The Shemwell Family

Note: Family home: Oak Grove, near Budd's Creek

Birth of a sister

Mary Barnes Bunting
1864 (Age 13 months)

Prince Frederick, Calvert, Maryland, United States

Occupation

Lawyer

Occupation

Ran weekly newspaper "Calvert Journal"

Biography

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

Death of a brother

James Shemwell Bunting
June 9, 1866 (Age 3 years)

Cause: cerebral congestion

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

Death of a maternal grandfather

James Shemwell
April 5, 1869 (Age 6 years)

Birth of a brother

James G Bunting
October 31, 1869 (Age 6 years)

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

Census

November 4, 1870 (Age 7 years)

Shared note: 1870 United States - Census transcript - Rev. James Bunting - Household

Birth of a sister

Jane Eleanor Bunting
May 21, 1871 (Age 8 years)

Birth of a sister

Olive Gertrude Bunting
October 3, 1874 (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

Census

June 3, 1880 (Age 17 years)

Chaptico, St. Mary's, Maryland, United States

Shared note: 1880 United States - Census transcript - Rev. James Bunting - Household

Death of a father

Rev. James Bunting
June 24, 1880 (Age 17 years)

Address: Residence "Oak Grove"

Cause: Dysentery

Education

LLB

1886 (Age 23 years)

University of Maryland, Prince George's, Maryland, United States

School or college: School of Law

Death of a sister

Caroline Elizabeth Bunting
August 18, 1886 (Age 23 years)

Military

Captain Maryland Infantry

between 1887 and 1890 (Age 24 years)

Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Historical Event

Spanish-American War

between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 35 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

Jane Eleanor Shemwell
January 29, 1901 (Age 38 years)

Marriage

Edna Henrietta White — View this family
about 1905 (Age 42 years)

Death of a sister

Mary Alice Llewellyn Bunting
February 27, 1905 (Age 42 years)

Census

April 16, 1910 (Age 47 years)

Prince Frederick, Calvert, Maryland, United States

Shared note: 1910 United States - Census transcript - John Briscoe Bunting - Household

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/

Census

January 9, 1920 (Age 57 years)

Shared note: 1920 United States - Census transcript - John Briscoe Bunting - Household

Historical Event

The Great Depression

October 1929 (Age 66 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

Census

May 6, 1930 (Age 67 years)

Shared note: 1930 United States - Census transcript - John Briscoe Bunting - Household

Death of a sister

Jane Eleanor Bunting
April 12, 1932 (Age 69 years)

Note: Middle Initial is incorrect.

Census

May 2, 1940 (Age 77 years)

Shared note: 1940 United States - Census transcript - John Briscoe Bunting - Household

Death

May 8, 1940 (Age 77 years)

St. Paul's Episcopal Church Cemetery, Prince Frederick, Calvert, Maryland, United States

Burial

Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: St. Paul's Episcopal Church Cemetery

Date differences

Family with parents - View this family

father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Jane Eleanor Shemwell Mary Alice Llewellyn Bunting Ellen Rose S Bunting Caroline Elizabeth Bunting James Shemwell Bunting John Briscoe Bunting Mary Barnes Bunting James G Bunting Jane Eleanor Bunting Olive Gertrude Bunting Rev. James Bunting Birth: November 14, 1814 — Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States Death: June 24, 1880 — Chaptico, St. Mary's, Maryland, United States
mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Rev. James Bunting Mary Alice Llewellyn Bunting Ellen Rose S Bunting Caroline Elizabeth Bunting James Shemwell Bunting John Briscoe Bunting Mary Barnes Bunting James G Bunting Jane Eleanor Bunting Olive Gertrude Bunting Jane Eleanor Shemwell Birth: July 22, 1831 42 43 — St. Mary's, Maryland, United States Death: January 29, 1901 — Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
	Marriage: April 8, 1851 —
3 years elder sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse James Walter Carpenter Lola May Carpenter Walter Raymond Carpenter Bertha Carpenter Arthur Dudley Carpenter Laura Maryland Carpenter Newton Ford Carpenter C Sidney Llewellyn Carpenter Ethel Briscoe Carpenter Mary Alice Llewellyn Bunting Birth: February 12, 1854 39 22 — St. Mary's, Maryland, United States Death: February 27, 1905
2 years elder sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Ellen Rose S Bunting Birth: March 3, 1856 41 24 — Chaptico, St. Mary's, Maryland, United States Death: December 6, 1945
2 years elder sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Caroline Elizabeth Bunting Birth: June 20, 1858 43 26 Death: August 18, 1886 — Maryland, United States
2 years elder brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree James Shemwell Bunting Birth: September 5, 1860 45 29 Death: June 9, 1866
2 years himself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Edna Henrietta White John Briscoe Bunting Birth: November 15, 1862 48 31 — St. Mary's, Maryland, United States Death: May 8, 1940 — Calvert, Maryland, United States
2 years younger sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Thomas Currin Bateman Eleanor S “Nellie” Bateman James Bunting Bateman Merle Strother Bateman Thomas Currin Bateman Jr Mary Barnes Bunting Birth: 1864 49 32 — Maryland, United States Death:
6 years younger brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree James G Bunting Birth: October 31, 1869 54 38 — Maryland, United States Death: November 19, 1940
19 months younger sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse William Adams Sites Eleanor Sites James Briscoe Sites William E Sites Jane Eleanor Bunting Birth: May 21, 1871 56 39 — Maryland, United States Death: April 12, 1932
3 years younger sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Levin Johnson Canter Olive Gertrude Bunting Birth: October 3, 1874 59 43 — St. Mary's, Maryland, United States Death: September 16, 1970 — Leonardtown, St. Mary's, Maryland, United States

