The Shemwell Family

Birth February 25, 1825 31 26
Birth of a sisterMildred Ellis
estimated 1831 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a sisterLucy Ellis
estimated 1836 (Age 10 years)
Birth of a sisterColumbia A Ellis
1842 (Age 16 years)
Death of a fatherJesse Ellis
August 31, 1843 (Age 18 years)
MarriageMary E Cross — View this family
January 6, 1849 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1Margaret Ellis
estimated 1850 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a son
#2John Thaddeus Ellis
April 27, 1851 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a son
#3Charles V “Charlie” Ellis
1853 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a son
#4Robert L Ellis Jr.
1855 (Age 29 years)
Birth of a daughter
#5Mildred F “Millie” Ellis
November 1, 1858 (Age 33 years)
Death of a brotherJohn Thadeus Ellis
February 14, 1860 (Age 34 years)
Census September 10, 1860 (Age 35 years)
Birth of a son
#6Beverly Belmont Ellis
October 17, 1863 (Age 38 years)
Birth of a son
#7Edgar DeWitt Ellis
September 15, 1865 (Age 40 years)
Birth of a son
#8Willie Ellis
1867 (Age 41 years)
Birth of a daughter
#9Clara Vashti Ellis
December 27, 1869 (Age 44 years)
Census June 1, 1870 (Age 45 years)
Death of a motherLucy C Downer
after 1870 (Age 44 years)
Marriage of a childJohn Thaddeus Ellis — Ida C Crenshaw — View this family
November 13, 1872 (Age 47 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1Bessie E Ellis
December 1874 (Age 49 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2John Florian Ellis
September 16, 1876 (Age 51 years)
Birth of a grandson
#3William Everett Ellis
May 20, 1878 (Age 53 years)
Birth of a grandson
#4Newton B Ellis
November 14, 1879 (Age 54 years)
Death of a grandsonWilliam Everett Ellis
July 3, 1880 (Age 55 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#5Ida Inez Ellis
November 15, 1882 (Age 57 years)
Death of a grandsonJohn Florian Ellis
August 25, 1883 (Age 58 years)
Death of a granddaughterIda Inez Ellis
November 19, 1883 (Age 58 years)
Birth of a grandson
#6John T Ellis Jr.
January 1885 (Age 59 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#7Grace Louise Ellis
May 1887 (Age 62 years)
Marriage of a childW N Bond — Clara Vashti Ellis — View this family
November 21, 1888 (Age 63 years)
Marriage of a childEdgar DeWitt Ellis — Sarah “Sallie” Balck — View this family
about 1890 (Age 64 years)
Marriage of a childJames Sterling Lockridge — Clara Vashti Ellis — View this family
April 15, 1890 (Age 65 years)
Marriage of a childJohn Thaddeus Ellis — Grace M Crenshaw — View this family
October 19, 1892 (Age 67 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#8Clara Virginia “Daisy” Lockridge
September 12, 1893 (Age 68 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#9Robbie Ellis
April 29, 1894 (Age 69 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#10Carey Ellis
August 18, 1895 (Age 70 years)
Marriage of a childJohn Thaddeus Ellis — Lucy Justice — View this family
July 8, 1900 (Age 75 years)
Death of a brotherPembroke Somerset “Pem” Ellis
February 16, 1901 (Age 75 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#11Marietta Ellis
October 3, 1902 (Age 77 years)
Death of a grandsonJohn T Ellis Jr.
December 8, 1904 (Age 79 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#12John Thelma “Johnie” Ellis
October 29, 1908 (Age 83 years)
Death of a granddaughterBessie E Ellis
April 21, 1909 (Age 84 years)
Marriage of a childBeverly Belmont Ellis — Rosella “Rose” Black — View this family
December 9, 1909 (Age 84 years)
Marriage of a childJohn Robert Decker — Clara Vashti Ellis — View this family
after 1911 (Age 85 years)
Birth of a grandson
#13Robert L Ellis
August 17, 1915 (Age 90 years)
Death of a grandsonRobert L Ellis
December 27, 1915 (Age 90 years)
Death of a sonJohn Thaddeus Ellis
October 16, 1919 (Age 94 years)
Burial of a sonJohn Thaddeus Ellis
October 17, 1919 (Age 94 years)
Death of a sisterColumbia A Ellis
March 7, 1920 (Age 95 years)
Death of a grandsonNewton B Ellis
April 6, 1928 (Age 103 years)
Death of a sonEdgar DeWitt Ellis
September 10, 1928 (Age 103 years)
Deathunknown
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Family with parents
father Parents (unknown)	Jesse Ellis 1793–1843
mother Parents (unknown)	Lucy C Downer 1798–1870
elder brother Family Martha E Crouch Jesse Edward Ellis Lucy A Ellis William A Ellis Joseph C Ellis Henry Summerset Ellis John Pinkney Ellis	John Thadeus Ellis 1818–1860
elder brother Family Lucy J Beloate Dhalma Beloate Ellis Pemetta “Etta” Ellis George Walter Ellis Dodie Ellis Lucy Irene Ellis Edward E Ellis Willie Ellis	Pembroke Somerset “Pem” Ellis 1822–1901
himself Family Mary E Cross Margaret Ellis John Thaddeus Ellis Charles V “Charlie” Ellis Robert L Ellis Jr. Mildred F “Millie” Ellis Beverly Belmont Ellis Edgar DeWitt Ellis Willie Ellis Clara Vashti Ellis	Robert L Ellis 1825–
younger sister Family (none)	Mildred Ellis 1831–
younger sister Family J D Cross	Lucy Ellis 1836–
younger sister Family (none)	Columbia A Ellis 1842–1920
Family with Mary E Cross
himself Parents Jesse Ellis Lucy C Downer	Robert L Ellis 1825–
wife Parents (unknown)	Mary E Cross 1835–
daughter Family (none)	Margaret Ellis 1850–
son Family Ida C Crenshaw Bessie E Ellis John Florian Ellis William Everett Ellis Newton B Ellis Ida Inez Ellis John T Ellis Jr. Grace Louise Ellis Grace M Crenshaw Lucy Justice Marietta Ellis John Thelma “Johnie” Ellis Robert L Ellis	John Thaddeus Ellis 1851–1919
son Family (none)	Charles V “Charlie” Ellis 1853–
son Family (none)	Robert L Ellis Jr. 1855–
daughter Family (none)	Mildred F “Millie” Ellis 1858–1944
son Family Rosella “Rose” Black	Beverly Belmont Ellis 1863–1944
son Family Sarah “Sallie” Balck Robbie Ellis Carey Ellis	Edgar DeWitt Ellis 1865–1928
son Family (none)	Willie Ellis 1867–
daughter Family James Sterling Lockridge Clara Virginia “Daisy” Lockridge John Robert Decker W N Bond	Clara Vashti Ellis 1869–1938