The Shemwell Family

Events of close relatives Historical facts
Birth	February 7, 1862 31 30
Marriage	Nancy Rhoda Cope — View this family unknown
Birth of a sister	Rosa Armantha Cromwell September 16, 1864 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event	American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 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 sister	Francis Auridel Cromwell January 12, 1866 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event	The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 4 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 4 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 6 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 sister	Ada Quint Cromwell April 5, 1870 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a sister	Amanda Ella Cromwell September 25, 1873 (Age 11 years)
Historical Event	Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 15 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 paternal grandfather	Oliver Clayton Cromwell July 1887 (Age 25 years) Graves, Kentucky, United States
Death of a sister	Rosa Armantha Cromwell April 1896 (Age 34 years)
Historical Event	Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 36 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
Death of a mother	Belzada Barsheba Davis July 9, 1916 (Age 54 years) Graves, Kentucky, United States
Historical Event	Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 53 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 54 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 55 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	1922 (Age 59 years) Graves, Kentucky, United States

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Family with parents - View this family

father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Belzada Barsheba Davis Lilla Alice Cromwell Sarah Elizabeth Cromwell Oliver Clayton Cromwell Rosa Armantha Cromwell Francis Auridel Cromwell Ada Quint Cromwell Amanda Ella Cromwell Quintus Adkerson Cromwell Birth: 1831 26 27 — Kentucky, United States Death: 1930
mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse William L Mason Nancy E Mason William Jasper Mason Mary J Mason John L Mason Family with spouse Quintus Adkerson Cromwell Lilla Alice Cromwell Sarah Elizabeth Cromwell Oliver Clayton Cromwell Rosa Armantha Cromwell Francis Auridel Cromwell Ada Quint Cromwell Amanda Ella Cromwell Belzada Barsheba Davis Birth: May 30, 1831 26 22 — Madison, Missouri, United States Death: July 9, 1916 — Graves, Kentucky, United States
	Marriage: November 7, 1859 —
sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Lilla Alice Cromwell Death:
elder sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Thomas McCammon McNutt Totsie Latin McNutt Maggie Virginia McNutt Rollie Adkerson McNutt Oliver Clayton McNutt George Archie McNutt Quintus Calvin McNutt Tenon McCammon McNutt Leslie Hayden McNutt Tommie Hobert McNutt Estle Haskell McNutt Willie McNutt Vitrue Sunshine McNutt Sarah Elizabeth Cromwell Birth: September 12, 1860 29 29 Death: November 21, 1933 — Graves, Kentucky, United States
17 months himself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Nancy Rhoda Cope Oliver Clayton Cromwell Birth: February 7, 1862 31 30 Death: 1922 — Graves, Kentucky, United States
3 years younger sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Rosa Armantha Cromwell Birth: September 16, 1864 33 33 Death: April 1896
16 months younger sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse W J Fleming Francis Auridel Cromwell Birth: January 12, 1866 35 34 Death:
4 years younger sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse William Henry Baldwin William Baldwin Mary Lee Baldwin Family with spouse Lew W Smith Ada Quint Cromwell Birth: April 5, 1870 39 38 Death:
4 years younger sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Amanda Ella Cromwell Birth: September 25, 1873 42 42 Death:

Mother’s family with William L Mason - View this family

step-father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Belzada Barsheba Davis Nancy E Mason William Jasper Mason Mary J Mason John L Mason William L Mason Birth: about 1824 — Kentucky, United States Death:
mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse William L Mason Nancy E Mason William Jasper Mason Mary J Mason John L Mason Family with spouse Quintus Adkerson Cromwell Lilla Alice Cromwell Sarah Elizabeth Cromwell Oliver Clayton Cromwell Rosa Armantha Cromwell Francis Auridel Cromwell Ada Quint Cromwell Amanda Ella Cromwell Belzada Barsheba Davis Birth: May 30, 1831 26 22 — Madison, Missouri, United States Death: July 9, 1916 — Graves, Kentucky, United States
	Marriage: —
half-sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Nancy E Mason Birth: June 23, 1852 28 21 Death:
2 years half-brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Emma I Euila M Mason William O Mason … Ryie William Jasper Mason Birth: August 1854 30 23 — Kentucky, United States Death:
2 years half-sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Mary J Mason Birth: 1856 32 24 — Kentucky, United States Death:
21 months half-brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Francis Josephine … Bertha Lee Mason Dessie Mason John L Mason Birth: September 19, 1857 33 26 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death:

Family with Nancy Rhoda Cope - View this family

himself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Nancy Rhoda Cope Oliver Clayton Cromwell Birth: February 7, 1862 31 30 Death: 1922 — Graves, Kentucky, United States
wife	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Oliver Clayton Cromwell Nancy Rhoda Cope Birth: September 1872 — Kentucky, United States Death: 1945 — Graves, Kentucky, United States
	Marriage: —

Family with parents
father Parents Oliver Clayton Cromwell Sarah Mallory Davis	Quintus Adkerson Cromwell 1831–1930
mother Parents James Davis Elizabeth …	Belzada Barsheba Davis 1831–1916
sister Family (none)	Lilla Alice Cromwell –
elder sister Family Thomas McCammon McNutt Totsie Latin McNutt Maggie Virginia McNutt Rollie Adkerson McNutt Oliver Clayton McNutt George Archie McNutt Quintus Calvin McNutt Tenon McCammon McNutt Leslie Hayden McNutt Tommie Hobert McNutt Estle Haskell McNutt Willie McNutt Vitrue Sunshine McNutt	Sarah Elizabeth Cromwell 1860–1933
himself Family Nancy Rhoda Cope	Oliver Clayton Cromwell 1862–1922
younger sister Family (none)	Rosa Armantha Cromwell 1864–1896
younger sister Family W J Fleming	Francis Auridel Cromwell 1866–
younger sister Family William Henry Baldwin William Baldwin Mary Lee Baldwin Lew W Smith	Ada Quint Cromwell 1870–
younger sister Family (none)	Amanda Ella Cromwell 1873–
Mother’s family with William L Mason
step-father Parents (unknown)	William L Mason 1824–
mother Parents James Davis Elizabeth …	Belzada Barsheba Davis 1831–1916
half-sister Family (none)	Nancy E Mason 1852–
half-brother Family Emma I Euila M Mason William O Mason … Ryie	William Jasper Mason 1854–
half-sister Family (none)	Mary J Mason 1856–
half-brother Family Francis Josephine … Bertha Lee Mason Dessie Mason	John L Mason 1857–
Family with Nancy Rhoda Cope
himself Parents Quintus Adkerson Cromwell Belzada Barsheba Davis	Oliver Clayton Cromwell 1862–1922
wife Parents (unknown)	Nancy Rhoda Cope 1872–1945