The Shemwell Family

Name
Henry Isaac Shamwell
Given names
Henry Isaac
Surname
Shamwell
Also known as
Henry Isaac Shemwell
Birth October 14, 1867 67 36
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867
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
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Birth of a sisterAnn C Shemwell
January 15, 1869 (Age 15 months)
Death of a maternal grandfatherAndrew Jackson Armstrong
before December 1869 (Age 2 years)

Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 14 months)

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 2 years)
Birth of a sisterSusan Shemwell
May 12, 1871 (Age 3 years)
Death of a half-sisterClerinda Maletha Shemwell
1872 (Age 4 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherElmira A McCoy
1873 (Age 5 years)
Death of a fatherThomas W Shemwell
July 20, 1877 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 10 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageRebecca KennedyView this family
November 11, 1888 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Samuel Franklin Shemwell
September 11, 1889 (Age 21 years)
Enumerated
Enumerated
January 1, 1891 (Age 23 years)
Address: Males, 25 yrs and older
Civil marriageEliza Ann “Liza” BurkhartView this family
August 30, 1896 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Eva Lilly Shamwell
May 29, 1898 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 30 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 32 years)
Death of a sisterSusan Shemwell
about 1901 (Age 33 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Henry Elmer Shamwell
August 1, 1903 (Age 35 years)
Birth of a son
#4
Barney S Shamwell
June 21, 1905 (Age 37 years)
Death of a sisterElizabeth Demarious “Bette” Shemwell
November 20, 1907 (Age 40 years)
Death of a sisterAlice M Shemwell
November 20, 1907 (Age 40 years)
Birth of a daughter
#5
Grace May Shamwell
1909 (Age 41 years)
Birth of a son
#6
James Thomas “Tom” Shamwell
October 23, 1909 (Age 42 years)
Death of a brotherJohn A Shemwell
before 1910 (Age 42 years)
Death of a sisterAnn C Shemwell
1910 (Age 42 years)

Census April 15, 1910 (Age 42 years)
Address: Dist. 3
Marriage of a childSamuel Franklin ShemwellOnie PhillipsView this family
January 18, 1911 (Age 43 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Robert Earl Shemwell
October 6, 1911 (Age 43 years)
Death of a half-brotherWilliam H Shemwell
December 25, 1912 (Age 45 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
Ural Edwin Hester
May 3, 1915 (Age 47 years)
Marriage of a childSamuel Franklin ShemwellFrances Ellen “Fannie” HeflinView this family
November 1915 (Age 48 years)

Birth of a grandson
#3
Leon E Hester
December 21, 1916 (Age 49 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 48 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 motherMildred Elizabeth “Millie” Armstrong
February 16, 1917 (Age 49 years)
Cause: Heart Failure
Birth of a grandson
#4
Russell Brandon Hester
October 24, 1918 (Age 51 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 49 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 50 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/
Birth of a granddaughter
#5
George Almeda Shemwell
July 13, 1919 (Age 51 years)
Census March 18, 1920 (Age 52 years)
Birth of a grandson
#6
Lelton Glen Hester
December 8, 1921 (Age 54 years)
Birth of a grandson
#7
Genie Franklin “Gene” Shemwell
August 16, 1922 (Age 54 years)
Birth of a grandson
#8
Floyd Irvin Hester
February 27, 1925 (Age 57 years)
Death of a brotherJoseph Mason Shemwell
May 9, 1925 (Age 57 years)
Cause: Suicide
Birth of a granddaughter
#9
Mattie Frances Shamwell
about 1926 (Age 58 years)
Marriage of a childBarney S ShamwellMyrtle Maybelle ShyerView this family
September 29, 1928 (Age 60 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#10
Emilou Hester
June 28, 1929 (Age 61 years)
Marriage of a childAlfred Euphrates “Phrates” OliverGrace May ShamwellView this family
October 28, 1929 (Age 62 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 61 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
Birth of a granddaughter
#11
Frances Rebecca Shemwell
November 22, 1929 (Age 62 years)
Census April 8, 1930 (Age 62 years)
Birth of a grandson
#12
Euphrates Randolph Oliver
August 27, 1930 (Age 62 years)
Birth of a grandson
#13
Robert Leslie Shamwell
October 24, 1930 (Age 63 years)
Marriage of a childJames Thomas “Tom” ShamwellGustus Pauline WallaceView this family
January 28, 1933 (Age 65 years)
Death of a sisterMahala May “Ella” Shemwell
February 9, 1934 (Age 66 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#14
Elna Mae “Tippy” Oliver
April 9, 1934 (Age 66 years)
Birth of a grandson
#15
Hugh Willis Shamwell
November 10, 1935 (Age 68 years)
Death of a grandsonHugh Willis Shamwell
November 11, 1935 (Age 68 years)
Birth of a grandson
#16
Bobbie Ray Hester
August 26, 1936 (Age 68 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#17
Bonnie Faye Hester
August 26, 1936 (Age 68 years)
Death of a grandsonBobbie Ray Hester
August 29, 1936 (Age 68 years)
Death of a granddaughterBonnie Faye Hester
August 29, 1936 (Age 68 years)
Birth of a grandson
#18
Dewey Lee Shamwell
September 17, 1937 (Age 69 years)
Birth of a grandson
#19
Charles Ervin Shamwell Sr.
April 6, 1938 (Age 70 years)
Death of a grandsonDewey Lee Shamwell
November 25, 1939 (Age 72 years)
Death of a brotherThomas Allen Shemwell
April 22, 1940 (Age 72 years)
Note: Never Married
Death of a wifeEliza Ann “Liza” Burkhart
February 26, 1942 (Age 74 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 74 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
Death July 3, 1943 (Age 75 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Blooming Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
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