James Caswell ShemwellAge: 78 years1848–1927
- Name
- James Caswell Shemwell
- Given names
- James Caswell
- Surname
- Shemwell
 Birth | April 22, 1848 25 26 |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848Note: 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 paternal grandfather | James Shemwell June 1849 (Age 13 months) Cause: Typhoid Fever |
| Birth of a sister | Elphina Ella Shemwell March 13, 1850 (Age 22 months) |
 Census | June 1, 1850 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Nancy Elizabeth Shemwell August 12, 1857 (Age 9 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Rebecca Parallel “Becca” Shemwell May 4, 1859 (Age 11 years) |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 8 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Census | June 8, 1860 (Age 12 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Virginia D “Jennie” Shemwell September 23, 1861 (Age 13 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 12 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 18 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 18 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 20 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 |
| Census | June 1, 1870 (Age 22 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Mary “Polly” Shemwell March 18, 1876 (Age 27 years) |
 Marriage | Sarah Ellen Roley — View this family April 14, 1878 (Age 29 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | John Hall December 8, 1878 (Age 30 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 29 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 #1 | James Florence Shemwell October 27, 1879 (Age 31 years) |
| Census | June 1, 1880 (Age 32 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Gertrude C “Girty” Shemwell August 30, 1881 (Age 33 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Rozena May Shemwell May 27, 1884 (Age 36 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | William Roley Shemwell April 11, 1886 (Age 37 years) |
| Birth of a son #5 | Rowland Leroy Shemwell June 29, 1889 (Age 41 years) |
| Birth of a son #6 | Wiley Bolinger Shemwell September 24, 1896 (Age 48 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 49 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 |
| Census | June 1, 1900 (Age 52 years) |
| Death of a father | Benjamin Franklin Shemwell November 11, 1905 (Age 57 years) Cause: Pneumonia |
| Death of a mother | Mary Catherine Hall November 14, 1905 (Age 57 years) Cause: Pneumonia |
| Death of a daughter | Rozena May Shemwell March 2, 1908 (Age 59 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Charles Louis Bucher — Gertrude C “Girty” Shemwell — View this family Type: Religious marriage June 21, 1909 (Age 61 years)Address: Residence of Minister of the Gospel, David Roberts. |
| Census | April 26, 1910 (Age 62 years) |
| Marriage of a child | William Roley Shemwell — Nellie May Greer — View this family Type: Religious marriage October 25, 1911 (Age 63 years) |
| Death of a wife | Sarah Ellen Roley February 21, 1912 (Age 63 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Grace Aurelia Shemwell August 5, 1912 (Age 64 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Pearl Bernice Shemwell June 28, 1913 (Age 65 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Rowland Leroy Shemwell — Myrtle A Reid — View this family December 24, 1914 (Age 66 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | William Caswell Shemwell August 21, 1915 (Age 67 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 67 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Death of a brother | William McKinley Shemwell November 25, 1917 (Age 69 years) Cause: Pneumonia & Paralysis |
| Birth of a granddaughter #4 | Ruby Mae Shemwell July 29, 1918 (Age 70 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 68 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 69 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/ |
| Census | January 1, 1920 (Age 71 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Rowland Leroy Shemwell — Ruby Lalah Handley — View this family Type: Civil marriage February 7, 1921 (Age 72 years) |
| Death of a granddaughter | Grace Aurelia Shemwell October 11, 1925 (Age 77 years) Cause: ptomaine poisoning (food poisoning) |
| Burial of a granddaughter | Grace Aurelia Shemwell October 12, 1925 (Age 77 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: McKee Chapel Cemetery |
 Death | March 27, 1927 (Age 78 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: McKee Chapel Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Benjamin Franklin Shemwell Birth: March 7, 1823 25 23 — Kentucky, United States Death: November 11, 1905 — Pettis, Missouri, United States |
| mother |
Mary Catherine Hall Birth: December 23, 1821 24 22 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: November 14, 1905 — Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: estimated 1842 — |
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2 years elder brother |
