Mildred Elizabeth “Millie” ArmstrongAge: 85 years1831–1917
- Name
- Mildred Elizabeth “Millie” Armstrong
- Given names
- Mildred Elizabeth
- Surname
- Armstrong
- Married name
- Mildred Elizabeth Shemwell
- Nickname
- Millie
 Birth | July 15, 1831 31 19 |
 Historical Event | Cholera Epidemic 1832 (Age 5 months)Note: Cholera killed 4,340 people in New Orleans & over 3,000 in New York City - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholera_outbreaks_and_pandemics |
 Birth of a brother | Andrew Jackson Armstrong February 1836 (Age 4 years) |
| Historical Event | The Texas Revolution between October 1835 and April 1836 (Age 4 years)Note: The Texas Revolution (or Texas War of Independence) was fought from October 2, 1835 to April 21, 1836 between Mexico and the Texas (Tejas) portion of the Mexican state of Coahuila y Tejas. The Texas Revolution erupted in 1836, after Texas declared its independence from Mexico. Mexico responded by invading Texas, where General Santa Anna won decisive victories in the battles of the Alamo and Goliad. The war ended at the Battle of San Jacinto (about 20 miles) east of modern day downtown Houston) where General Sam Houston led the Texas Army to victory in 18 minutes over a portion of the Mexican Army under Santa Anna, who was captured shortly after the battle. The conclusion of the war resulted in the creation of the Republic of Texas - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Revolution |
| Birth of a sister | Lucy Ann Armstrong calculated 1845 (Age 13 years) |
| Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 14 years)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 |
 Marriage | Thomas W Shemwell — View this family January 11, 1853 (Age 21 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Elizabeth Demarious “Bette” Shemwell December 31, 1854 (Age 23 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | John A Shemwell December 3, 1855 (Age 24 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | Thomas Allen Shemwell December 20, 1857 (Age 26 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | Joseph Mason Shemwell July 17, 1859 (Age 28 years) Note: or Tennessee |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 25 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
 Census | October 5, 1860 (Age 29 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #5 | Alice M Shemwell April 25, 1862 (Age 30 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #6 | Mahala May “Ella” Shemwell May 24, 1864 (Age 32 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 29 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 |
| Birth of a son #7 | Henry Isaac Shamwell October 14, 1867 (Age 36 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 35 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 35 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Birth of a daughter #8 | Ann C Shemwell January 15, 1869 (Age 37 years) |
| Death of a father | Andrew Jackson Armstrong before December 1869 (Age 38 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 37 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 38 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #9 | Susan Shemwell May 12, 1871 (Age 39 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | William Santford Shemwell June 15, 1873 (Age 41 years) |
| Death of a mother | Elmira A McCoy 1873 (Age 41 years) |
| Death of a husband | Thomas W Shemwell July 20, 1877 (Age 46 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 46 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Marriage of a child | Joseph Mason Shemwell — Josephine “Josie” Gibbs — View this family calculated 1882 (Age 50 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Genie Belle Shemwell October 5, 1883 (Age 52 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | Clifton “Cliff” Shemwell November 7, 1885 (Age 54 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | Ernest E Shemwell November 11, 1887 (Age 56 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Henry Isaac Shamwell — Rebecca Kennedy — View this family November 11, 1888 (Age 57 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Josiah McKinney Carr “Dock” Stagner — Elizabeth Demarious “Bette” Shemwell — View this family June 12, 1889 (Age 57 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #5 | Samuel Franklin Shemwell September 11, 1889 (Age 58 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #6 | Henry Ernest Stagner June 6, 1890 (Age 58 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #7 | Maude Gertrude “Maudie” Stagner October 7, 1892 (Age 61 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Robert Lysander Choate — Susan Shemwell — View this family January 4, 1894 (Age 62 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #8 | Julia Ethel Choate February 21, 1894 (Age 62 years) |
| Marriage of a child | John A Shemwell — Annie B Wadlington — View this family March 7, 1894 (Age 62 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Henry Isaac Shamwell — Eliza Ann “Liza” Burkhart — View this family Type: Civil marriage August 30, 1896 (Age 65 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #9 | Anne Rosella “Annie” Choate November 1, 1896 (Age 65 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #10 | Eva Lilly Shamwell May 29, 1898 (Age 66 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 66 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 |
| Birth of a granddaughter #11 | Vera Shemwell November 16, 1898 (Age 67 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #12 | Melvin Lee Choate March 3, 1899 (Age 67 years) |
| Census | June 11, 1900 (Age 68 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Susan Shemwell about 1901 (Age 69 years) |
