John William ShemwellAge: 83 years1851–1934
- Name
- John William Shemwell
- Given names
- John William
- Surname
- Shemwell
 Birth | August 13, 1851 27 21 |
 Birth of a brother | Sylvester Penic Shemwell June 20, 1854 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Anna Elizabeth “Annie” Shemwell August 30, 1859 (Age 8 years) |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 5 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
 Census | June 1, 1860 (Age 8 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | David Tinsley Lee 1861 (Age 9 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Sarah M “Sallie” Shemwell May 1862 (Age 10 years) Note: or 1863 |
| Birth of a sister | Mary Louisa Shemwell April 20, 1864 (Age 12 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 9 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 15 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 15 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Birth of a sister | Louisa Shemwell 1868 (Age 16 years) |
| Death of a sister | Louisa Shemwell August 1869 (Age 17 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 17 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 18 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | William Shemwell after July 1870 (Age 18 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Louella “Lula” Carrie Shemwell September 25, 1871 (Age 20 years) |
 Marriage | Madora Cramer — View this family January 9, 1873 (Age 21 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Mary Gorrell August 22, 1873 (Age 22 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Rosa Elnora “Rosie” Shemwell February 13, 1874 (Age 22 years) |
| Death of a wife | Madora Cramer November 17, 1874 (Age 23 years) Cause: Typhoid fever |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 26 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 28 years) |
| Death of a mother | Louisa M Lee October 28, 1886 (Age 35 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Charles Lee Armstrong — Rosa Elnora “Rosie” Shemwell — View this family Type: Civil marriage June 11, 1891 (Age 39 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Annis Vinita Armstrong July 13, 1895 (Age 43 years) |
| Religious marriage | Catherine J Martin — View this family May 6, 1897 (Age 45 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 46 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 2, 1900 (Age 48 years) |
| Death of a sister | Sarah M “Sallie” Shemwell 1901 (Age 49 years) |
| News item | Newspaper October 1901 (Age 50 years)Note: Visiting from Marshall |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Emma Lee Armstrong December 17, 1903 (Age 52 years) |
| Death of a father | George Morton Shemwell July 29, 1904 (Age 52 years) |
| Census | April 25, 1910 (Age 58 years) |
| Death of a brother | William David Shemwell August 26, 1913 (Age 62 years) Address: Confederate Home Cause: Cancer of the Liver |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 64 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 brother | Alexander Taylor Shemwell July 24, 1917 (Age 65 years) Cause: Tuberculosis |
| Burial of a brother | Alexander Taylor Shemwell July 26, 1917 (Age 65 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Lamine Cemetery |
| City Directory | City Directory between 1909 and 1919 (Age 57 years)Note: Listed as Carpenter - Park Avenue |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 65 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 66 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 68 years) |
| Death of a sister | Louella “Lula” Carrie Shemwell January 15, 1922 (Age 70 years) Cause: Cancer |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 78 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 | April 15, 1930 (Age 78 years) |
| Death of a wife | Catherine J Martin May 6, 1933 (Age 81 years) |
| Death of a sister | Anna Elizabeth “Annie” Shemwell October 22, 1934 (Age 83 years) |
 Death | December 22, 1934 (Age 83 years) |
 Burial | December 23, 1934 (1 day after death) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Forest Park Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
George Morton Shemwell Birth: August 1824 24 22 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: July 29, 1904 — Higginsville, Lafayette, Missouri, United States |
| mother |
Louisa M Lee Birth: July 21, 1830 29 28 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: October 28, 1886 — Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: September 15, 1845 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
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11 months elder brother |
William David Shemwell Birth: August 22, 1846 22 16 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: August 26, 1913 — Higginsville, Lafayette, Missouri, United States |
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3 years elder brother |
Alexander Taylor Shemwell Birth: March 4, 1849 24 18 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: July 24, 1917 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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2 years himself |
John William Shemwell Birth: August 13, 1851 27 21 — Kentucky, United States Death: December 22, 1934 — Houston, Harris, Texas, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Sylvester Penic Shemwell Birth: June 20, 1854 29 23 — Pettis, Missouri, United States Death: March 10, 1936 — Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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5 years younger sister |
Anna Elizabeth “Annie” Shemwell Birth: August 30, 1859 35 29 — Pettis, Missouri, United States Death: October 22, 1934 — Howell, Missouri, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Sarah M “Sallie” Shemwell Birth: May 1862 37 31 — Missouri, United States Death: 1901 |
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2 years younger sister |
Mary Louisa Shemwell Birth: April 20, 1864 39 33 — Missouri, United States Death: 1948 — Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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5 years younger sister |
Louisa Shemwell Birth: 1868 43 37 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: August 1869 — Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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4 years younger sister |
Louella “Lula” Carrie Shemwell Birth: September 25, 1871 47 41 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: January 15, 1922 — Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States |
| Family with Madora Cramer |
| himself |
John William Shemwell Birth: August 13, 1851 27 21 — Kentucky, United States Death: December 22, 1934 — Houston, Harris, Texas, United States |
| wife |
Madora Cramer Birth: 1855 22 20 — Missouri, United States Death: November 17, 1874 — Brownsville, Saline, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: January 9, 1873 — Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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13 months daughter |
Rosa Elnora “Rosie” Shemwell Birth: February 13, 1874 22 19 — Missouri, United States Death: October 11, 1941 — Houston, Harris, Texas, United States |
| Family with Catherine J Martin |
| himself |
John William Shemwell Birth: August 13, 1851 27 21 — Kentucky, United States Death: December 22, 1934 — Houston, Harris, Texas, United States |
| wife |
Catherine J Martin Birth: September 1853 49 49 — Kentucky, United States Death: May 6, 1933 — Los Angeles, California, United States |
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Marriage: May 6, 1897 — Marshall, Saline, Missouri, United States |
John William Shemwell has 33 first cousins recorded
Father's family (6)
Parents Wilkerson C Miller + Elizabeth Shemwell
Parents John H Hill + Winifred Shemwell
Mother's family (27)
Parents John Richard Thompson + Nancy C L F “Frances” Lee
Parents William Gibson + Delilah Adeline Lee
Parents Robert Levi Thompson + Delilah Adeline Lee
Parents Charles Penic Lee + Virginia A Martin
Parents Charles Penic Lee + Amanda M Miller
Parents Howell B Edwards + Gabriella A Lee
| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - George Morton Shemwell - Household
Georgetown Post Office Bowling Green Township, Pettis, Missouri, United States
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| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - William M Clarke - Household
Black Water, Cooper, Missouri
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - George Morton Shemwell - Household
Lamine, Cooper, Missouri
Text: Living with grandparents, George Morton and Louisa Shemwell, and father, John William Shemwell. Madora Cramer Shemwell, mother, had died. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - John William Shemwell - Household
Marshall Township, Saline, Missouri
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| News item | Visiting from Marshall | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - John William Shemwell - Household
Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States
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| City Directory | Listed as Carpenter - Park Avenue | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - John William Shemwell - Household
3017 Park Ave Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Charles Lee Armstrong - Household
Block 1965 Houston, Harris, Texas
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