The Shemwell Family

Events of close relatives Historical facts
Birth	September 13, 1847 36 30
Death of a sister	Lucy Elizabeth Yarbourgh January 27, 1848 (Age 4 months)
Historical Event	Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 Texas, USA 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
Birth of a brother	William Harrison Yarbourgh November 11, 1849 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brother	Samuel Milton Yarbourgh September 29, 1851 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a brother	Albert Lovelace Yarbourgh September 2, 1853 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a sister	Mary Frances “Fannie” Yarbourgh October 29, 1855 (Age 8 years)
Death of a sister	Jemima Jane Yarborough January 18, 1857 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event	Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 9 years) Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Birth of a brother	Isaac Green Yarbourgh February 1, 1860 (Age 12 years)
Birth of a sister	Laura Amelia Yarbourgh July 6, 1862 (Age 14 years)
Death of a brother	Robert Alexander Yarborough November 19, 1862 (Age 15 years) Charlottesville, Albemarle, Virginia, United States Cause: Pneumonia
Death of a brother	Charles Allison Yarbourgh May 5, 1864 (Age 16 years) Virginia, United States Address: Battle of the Wilderness
Conscripted CSA	Civil War between 1861 and 1865 (Age 13 years)
Historical Event	American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 13 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 19 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 19 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 21 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
Marriage	Polly A Bass — View this family February 26, 1873 (Age 25 years)
Death of a sister	Laura Amelia Yarbourgh April 16, 1877 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event	Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 30 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 father	Charles Yarborough July 17, 1879 (Age 31 years) Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death of a mother	Mary Polly Serene Womack May 18, 1896 (Age 48 years) Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Historical Event	Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 50 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
Historical Event	Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 68 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 69 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 70 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 brother	John Thomas Yarbourgh 1925 (Age 77 years)
Death of a brother	Samuel Milton Yarbourgh December 6, 1926 (Age 79 years)
Historical Event	The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 82 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	June 29, 1938 (Age 90 years)

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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 Mary Polly Serene Womack Jemima Jane Yarborough Robert Alexander Yarborough John Thomas Yarbourgh Amanda Matilda Yarbourgh Lucy Elizabeth Yarbourgh Charles Allison Yarbourgh Wilson Winifred Yarborough James Knox Yarbourgh William Harrison Yarbourgh Samuel Milton Yarbourgh Albert Lovelace Yarbourgh Mary Frances “Fannie” Yarbourgh Isaac Green Yarbourgh Laura Amelia Yarbourgh Charles Yarborough Birth: September 23, 1810 26 22 — Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: July 17, 1879 — Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Charles Yarborough Jemima Jane Yarborough Robert Alexander Yarborough John Thomas Yarbourgh Amanda Matilda Yarbourgh Lucy Elizabeth Yarbourgh Charles Allison Yarbourgh Wilson Winifred Yarborough James Knox Yarbourgh William Harrison Yarbourgh Samuel Milton Yarbourgh Albert Lovelace Yarbourgh Mary Frances “Fannie” Yarbourgh Isaac Green Yarbourgh Laura Amelia Yarbourgh Mary Polly Serene Womack Birth: September 9, 1817 — Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: May 18, 1896 — Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
	Marriage: September 10, 1833 — Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
15 months elder sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse William B Hamner Jemima Jane Yarborough Birth: December 19, 1834 24 17 Death: January 18, 1857
20 months elder brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Margaret Shemwell Whitson Berry “WB” Yarbourgh Edward Lee Yarbourgh Albert Daleton Yarbrough Robert Alexander Yarborough Birth: August 17, 1836 25 18 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: November 19, 1862 — Charlottesville, Albemarle, Virginia, United States
3 years elder brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Amanda J … John Thomas Yarbourgh Birth: February 1, 1839 28 21 Death: 1925
22 months elder sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse David Sink Amanda Matilda Yarbourgh Birth: November 26, 1840 30 23 Death:
18 months elder sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Lucy Elizabeth Yarbourgh Birth: June 3, 1842 31 24 Death: January 27, 1848
21 months elder brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Charles Allison Yarbourgh Birth: March 3, 1844 33 26 — North Carolina, United States Death: May 5, 1864 — Virginia, United States
21 months elder brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Wilson Winifred Yarborough Birth: December 11, 1845 35 28 Death: September 28, 1846
21 months himself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Polly A Bass James Knox Yarbourgh Birth: September 13, 1847 36 30 Death: June 29, 1938
2 years younger brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Irena Louisa Kinley William Harrison Yarbourgh Birth: November 11, 1849 39 32 Death:
23 months younger brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Ida Elizabeth Fisher Samuel Milton Yarbourgh Birth: September 29, 1851 41 34 Death: December 6, 1926
23 months younger brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Alzenia P Tussey Albert Lovelace Yarbourgh Birth: September 2, 1853 42 35 Death: February 12, 1939
2 years younger sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse James R “Dick” Hunt Mary Frances “Fannie” Yarbourgh Birth: October 29, 1855 45 38 Death:
4 years younger brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Mary Alice Tussey Isaac Green Yarbourgh Birth: February 1, 1860 49 42 Death: May 26, 1946
2 years younger sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Laura Amelia Yarbourgh Birth: July 6, 1862 51 44 Death: April 16, 1877

Family with Polly A Bass - View this family

himself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Polly A Bass James Knox Yarbourgh Birth: September 13, 1847 36 30 Death: June 29, 1938
wife	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse James Knox Yarbourgh Polly A Bass Birth: February 18, 1856 Death:
	Marriage: February 26, 1873 —

Family with parents
father Parents Thomas Yarborough Jemima Merrill	Charles Yarborough 1810–1879
mother Parents (unknown)	Mary Polly Serene Womack 1817–1896
elder sister Family William B Hamner	Jemima Jane Yarborough 1834–1857
elder brother Family Margaret Shemwell Whitson Berry “WB” Yarbourgh Edward Lee Yarbourgh Albert Daleton Yarbrough	Robert Alexander Yarborough 1836–1862
elder brother Family Amanda J …	John Thomas Yarbourgh 1839–1925
elder sister Family David Sink	Amanda Matilda Yarbourgh 1840–
elder sister Family (none)	Lucy Elizabeth Yarbourgh 1842–1848
elder brother Family (none)	Charles Allison Yarbourgh 1844–1864
elder brother Family (none)	Wilson Winifred Yarborough 1845–1846
himself Family Polly A Bass	James Knox Yarbourgh 1847–1938
younger brother Family Irena Louisa Kinley	William Harrison Yarbourgh 1849–
younger brother Family Ida Elizabeth Fisher	Samuel Milton Yarbourgh 1851–1926
younger brother Family Alzenia P Tussey	Albert Lovelace Yarbourgh 1853–1939
younger sister Family James R “Dick” Hunt	Mary Frances “Fannie” Yarbourgh 1855–
younger brother Family Mary Alice Tussey	Isaac Green Yarbourgh 1860–1946
younger sister Family (none)	Laura Amelia Yarbourgh 1862–1877
Family with Polly A Bass
himself Parents Charles Yarborough Mary Polly Serene Womack	James Knox Yarbourgh 1847–1938
wife Parents (unknown)	Polly A Bass 1856–