The Shemwell Family

Events of close relatives Historical facts
Birth	December 15, 1864 42 27 Kentucky, United States
Marriage	Henry B Britt — View this family unknown
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 brother	Robert Boone Fields August 12, 1867 (Age 2 years) Kentucky, United States
Historical Event	The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 2 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 2 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 4 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 brother	Edward A Fields February 12, 1870 (Age 5 years) Kentucky, United States
Birth of a brother	Frank W Fields July 2, 1873 (Age 8 years) Kentucky, United States
Birth of a brother	William Jesse Fields February 20, 1877 (Age 12 years) Kentucky, United States
Historical Event	Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 13 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 mother	Sarah Elizabeth Short June 16, 1897 (Age 32 years)
Historical Event	Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 33 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 father	Robert Nelson Pleasant Fields October 22, 1914 (Age 49 years) Graves, Kentucky, United States
Historical Event	Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 51 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 52 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 53 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 of a half-brother	Allen Dodd Fields April 23, 1922 (Age 57 years) Mayfield, Graves, Kentucky, United States
Historical Event	The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 64 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 brother	James Thomas Fields June 10, 1938 (Age 73 years) Bluegrove, Clay, Texas, United States
Death of a sister	Mary D Fields December 5, 1944 (Age 79 years)
Historical Event	World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 76 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 85 years) South Korea 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 81 years) Vietnam 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

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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 Permelia A Brand Allen Dodd Fields Family with spouse Martha Cohorn David M Fields Family with spouse Sarah Elizabeth Short Mary D Fields Nancy S Fields Permelia A Fields James Thomas Fields Sarah L Fields Robert Boone Fields Edward A Fields Frank W Fields William Jesse Fields Robert Nelson Pleasant Fields Birth: May 10, 1822 25 31 — Williamson, Tennessee, United States Death: October 22, 1914 — Graves, Kentucky, United States
mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Robert Nelson Pleasant Fields Mary D Fields Nancy S Fields Permelia A Fields James Thomas Fields Sarah L Fields Robert Boone Fields Edward A Fields Frank W Fields William Jesse Fields Sarah Elizabeth Short Birth: June 20, 1837 Death: June 16, 1897
	Marriage: January 10, 1856 —
9 months elder sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse William M Taylor Mary D Fields Birth: October 13, 1856 34 19 — Kentucky, United States Death: December 5, 1944
11 months elder sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Finley Copeland Nancy S Fields Birth: September 1, 1857 35 20 — Kentucky, United States Death:
2 years elder sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse James “Polk” Mason Permelia A Fields Birth: December 19, 1859 37 22 — Kentucky, United States Death:
2 years elder brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Addie Magnolia Cash James Thomas Fields Birth: January 12, 1862 39 24 — Kentucky, United States Death: June 10, 1938 — Bluegrove, Clay, Texas, United States
3 years herself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Henry B Britt Sarah L Fields Birth: December 15, 1864 42 27 — Kentucky, United States Death:
3 years younger brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Christine Alexander Family with spouse Willie Ballew Robert Boone Fields Birth: August 12, 1867 45 30 — Kentucky, United States Death:
3 years younger brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse … Guthrie Edward A Fields Birth: February 12, 1870 47 32 — Kentucky, United States Death:
3 years younger brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Lana B Wilson Frank W Fields Birth: July 2, 1873 51 36 — Kentucky, United States Death:
4 years younger brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Mary Elizabeth Roper Family with spouse Susie E Mitchell Family with spouse Donnie V Ferrell William Jesse Fields Birth: February 20, 1877 54 39 — Kentucky, United States Death:

Father’s family with Permelia A Brand - View this family

father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Permelia A Brand Allen Dodd Fields Family with spouse Martha Cohorn David M Fields Family with spouse Sarah Elizabeth Short Mary D Fields Nancy S Fields Permelia A Fields James Thomas Fields Sarah L Fields Robert Boone Fields Edward A Fields Frank W Fields William Jesse Fields Robert Nelson Pleasant Fields Birth: May 10, 1822 25 31 — Williamson, Tennessee, United States Death: October 22, 1914 — Graves, Kentucky, United States
step-mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Robert Nelson Pleasant Fields Allen Dodd Fields Permelia A Brand Birth: February 12, 1827 Death: July 19, 1850
	Marriage: February 12, 1846 —
4 years half-brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Nancy Elizabeth Gilliam Robert Arthur Fields Rose Althea Fields Mary Neil Fields Capitola Georgia Fields Allen Dodd Fields Birth: October 28, 1849 27 22 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: April 23, 1922 — Mayfield, Graves, Kentucky, United States

Father’s family with Martha Cohorn - View this family

father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Permelia A Brand Allen Dodd Fields Family with spouse Martha Cohorn David M Fields Family with spouse Sarah Elizabeth Short Mary D Fields Nancy S Fields Permelia A Fields James Thomas Fields Sarah L Fields Robert Boone Fields Edward A Fields Frank W Fields William Jesse Fields Robert Nelson Pleasant Fields Birth: May 10, 1822 25 31 — Williamson, Tennessee, United States Death: October 22, 1914 — Graves, Kentucky, United States
step-mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Robert Nelson Pleasant Fields David M Fields Martha Cohorn Death:
	Marriage: August 20, 1852 —
14 months half-brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree David M Fields Birth: October 12, 1853 31 Death: March 20, 1854

Family with Henry B Britt - View this family

husband	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Sarah L Fields Henry B Britt Death:
herself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Henry B Britt Sarah L Fields Birth: December 15, 1864 42 27 — Kentucky, United States Death:
	Marriage: —

Family with parents
father Parents Allen Dodd Fields Delilah Beasley	Robert Nelson Pleasant Fields 1822–1914
mother Parents (unknown)	Sarah Elizabeth Short 1837–1897
elder sister Family William M Taylor	Mary D Fields 1856–1944
elder sister Family Finley Copeland	Nancy S Fields 1857–
elder sister Family James “Polk” Mason	Permelia A Fields 1859–
elder brother Family Addie Magnolia Cash	James Thomas Fields 1862–1938
herself Family Henry B Britt	Sarah L Fields 1864–
younger brother Family Christine Alexander Willie Ballew	Robert Boone Fields 1867–
younger brother Family … Guthrie	Edward A Fields 1870–
younger brother Family Lana B Wilson	Frank W Fields 1873–
younger brother Family Mary Elizabeth Roper Susie E Mitchell Donnie V Ferrell	William Jesse Fields 1877–
Father’s family with Permelia A Brand
father Parents Allen Dodd Fields Delilah Beasley	Robert Nelson Pleasant Fields 1822–1914
step-mother Parents Arthur Brand … …	Permelia A Brand 1827–1850
half-brother Family Nancy Elizabeth Gilliam Robert Arthur Fields Rose Althea Fields Mary Neil Fields Capitola Georgia Fields	Allen Dodd Fields 1849–1922
Father’s family with Martha Cohorn
father Parents Allen Dodd Fields Delilah Beasley	Robert Nelson Pleasant Fields 1822–1914
step-mother Parents (unknown)	Martha Cohorn –
half-brother Family (none)	David M Fields 1853–1854
Family with Henry B Britt
husband Parents (unknown)	Henry B Britt –
herself Parents Robert Nelson Pleasant Fields Sarah Elizabeth Short	Sarah L Fields 1864–