 Birth | October 18, 1859 |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 17 months)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 7 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 7 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 9 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 |
 Marriage | Charles Lafayette “Fate” Shemwell — View this family November 23, 1876 (Age 17 years) |
 Birth of a son#1 | Alpha Shemwell March 4, 1878 (Age 18 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 18 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Bertie E Shemwell March 15, 1880 (Age 20 years) |
 Census | June 1, 1880 (Age 20 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | Clyde Shemwell October 22, 1881 (Age 22 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | Delia Frances Shemwell June 1883 (Age 23 years) Note: or Nebraska, USA |
| Birth of a son #5 | Eber Edward “Dob” Shemwell December 11, 1885 (Age 26 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #6 | Susan Dorothy “Susie” Shemwell October 11, 1888 (Age 28 years) |
| Birth of a son #7 | Floyd Shemwell March 12, 1892 (Age 32 years) |
| Birth of a son #8 | Charles Lafayette “Charlie” Shemwell May 11, 1895 (Age 35 years) |
| Death of a son | Alpha Shemwell November 7, 1897 (Age 38 years) Cause: Typhoid fever |
| Birth of a son #9 | Harry Arthur Shemwell May 23, 1898 (Age 38 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 38 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 40 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Frank Emmett Tash — Bertie E Shemwell — View this family 1901 (Age 41 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Mary Mildred Tash January 3, 1903 (Age 43 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Doris Bernadine Tash September 4, 1904 (Age 44 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Floyd Francis Fields Sr. — Delia Frances Shemwell — View this family about 1906 (Age 46 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Pauline Francis Fields July 25, 1908 (Age 48 years) |
| Census | April 15, 1910 (Age 50 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #4 | Leona Irene Fields May 26, 1910 (Age 50 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #5 | Ona Louise Fields February 17, 1912 (Age 52 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Albert William Nelson — Susan Dorothy “Susie” Shemwell — View this family Type: Religious marriage September 28, 1913 (Age 53 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Eber Edward “Dob” Shemwell — Cassandra Mildred “Cassie” Wade — View this family October 16, 1915 (Age 55 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #6 | Dorothy Irene Nelson March 11, 1916 (Age 56 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #7 | Charles Jackson Tash October 22, 1916 (Age 57 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 56 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Birth of a granddaughter #8 | Mary Eleanor Fields August 26, 1917 (Age 57 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #9 | Helen Marie Nelson September 19, 1917 (Age 57 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Floyd Shemwell — Bessie Jane Woolcutt — View this family September 26, 1917 (Age 57 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #10 | Lois Ellen Shemwell September 8, 1918 (Age 58 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 57 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 |
| Marriage of a child | Charles Lafayette “Charlie” Shemwell — Alice Beeson — View this family estimated 1918 (Age 58 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 58 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 grandson #11 | Charles Delbert Shemwell January 16, 1919 (Age 59 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #12 | Wayne Dale Shemwell September 19, 1920 (Age 60 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #13 | … Shemwell April 1, 1921 (Age 61 years) |
| Death of a granddaughter | … Shemwell April 1, 1921 (Age 61 years) |
| Death of a granddaughter | Mary Eleanor Fields March 14, 1922 (Age 62 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #14 | Col. Elwood Howard “Woody” Shemwell October 3, 1922 (Age 62 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #15 | Floyd Francis Fields Jr December 18, 1922 (Age 63 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #16 | Clarine LaRae Shemwell December 21, 1923 (Age 64 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #17 | Donald Albert Nelson May 15, 1924 (Age 64 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Harry Arthur Shemwell — Ruth Ellen Bussell — View this family June 17, 1928 (Age 68 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 69 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 1, 1930 (Age 70 years) |
| Census | April 1, 1940 (Age 80 years) |
| Death of a husband | Charles Lafayette “Fate” Shemwell April 17, 1942 (Age 82 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 82 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 |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 86 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
 Death | September 26, 1946 (Age 86 years) |
 Burial | September 28, 1946 (2 days after death) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mountain View Cemetery |