The Shemwell Family

Events of close relatives Historical facts
Birth	December 6, 1844 16 Indiana, United States
Historical Event	Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 12 months) Texas, USA 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 of a parent	John Joseph Brinkley — Mary Ann Lamb — View this family January 10, 1853 (Age 8 years) Rockport, Spencer, Indiana, United States
Birth of a half-sister	Emma Brinkley May 13, 1854 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a half-brother	William C Brinkley about 1856 (Age 11 years)
Birth of a half-sister	Laura Lee Brinkley October 29, 1857 (Age 12 years) Paradise, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Historical Event	Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 12 years) Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Death of a mother	Mary Ann Lamb June 14, 1860 (Age 15 years)
Marriage	William Henderson “Billy” Smith — View this family February 12, 1865 (Age 20 years)
Historical Event	American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 16 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 22 years) Alaska, USA 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 22 years) New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Historical Event	Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 24 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 33 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 35 years) Paradise, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Historical Event	Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 53 years) Cuba 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
Historical Event	Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 71 years) Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death	September 25, 1916 (Age 71 years) Paradise, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Cause of death: Chronic Nephritis Contributory Malaria with complications
Burial	Smith-Yonts-Nourse Cemetery, Paradise, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Smith-Yonts-Nourse Cemetery

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Family with parents - View this family

father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Mary Ann Lamb Marietta Isadora Catherine Mason Ambrose G Mason Death:
mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Ambrose G Mason Marietta Isadora Catherine Mason Family with spouse John Joseph Brinkley Emma Brinkley William C Brinkley Laura Lee Brinkley Mary Ann Lamb Birth: June 18, 1828 — Virginia, United States Death: June 14, 1860
	Marriage: March 4, 1844 — Spencer, Indiana, United States
	Divorce: October 1851 —
9 months herself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse William Henderson “Billy” Smith Marietta Isadora Catherine Mason Birth: December 6, 1844 16 — Indiana, United States Death: September 25, 1916 — Paradise, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States

Mother’s family with John Joseph Brinkley - View this family

step-father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Mary Ann Lamb Emma Brinkley William C Brinkley Laura Lee Brinkley Family with spouse … … Maggie Brinkley John Joseph Brinkley Birth: August 23, 1829 — Bourne, Lincolnshire, England Death: July 4, 1863 — Kentucky, United States
mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Ambrose G Mason Marietta Isadora Catherine Mason Family with spouse John Joseph Brinkley Emma Brinkley William C Brinkley Laura Lee Brinkley Mary Ann Lamb Birth: June 18, 1828 — Virginia, United States Death: June 14, 1860
	Marriage: January 10, 1853 — Rockport, Spencer, Indiana, United States
16 months half-sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Emma Brinkley Birth: May 13, 1854 24 25 Death:
3 years half-brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree William C Brinkley Birth: about 1856 26 27 Death:
22 months half-sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse James Washington Shemwell Minnie Beatrice Shemwell William Joseph “Will” Shemwell Ada May Shemwell Ethel Alice Shemwell Harry Fountain Shemwell Leonard Mason Shemwell Albert Ennis Shemwell Charles Howard Shemwell Laura Lee Brinkley Birth: October 29, 1857 28 29 — Paradise, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: October 25, 1927 — Cleaton, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States

Family with William Henderson “Billy” Smith - View this family

husband	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Marietta Isadora Catherine Mason William Henderson “Billy” Smith Birth: September 30, 1841 — Ohio, Kentucky, United States Death: July 6, 1925 — Paradise, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
herself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse William Henderson “Billy” Smith Marietta Isadora Catherine Mason Birth: December 6, 1844 16 — Indiana, United States Death: September 25, 1916 — Paradise, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
	Marriage: February 12, 1865 —

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Family with parents
father Parents (unknown)	Ambrose G Mason –
mother Parents (unknown)	Mary Ann Lamb 1828–1860
herself Family William Henderson “Billy” Smith	Marietta Isadora Catherine Mason 1844–1916
Mother’s family with John Joseph Brinkley
step-father Parents (unknown)	John Joseph Brinkley 1829–1863
mother Parents (unknown)	Mary Ann Lamb 1828–1860
half-sister Family (none)	Emma Brinkley 1854–
half-brother Family (none)	William C Brinkley 1856–
half-sister Family James Washington Shemwell Minnie Beatrice Shemwell William Joseph “Will” Shemwell Ada May Shemwell Ethel Alice Shemwell Harry Fountain Shemwell Leonard Mason Shemwell Albert Ennis Shemwell Charles Howard Shemwell	Laura Lee Brinkley 1857–1927
Family with William Henderson “Billy” Smith
husband Parents (unknown)	William Henderson “Billy” Smith 1841–1925
herself Parents Ambrose G Mason Mary Ann Lamb	Marietta Isadora Catherine Mason 1844–1916