William McKinley Shemwell Birth: December 20, 1843 20 21 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: November 25, 1917 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
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3 months elder sister |
Mary Ann Shemwell Birth: March 28, 1844 21 22 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: November 4, 1933 |
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3 years elder sister |
Almiranda J “Allie” Shemwell Birth: 1846 22 24 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: August 11, 1928 — Cleveland, Oklahoma, United States |
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2 years himself |
James Caswell Shemwell Birth: April 22, 1848 25 26 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: March 27, 1927 — Pettis, Missouri, United States |
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23 months younger sister |
Elphina Ella Shemwell Birth: March 13, 1850 27 28 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: June 12, 1927 — Elk Fork, Pettis, Missouri, United States |
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7 years younger sister |
Nancy Elizabeth Shemwell Birth: August 12, 1857 34 35 — Kentucky, United States Death: October 10, 1942 — Lexington, Cleveland, Oklahoma, United States |
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21 months younger sister |
Rebecca Parallel “Becca” Shemwell Birth: May 4, 1859 36 37 — Bowling Green, Pettis, Missouri, United States Death: December 15, 1942 — Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Virginia D “Jennie” Shemwell Birth: September 23, 1861 38 39 — Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States Death: November 26, 1947 — Noble, Cleveland, Oklahoma, United States |
| Family with Sarah Ellen Roley |
| himself |
James Caswell Shemwell Birth: April 22, 1848 25 26 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: March 27, 1927 — Pettis, Missouri, United States |
| wife |
Sarah Ellen Roley Birth: May 15, 1853 — Indiana, United States Death: February 21, 1912 — Pettis, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: April 14, 1878 — Henry, Missouri, United States |
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18 months son |
James Florence Shemwell Birth: October 27, 1879 31 26 — Missouri, United States Death: April 19, 1972 — Valley Falls, Jefferson, Kansas, United States |
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22 months daughter |
Gertrude C “Girty” Shemwell Birth: August 30, 1881 33 28 — Pettis, Missouri, United States Death: August 15, 1970 — Moberly, Randolph, Missouri, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Rozena May Shemwell Birth: May 27, 1884 36 31 — Pettis, Missouri, United States Death: March 2, 1908 — Pettis, Missouri, United States |
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22 months son |
William Roley Shemwell Birth: April 11, 1886 37 32 — Benton, Missouri, United States Death: April 2, 1947 — Pettis, Missouri, United States |
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3 years son |
Rowland Leroy Shemwell Birth: June 29, 1889 41 36 — Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States Death: December 1, 1959 — Fayetteville, Washington, Arkansas, United States |
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7 years son |
Wiley Bolinger Shemwell Birth: September 24, 1896 48 43 — Pettis, Missouri, United States Death: October 30, 1953 — Smithton, Pettis, Missouri, United States |
James Caswell Shemwell has 35 first cousins recorded
Father's family (7)
Parents Henry Mitchell + Harriet Miranda “Mary” Shemwell
Mother's family (28)
Parents John Y Carneal + Barbary Ann Hall
Parents Irvin Gilbert + Elizabeth “Betsy” Hall
Parents James F “Jin” Hall + Rebecca A “Becky” Munday
Parents Micajah Merriman “Cage” Hall + Martha Jane Sherrell
Parents Micajah Merriman “Cage” Hall + Martha E Tatum
Parents William Charles Neal + Lucinda A Hall
| Census | 1850 United States - Census transcript - Benjamin Franklin Shemwell - Household
Dist. 2 Todd, Kentucky, USA
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| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - Benjamin Franklin Shemwell - Household
Bowling Green Twp, Pettis, Missouri, United States
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| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Benjamin Franklin Shemwell - Household
Pilot Grove, Cooper, Missouri, United States
Notes: Jane Cook living next door who was married to Fielding Cook. She was a cousin; father was Samuel Shemwell. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - James C. Shemwell - Household
Washington, Pettis Mo.
Notes: next door to father BF -b | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - James C Shemwell - Household
Washington, Pettis, Missouri
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - James C Shemwell - Household
Washington, Pettis, Missouri
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - James C. Shemwell - Household
Washington Township, Pettis, MO
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