| Marriage of a child | William Henry Harrison Simmons — Ann C Shemwell — View this family about 1902 (Age 70 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #13 | Annie Simmons January 7, 1903 (Age 71 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #14 | Henry Elmer Shamwell August 1, 1903 (Age 72 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #15 | Roscoe Simmons July 17, 1904 (Age 73 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #16 | Barney S Shamwell June 21, 1905 (Age 73 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Elizabeth Demarious “Bette” Shemwell November 20, 1907 (Age 76 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Alice M Shemwell November 20, 1907 (Age 76 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #17 | Grace May Shamwell 1909 (Age 77 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #18 | James Thomas “Tom” Shamwell October 23, 1909 (Age 78 years) |
| Death of a son | John A Shemwell before 1910 (Age 78 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Ann C Shemwell 1910 (Age 78 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 84 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 85 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 |
 Death | February 16, 1917 (Age 85 years) Cause of death: Heart Failure |
 Burial | unknown Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Family Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Andrew Jackson Armstrong Birth: estimated 1800 — North Carolina, United States Death: before December 1869 |
| mother |
Elmira A McCoy Birth: about 1812 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States Death: 1873 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: about 1829 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years herself |
Mildred Elizabeth “Millie” Armstrong Birth: July 15, 1831 31 19 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States Death: February 16, 1917 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States |
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5 years younger brother |
Andrew Jackson Armstrong Birth: February 1836 36 24 — Kentucky, United States Death: |
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10 years younger sister |
Lucy Ann Armstrong Birth: calculated 1845 45 33 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States Death: |
| Family with Thomas W Shemwell |
| husband |
Thomas W Shemwell Birth: July 1800 30 30 — Tennessee, United States Death: July 20, 1877 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States |
| herself |
Mildred Elizabeth “Millie” Armstrong Birth: July 15, 1831 31 19 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States Death: February 16, 1917 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: January 11, 1853 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years daughter |
Elizabeth Demarious “Bette” Shemwell Birth: December 31, 1854 54 23 — Kentucky, United States Death: November 20, 1907 — Kentucky, United States |
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11 months son |
John A Shemwell Birth: December 3, 1855 55 24 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States Death: before 1910 — Kentucky, United States |
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2 years son |
Thomas Allen Shemwell Birth: December 20, 1857 57 26 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States Death: April 22, 1940 — McCracken, Kentucky, United States |
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19 months son |
Joseph Mason Shemwell Birth: July 17, 1859 59 28 — Kentucky, United States Death: May 9, 1925 — McCracken, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Alice M Shemwell Birth: April 25, 1862 61 30 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States Death: November 20, 1907 — Long Hollow, Trigg, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years daughter |
Mahala May “Ella” Shemwell Birth: May 24, 1864 63 32 — Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: February 9, 1934 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years son |
Henry Isaac Shamwell Birth: October 14, 1867 67 36 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States Death: July 3, 1943 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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15 months daughter |
Ann C Shemwell Birth: January 15, 1869 68 37 — Kentucky, United States Death: 1910 |
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2 years daughter |
Susan Shemwell Birth: May 12, 1871 70 39 — Kentucky, United States Death: about 1901 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States |
| Thomas W Shemwell + Martha Cherry |
| husband |
Thomas W Shemwell Birth: July 1800 30 30 — Tennessee, United States Death: July 20, 1877 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States |
| husband’s wife |
Martha Cherry Birth: April 13, 1813 42 35 Death: February 21, 1845 |
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Marriage: February 5, 1835 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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-3 years step-son |
William H Shemwell Birth: August 10, 1832 32 19 — Tennessee, United States Death: December 25, 1912 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years step-daughter |
Georgia Ann Shemwell Birth: October 23, 1835 35 22 Death: October 26, 1835 |
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3 years step-daughter |
Clerinda Maletha Shemwell Birth: December 14, 1838 38 25 — Tennessee, United States Death: 1872 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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23 months step-son |
Zachariah Thomas Shemwell Birth: November 2, 1840 40 27 Death: November 2, 1840 |
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20 months step-daughter |
Mary Ann Narcissus “May” Shemwell Birth: June 23, 1842 41 29 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: |
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| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - Thomas W. Shemwell - Household
Cadiz, Trigg, KY
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| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Thomas W. Shemwell - Household
Roaring Springs, Trigg, Kentucky, USA
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Andrew Jackson Armstrong - Household
Long Hollow, Trigg, Kentucky
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