Family with Edna Henrietta White - View this family

himself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Edna Henrietta White John Briscoe Bunting Birth: November 15, 1862 48 31 — St. Mary's, Maryland, United States Death: May 8, 1940 — Calvert, Maryland, United States
wife	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse William Emmett Swindell Family with spouse John Briscoe Bunting Edna Henrietta White Birth: 1871 — Maryland, United States Death: 1963 — Calvert, Maryland, United States
	Marriage: about 1905 —

William Emmett Swindell + Edna Henrietta White - View this family

wife’s husband	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Edna Henrietta White William Emmett Swindell Death:
wife	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse William Emmett Swindell Family with spouse John Briscoe Bunting Edna Henrietta White Birth: 1871 — Maryland, United States Death: 1963 — Calvert, Maryland, United States
	Marriage: —

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Birth

Family home: Oak Grove, near Budd's Creek

Census

1870 United States - Census transcript - Rev. James Bunting - Household

St. Mary's, Maryland, United States

Name	Relation	Age	Sex	Color	Occupation	Birthplace
Bunting, James	head	56	M	W	minister	MD
Bunting, Jane E	wife	38	F	W		MD
Bunting, Mary A L	daughter	16	F	W		MD
Bunting, Ellen R S	daughter	14	F	W		MD
Bunting, Caroline E	daughter	11	F	W		MD
Bunting, Mary Barnes B	daughter	6	F	W		MD
Bunting, John B	son	9	M	W		MD
Bunting, James G	son	1	M	W		MD

Census

1880 United States - Census transcript - Rev. James Bunting - Household

St. Mary's, Maryland, United States

Name	Color	Sex	Age	Relation	Cond	Occupation	Sick	BP	FBP	MBP
Bunting, James	W	M	66	head	M	farmer	dysentery	MD	MD	MD
Bunting, J Eleanor	W	F	49	wife	M			MD	MD	MD
Bunting, E Rose	W	F	24	daughter	S			MD	MD	MD
Bunting, Cora E	W	F	22	daughter	S			MD	MD	MD
Bunting, J Briscoe	W	M	17	son	S			MD	MD	MD
Bunting, Mary B	W	F	14	daughter	S			MD	MD	MD
Bunting, James G	W	M	10	son	S			MD	MD	MD
Bunting, Jane E	W	F	9	daughter	S			MD	MD	MD
Bunting, Olivia G	W	F	7	daughter	S			MD	MD	MD

Census

1910 United States - Census transcript - John Briscoe Bunting - Household

Calvert, Maryland

Name	Relation	Sex	Race	Age	Cond	CHB	CHL	BP	FBP	MBP	Occupation	Ind
Bunting, J Briscoe	head	M	W	46	M			MD	MD	MD	Attorney	At Law
Bunting, Edna H	wife	F	W	35	M	2	2	MD	MD	MD
Swindell, Mildred W	step daughter	F	W	15	S			MD	MD	MD
Swindell, Virginia H	step daughter	F	W	14	S			MD	MD	MD
Smith, Lillie	servant	F	Mulato	21	S			MD	MD	MD	cook	private family

Census

1920 United States - Census transcript - John Briscoe Bunting - Household

Prince Frederick, Calvert, Maryland

Name	Relation	Sex	Race	Age	Condition	BP	FBP	MBP	Occupation	Ind
Bunting, John B	head	M	W	57	M	MD	MD	MD	Atty at Law	Private Practice
White, Edna H	wife	F	W	45	M	MD	MD	MD
Swindell, Virginia H	step daughter	F	W	24	S	MD	MD	MD

Census

1930 United States - Census transcript - John Briscoe Bunting - Household

Calvert, Maryland

Name	Relation	Home	V/R	Radio	Farm	Sex	Race	Age	Cond	AM	School	R/W	BP	FBP	MBP	Lang	Imm	Nat	Eng	Occupation	Industry	Code	Emp	Work	Unemp	Vet	War
Bunting, J Briscoe	head					M	W	67	M	42			MD	MD	MD					Attorney at law	Office
Bunting, Edna W	wife					F	W	56	M	31			MD	MD	MD

Census