The Shemwell Family

Veronica Ann “Kittie” NanceAge: 64 years18641929

Name
Veronica Ann “Kittie” Nance
Given names
Veronica Ann
Surname
Nance
Married name
Veronica Ann "Kittie" Shemwell
Nickname
Kittie
Birth January 31, 1864 45 43
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 motherElizabeth J Waldran
October 10, 1866 (Age 2 years)
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
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
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
MarriagePeter Pinkney ShemwellView this family
December 22, 1886 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Hattie Shemwell
May 22, 1888 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Rudy Scott Shemwell
February 15, 1890 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Ethel Shemwell
January 19, 1892 (Age 27 years)
Note: Stone says 1891
Death of a fatherAllen P Nance
January 22, 1893 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4
Gladys Shemwell
April 29, 1894 (Age 30 years)
Death of a daughterEthel Shemwell
September 28, 1896 (Age 32 years)
Birth of a daughter
#5
Bethel Shemwell
July 26, 1898 (Age 34 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 34 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 18, 1900 (Age 36 years)
Birth of a daughter
#6
Raffie Matilda “Roxie” Shemwell
February 10, 1902 (Age 38 years)
Birth of a daughter
#7
Lois Neville Shemwell
January 14, 1907 (Age 42 years)
Marriage of a childTifford Dillard ParkerHattie ShemwellView this family
1908 (Age 43 years)

Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Iva Parker
March 2, 1909 (Age 45 years)
Census April 29, 1910 (Age 46 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Vivian Parker
March 19, 1911 (Age 47 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#3
Lallah Lee Parker
May 16, 1912 (Age 48 years)
Birth of a grandson
#4
George Shemwell Parker
November 23, 1913 (Age 49 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#5
Infant Parker
February 6, 1916 (Age 52 years)
Death of a granddaughterInfant Parker
February 6, 1916 (Age 52 years)
Cause: Stillborn
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
Marriage of a childRudy Scott ShemwellRhoda Caroline HolmesView this family
June 10, 1917 (Age 53 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#6
Lillian Parker
October 17, 1917 (Age 53 years)
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 5, 1920 (Age 55 years)
Birth of a grandson
#7
James Barkley Reid
April 12, 1920 (Age 56 years)
Birth of a grandson
#8
Robert Parker
May 6, 1920 (Age 56 years)
Birth of a grandson
#9
J Howard Shemwell
June 9, 1920 (Age 56 years)
Death of a husbandPeter Pinkney Shemwell
August 10, 1920 (Age 56 years)
Death of a grandsonJ Howard Shemwell
October 17, 1920 (Age 56 years)
Death of a grandsonRobert Parker
December 18, 1920 (Age 56 years)
Cause: Pneumonia
Birth of a grandson
#10
Ernest Dillard Parker
September 6, 1921 (Age 57 years)
Birth of a grandson
#11
Newton Jasper Tynes Jr.
calculated 1921 (Age 56 years)
Birth of a grandson
#12
Clyde Alexander Wallace Jr.
April 2, 1922 (Age 58 years)
Death of a grandsonErnest Dillard Parker
October 12, 1922 (Age 58 years)
Birth of a grandson
#13
Roy Tilford Parker
February 22, 1923 (Age 59 years)
Birth of a grandson
#14
Carl Elwood Reid
July 24, 1923 (Age 59 years)
Death of a grandsonCarl Elwood Reid
November 20, 1924 (Age 60 years)

Birth of a grandson
#15
Vernon Dale Shemwell
December 13, 1924 (Age 60 years)

Birth of a grandson
#16
Taz P Parker
August 5, 1925 (Age 61 years)
Death January 22, 1929 (Age 64 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Shemwell Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Elizabeth J Waldran
Birth: April 7, 1820Tennessee, United States
Death: October 10, 1866Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Marriage:
herself
Family with Peter Pinkney Shemwell - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: December 22, 1886Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States
17 months
daughter
21 months
son
23 months
daughter
Ethel Shemwell
Birth: January 19, 1892 29 27Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death: September 28, 1896Marshall, Kentucky, United States
2 years
daughter
Gladys Shemwell
Birth: April 29, 1894 31 30Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 15, 1970Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States
4 years
daughter
Bethel Shemwell
Birth: July 26, 1898 36 34Oak Level, Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 11, 1968Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
4 years
daughter
5 years
daughter
Lois Neville Shemwell
Birth: January 14, 1907 44 42Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death: September 13, 1981McCracken, Kentucky, United States

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Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Peter Pinkney Shemwell - Household

Oak Level, Marshall Ky.

NameRelationRaceSexDOBAgeMCYrsMChBChLBPFBPMBPYUSYOIN/AOccupationMnsUEduEng?Home
Peter P ShemwellheadWMJul 186238M13--KYNCTNFarmer
Kittie ShemwellwifeWFJan 186436M1354KYTNTN
Hattie ShemwelldaughterWFMay 188812S---KYKYKY
Rudy S ShemwellsonWMFeb 189010S---KYKYKY
Gladys ShemwelldaughterWFApr 18946S---KYKYKY
Bethel ShemwelldaughterWFJul 18981S---KYKYKY

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Peter Pinkney Shemwell - Household

Marshall, Kentucky

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Peter P ShemwellheadMW47M123KYKYKYFarmerGeneral farm
Kittie ShemwellwifeFW46M12376KYTNTN
Rudy S ShemwellsonMW20SKYKYKYFarm laborerHome farm
Gladys ShemwelldaughterFW15SKYKYKY
Bethel ShemwelldaughterFW11SKYKYKY
Roxie ShemwelldaughterFW8SKYKYKY
Lois N ShemwelldaughterFW3SKYKYKY
Mary S Nancewifes motherFW75Wd00KYKYKY

Is Mary S her step-mother? -b

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Peter Pinkney Shemwell - Household

Oak Level, Marshall, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Peter Pinkney ShemwellheadMW57MKYNCTNFarmerFarm
Annie ShemwellwifeFW55MKYTNTN
Roxie ShemwelldaughterFW17MKYKYKY
Clois ShemwelldaughterFW12MKYKYKY