 Birth | August 1854 21 30 |
 Birth of a brother | James Washington Shemwell September 2, 1856 (Age 2 years) Note: or Todd, Kentucky, USA |
| Birth of a brother | Joseph H “Joe” Shemwell December 3, 1858 (Age 4 years) |
 Occupation | Coal Miner |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 2 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
 Census | August 14, 1860 (Age 6 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Samuel M Shemwell June 22, 1861 (Age 6 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Mary Katherine Shemwell October 30, 1864 (Age 10 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 6 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 12 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 12 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Birth of a sister | Nancy Jane “Nannie” Shemwell August 29, 1868 (Age 14 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | John Patrick Shemwell July 1869 (Age 14 years) Cause: Inflammation of bowels |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 14 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 15 years) |
 Marriage | Analiza Alice “Annie” Jones — View this family December 24, 1878 (Age 24 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 23 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 daughter #1 | Rosa Lee Shemwell October 20, 1879 (Age 25 years) |
| Census | June 15, 1880 (Age 25 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Francis Pearl “Fannie” Shemwell December 5, 1881 (Age 27 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | Eclas Shemwell September 2, 1892 (Age 38 years) |
| Death of a mother | Martha Jane “Mattie” Pidcock May 20, 1894 (Age 39 years) |
| Marriage of a child | John William Timothy Tate — Rosa Lee Shemwell — View this family December 1, 1895 (Age 41 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Bryan Elmer Tate September 25, 1896 (Age 42 years) |
| Marriage of a child | William Thomas “Tom” Mitchell — Francis Pearl “Fannie” Shemwell — View this family June 1, 1898 (Age 43 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 43 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 |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Fanny Mitchell October 12, 1898 (Age 44 years) |
| Census | June 1, 1900 (Age 45 years) |
| Death of a wife | Analiza Alice “Annie” Jones December 6, 1900 (Age 46 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | Bennett Burton Tate December 10, 1902 (Age 48 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | Alton Echolas Shemwell January 29, 1905 (Age 50 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #5 | Bernice Beckham Tate February 28, 1905 (Age 50 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #6 | Buell Eckless Tate 1908 (Age 53 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #7 | Beryl A “Burlie” Shemwell November 19, 1908 (Age 54 years) |
| Census | April 15, 1910 (Age 55 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #8 | Wilbur Shemwell July 2, 1912 (Age 57 years) Note: All other data concludes the date in the Kentucky Vital Record Indexes is incorrect –b. I'm almost certain his date of birth is 07/02/1912. - Barry Grogan. |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 61 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 son | Eclas Shemwell November 17, 1917 (Age 63 years) Cause: gunshot to bowels |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 62 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 |
 Death | December 8, 1917 (Age 63 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Company Cemetery Note: Crescent Hill Cemetery (Old Company Cemetery) |