (Age 36 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Sara Frances Shemwell September 13, 1875 (Age 37 years) |
| Birth of a son #11 | Harold Shemwell August 17, 1876 (Age 38 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #12 | Mary “May” Shemwell April 12, 1877 (Age 38 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 39 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Census | June 4, 1880 (Age 41 years) |
| Birth of a son #13 | Odell Shemwell August 5, 1880 (Age 42 years) |
| Death of a husband | Dr. Obediah Marcellus Shemwell October 25, 1880 (Age 42 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Baxter Shemwell — Laura E Bernheim — View this family Type: Religious marriage June 8, 1882 (Age 43 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Dermot Shemwell May 25, 1884 (Age 45 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Louis Burnis Wheeler — Cora B Shemwell — View this family Type: Religious marriage December 23, 1886 (Age 48 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Fannie Elizabeth Wheeler October 7, 1888 (Age 50 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Jesse Louise Wheeler January 27, 1890 (Age 51 years) |
| Death of a brother | William Lewis Thompson December 17, 1892 (Age 54 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #4 | Irma Loraine Shemwell December 31, 1892 (Age 54 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #5 | Col. Druid Emmett Wheeler January 31, 1894 (Age 55 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Theodore Earl McCrary — Etta Shemwell — View this family February 25, 1894 (Age 55 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Dr. Willis Jasper Vestal — Mary “May” Shemwell — View this family December 11, 1894 (Age 56 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #6 | Etta Elizabeth Vestal October 29, 1896 (Age 58 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #7 | Willis Jasper Vestal Jr. July 17, 1897 (Age 59 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #8 | Theodore Earl “Teddy” McCrary Jr. estimated October 15, 1897 (Age 59 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 59 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 grandson | Theodore Earl “Teddy” McCrary Jr. April 15, 1899 (Age 60 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #9 | Joel Vestal September 21, 1899 (Age 61 years) |
| Death of a grandson | Joel Vestal September 21, 1899 (Age 61 years) |
| Census | June 21, 1900 (Age 61 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #10 | Helen McCrary July 20, 1900 (Age 62 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Etta Shemwell January 2, 1901 (Age 62 years) Cause: typhoid fever |
| Marriage of a child | Harold Shemwell — Ella May Doyle — View this family July 5, 1901 (Age 63 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Capt. George P Shackleford — Alice Shemwell — View this family June 21, 1904 (Age 65 years) |
| Death of a son | Odell Shemwell July 13, 1904 (Age 66 years) Address: Shemwell Home Cause: typhoid fever |
| Marriage of a child | Baxter Shemwell — Susannah Fitzhugh “Susan” Battaile — View this family May 1906 (Age 67 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #11 | Odell Shemwell Vestal Sr. September 30, 1907 (Age 69 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Harold Shemwell — Sallie Borum Dey — View this family November 27, 1907 (Age 69 years) |
| Death of a granddaughter | Irma Loraine Shemwell July 1, 1908 (Age 70 years) Cause: typhoid fever |
| Birth of a granddaughter #12 | Margaret Dey Shemwell January 28, 1909 (Age 70 years) |
| Census | May 2, 1910 (Age 71 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #13 | Sarah Francis Vestal August 26, 1910 (Age 72 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #14 | LTC Everard Baxter Shemwell November 22, 1911 (Age 73 years) |
| Will | February 15, 1912 (Age 73 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #15 | Alice Mae Vestal March 27, 1915 (Age 76 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 77 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
 Death | February 21, 1916 (Age 77 years) |
 Burial | February 22, 1916 (1 day after death) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Shemwell Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Joseph Hiram Thompson Birth: February 1, 1810 Death: July 23, 1872 |
| mother |
Cynthia Suretha Ratts Birth: about 1800 — Tyro, Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: 1847 |
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Marriage: — |
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| elder sister |
Louisa V Thompson Birth: about 1832 21 32 Death: after 1850 |
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4 years elder sister |
Mary H Thompson Birth: about 1835 24 35 Death: after 1850 |
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3 years elder brother |
John Frederick Thompson Birth: about 1837 26 37 Death: after 1850 |
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18 months herself |
Sarah Elizabeth “Sally” Thompson Birth: June 30, 1838 28 38 — North Carolina, United States Death: February 21, 1916 — Tyro, Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
William Lewis Thompson Birth: December 14, 1841 31 41 Death: December 17, 1892 |
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3 years younger brother |
Capt. Charles M Thompson Birth: about 1844 33 44 — North Carolina, United States Death: |
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20 months younger brother |
Joseph Hiram Thompson Jr. Birth: August 20, 1845 35 45 — Tyro, Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: November 25, 1925 |
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2 years younger sister |
Harriett Thompson Birth: before 1847 36 47 Death: |
| Family with Dr. Obediah Marcellus Shemwell |
| husband |
Dr. Obediah Marcellus Shemwell Birth: February 27, 1830 40 29 — North Carolina, United States Death: October 25, 1880 — Tyro, Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
| herself |
Sarah Elizabeth “Sally” Thompson Birth: June 30, 1838 28 38 — North Carolina, United States Death: February 21, 1916 — Tyro, Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: April 7, 1857 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
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11 months son |
Baxter Shemwell Birth: March 12, 1858 28 19 — North Carolina, United States Death: May 31, 1932 — Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
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16 months daughter |
Mary Louisa Shemwell Birth: July 14, 1859 29 21 — Tyro, Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: April 7, 1860 — Tyro, Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
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17 months son |
William Whitehead Shemwell Birth: December 2, 1860 30 22 — Tyro, Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: December 26, 1861 — Tyro, Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
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23 months son |
Edward Marcellus Shemwell Birth: October 28, 1862 32 24 — Tyro, Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: March 13, 1864 — Tyro, Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
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22 months daughter |
Cora B Shemwell Birth: August 21, 1864 34 26 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: November 7, 1950 — Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States |
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2 years son |
Frederick Shemwell Birth: October 13, 1866 36 28 — Tyro, Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: June 23, 1867 |
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17 months daughter |
Della Shemwell Birth: March 17, 1868 38 29 — North Carolina, United States Death: April 7, 1923 — Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
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2 years daughter |
Etta Shemwell Birth: June 30, 1870 40 32 — Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: January 2, 1901 — Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
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2 years daughter |
Sara Frances Shemwell Birth: September 11, 1872 42 34 — Tyro, Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: September 13, 1875 — Tyro, Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
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23 months daughter |
Alice Shemwell Birth: August 11, 1874 44 36 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: September 12, 1946 — Richmond, Virginia, United States |
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2 years son |
Harold Shemwell Birth: August 17, 1876 46 38 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: January 4, 1936 — Washington, District of Columbia, United States |
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8 months daughter |
Mary “May” Shemwell Birth: April 12, 1877 47 38 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: March 29, 1961 |
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3 years son |
Odell Shemwell Birth: August 5, 1880 50 42 — Tyro, Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: July 13, 1904 — Tyro, Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - Dr. Obediah Marcellus Shemwell - Household
Davidson, North Carolina
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| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Dr. Obediah Marcellus Shemwell - Household
Tyro, Davidson, NC
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - Dr. Obediah Marcellus Shemwell - Household
Tyro, Davidson, NC
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Sarah Elizabeth “Sally” Thompson - Household
Tyro Township, Davidson, NC
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Sarah Elizabeth “Sally” Thompson - Household
Tyro Township, Davidson, NC
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