Dr. Joseph Freeland ShemwellAge: 75 years1864–1939
- Name
- Dr. Joseph Freeland Shemwell
- Name prefix
- Dr.
- Given names
- Joseph Freeland
- Surname
- Shemwell
 Birth | May 25, 1864 32 21 |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865Note: 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 |
 Birth of a brother | Wesley Shemwell February 27, 1866 (Age 21 months) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 2 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 2 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Birth of a brother | William S Shemwell 1868 (Age 3 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Elizabeth Crane June 15, 1868 (Age 4 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 4 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 |
| Birth of a sister | Eliza Rebecca Shemwell April 21, 1870 (Age 5 years) |
 Census | June 1, 1870 (Age 6 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Fayette Shemwell 1872 (Age 7 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Sallie Shemwell August 27, 1873 (Age 9 years) |
| Death of a sister | Sallie Shemwell June 8, 1874 (Age 10 years) |
| Death of a mother | Sallie Eliza Christiana Freeland December 28, 1874 (Age 10 years) |
| Death of a brother | Fayette Shemwell 1878 (Age 13 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 13 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 1, 1880 (Age 16 years) |
| Marriage of a parent | John Wesley Shemwell — Zaenett Priscilla Freeland — View this family after 1880 (Age 15 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | William Ethelbert Freeland October 5, 1884 (Age 20 years) |
 Religious marriage | Millie Bartlett Wartman — View this family April 20, 1897 (Age 32 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 33 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 36 years) |
| Death of a father | John Wesley Shemwell March 8, 1903 (Age 38 years) |
| Death of a brother | William S Shemwell about 1907 (Age 42 years) |
| Census | April 15, 1910 (Age 45 years) |
| Travel Record | Travel Record August 14, 1913 (Age 49 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 51 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 52 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 53 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 55 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 65 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 of a brother | Wesley Shemwell November 11, 1934 (Age 70 years) |
| Burial of a brother | Wesley Shemwell November 11, 1934 (Age 70 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Saint Paul's Episcopal Cemetery |
| Travel Record | Travel Record October 13, 1935 (Age 71 years) |
| Death of a wife | Millie Bartlett Wartman May 26, 1939 (Age 75 years) |
 Death | June 25, 1939 (Age 75 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
John Wesley Shemwell Birth: January 9, 1832 46 38 — St. Mary's, Maryland, United States Death: March 8, 1903 — Prince Frederick, Calvert, Maryland, United States |
| mother |
Sallie Eliza Christiana Freeland Birth: August 11, 1842 39 34 — Calvert, Maryland, United States Death: December 28, 1874 — Prince Frederick, Calvert, Maryland, United States |
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Marriage: before 1864 — Calvert, Maryland, United States |
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5 months himself |
Dr. Joseph Freeland Shemwell Birth: May 25, 1864 32 21 — Prince Frederick, Calvert, Maryland, United States Death: June 25, 1939 |
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21 months younger brother |
Wesley Shemwell Birth: February 27, 1866 34 23 — Prince Frederick, Calvert, Maryland, United States Death: November 11, 1934 — Calvert, Maryland, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
William S Shemwell Birth: 1868 35 25 — Prince Frederick, Calvert, Maryland, United States Death: about 1907 — Calvert, Maryland, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Eliza Rebecca Shemwell Birth: April 21, 1870 38 27 — Prince Frederick, Calvert, Maryland, United States Death: February 6, 1955 — Prince Frederick, Calvert, Maryland, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Sallie Shemwell Birth: August 27, 1873 41 31 — Prince Frederick, Calvert, Maryland, United States Death: June 8, 1874 — Prince Frederick, Calvert, Maryland, United States |
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-8 months younger brother |
Fayette Shemwell Birth: 1872 39 29 Death: 1878 |
| Father’s family with Zaenett Priscilla Freeland |
| father |
John Wesley Shemwell Birth: January 9, 1832 46 38 — St. Mary's, Maryland, United States Death: March 8, 1903 — Prince Frederick, Calvert, Maryland, United States |
| step-mother |
Zaenett Priscilla Freeland Birth: March 14, 1833 29 25 — Maryland, United States Death: October 23, 1903 — Calvert, Maryland, United States |
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Marriage: after 1880 — |
| Family with Millie Bartlett Wartman |
| himself |
Dr. Joseph Freeland Shemwell Birth: May 25, 1864 32 21 — Prince Frederick, Calvert, Maryland, United States Death: June 25, 1939 |
| wife |
Millie Bartlett Wartman Birth: July 31, 1867 44 — Maryland, United States Death: May 26, 1939 — Baltimore City, Maryland, United States |
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Marriage: April 20, 1897 — |
| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - John Wesley Shemwell - Household
Prince Frederick, Calvert, Maryland, USA
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - John Wesley Shemwell - Household
Calvert, Maryland, USA
Notes: 2nd Dist. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Joseph Freeland Shemwell - Household
ED 209 Precinct 8 Baltimore city Ward 16, Madison Ave Baltimore Md.
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Charles A. Wartman - Household
Baltimore Ward 13, Baltimore (Independent City), Maryland, United States Baltimore Md.
Notes: Census in nearly ineligible -B | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Joseph Freeland Shemwell - Household
ED 209 Precinct 8 Baltimore city Ward 16, Madison Ave Baltimore Md.
Notes: some of birth years inaccurate -B |