The Shemwell Family

Birth December 14, 1838 38 25
Birth of a brotherZachariah Thomas Shemwell
November 2, 1840 (Age 22 months)
Death of a brotherZachariah Thomas Shemwell
November 2, 1840 (Age 22 months)
Census 1840 (Age 12 months)
Birth of a sisterMary Ann Narcissus “May” Shemwell
June 23, 1842 (Age 3 years)
Death of a motherMartha Cherry
February 21, 1845 (Age 6 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherWilliam Cherry
May 7, 1849 (Age 10 years)
Census June 1, 1850 (Age 11 years)
Marriage of a parentThomas W Shemwell — Mildred Elizabeth “Millie” Armstrong — View this family
January 11, 1853 (Age 14 years)
Civil marriageWilliam M Riggins Jr. — View this family
December 22, 1853 (Age 15 years)
Birth of a half-sisterElizabeth Demarious “Bette” Shemwell
December 31, 1854 (Age 16 years)
Birth of a son
#1Walthen P Riggins
about 1855 (Age 16 years)
Birth of a half-brotherJohn A Shemwell
December 3, 1855 (Age 16 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherLydia Minerva Daniel
September 1856 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2Annie E Riggins
January 31, 1857 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a half-brotherThomas Allen Shemwell
December 20, 1857 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3Martha Earl Riggins
June 30, 1858 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a half-brotherJoseph Mason Shemwell
July 17, 1859 (Age 20 years)
Census September 20, 1860 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a half-sisterAlice M Shemwell
April 25, 1862 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a half-sisterMahala May “Ella” Shemwell
May 24, 1864 (Age 25 years)
Birth of a son
#4William Riggins
March 1, 1866 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a half-brotherHenry Isaac Shamwell
October 14, 1867 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a son
#5Thomas Magus Riggins
August 28, 1868 (Age 29 years)
Birth of a half-sisterAnn C Shemwell
January 15, 1869 (Age 30 years)
Census August 2, 1870 (Age 31 years)
Birth of a daughter
#6Fannie Bell Riggins
November 1870 (Age 31 years)
Birth of a half-sisterSusan Shemwell
May 12, 1871 (Age 32 years)
Marriage of a childWilliam Daniel Stalls — Martha Earl Riggins — View this family
February 26, 1872 (Age 33 years)
Death 1872 (Age 33 years)

Family with parents
father Parents Zachariah Shemwell Mary Suit	Thomas W Shemwell 1800–1877
mother Parents William Cherry Lydia Minerva Daniel	Martha Cherry 1813–1845
elder sister Family (none)	Georgia Ann Shemwell 1835–1835
elder brother Family (none)	William H Shemwell 1832–1912
herself Family William M Riggins Jr. Walthen P Riggins Annie E Riggins Martha Earl Riggins William Riggins Thomas Magus Riggins Fannie Bell Riggins	Clerinda Maletha Shemwell 1838–1872
younger brother Family (none)	Zachariah Thomas Shemwell 1840–1840
younger sister Family (none)	Mary Ann Narcissus “May” Shemwell 1842–
Father’s family with Mildred Elizabeth “Millie” Armstrong
father Parents Zachariah Shemwell Mary Suit	Thomas W Shemwell 1800–1877
step-mother Parents Andrew Jackson Armstrong Elmira A McCoy	Mildred Elizabeth “Millie” Armstrong 1831–1917
half-sister Family Josiah McKinney Carr “Dock” Stagner Henry Ernest Stagner Maude Gertrude “Maudie” Stagner (unknown) William Santford Shemwell	Elizabeth Demarious “Bette” Shemwell 1854–1907
half-brother Family Annie B Wadlington	John A Shemwell 1855–1910
half-brother Family (none)	Thomas Allen Shemwell 1857–1940
half-brother Family Josephine “Josie” Gibbs Genie Belle Shemwell Clifton “Cliff” Shemwell Ernest E Shemwell Vera Shemwell	Joseph Mason Shemwell 1859–1925
half-sister Family (none)	Alice M Shemwell 1862–1907
half-sister Family Albert Ewing Brown	Mahala May “Ella” Shemwell 1864–1934
half-brother Family Rebecca Kennedy Samuel Franklin Shemwell Eliza Ann Burkhart Eva Lilly Shamwell Henry Elmer Shamwell Barney S Shamwell Grace May Shamwell James Thomas “Tom” Shamwell	Henry Isaac Shamwell 1867–1943
half-sister Family William Henry Harrison Simmons Annie Simmons Roscoe Simmons	Ann C Shemwell 1869–1910
half-sister Family Robert Lysander Choate Julia Ethel Choate Anne Rosella “Annie” Choate Melvin Lee Choate	Susan Shemwell 1871–1901
Family with William M Riggins Jr.
husband Parents (unknown)	William M Riggins Jr. 1829–1907
herself Parents Thomas W Shemwell Martha Cherry	Clerinda Maletha Shemwell 1838–1872
son Family (none)	Walthen P Riggins 1855–
daughter Family Joseph Wilson DeWees Chester Henley DeWees Ward …	Annie E Riggins 1857–1903
daughter Family William Daniel Stalls Arthur Lee Stalls Willie Ella Stalls Girtha Mattie Stalls Joe Stalls Edna Earl Stalls Lundy Lane Stalls Felix Johnson Stalls	Martha Earl Riggins 1858–1936
son Family (none)	William Riggins 1866–1954
son Family Addie Eliza Hart Julia Myrtle Riggins Nellie Riggins Nettie Riggins Morris Hart Riggins	Thomas Magus Riggins 1868–1955
daughter Family Hiram Presley Ables Richard Delmar Ables Anna Colleen Ables Lucy Marie Ables Lillian B Ables Hallye Mae Ables Helen G Ables Francis Nellie Ables	Fannie Bell Riggins 1870–
William M Riggins Jr. + S Alice “Allie” Peele
husband Parents (unknown)	William M Riggins Jr. 1829–1907
husband’s wife Parents (unknown)	S Alice “Allie” Peele 1865–
step-son Family Mertha Doris Weston Christina Riggins Charles Lee Riggins James Howard Riggins Mildred Louise Riggins	Herman Chestney Riggins 1887–1973
step-son Family (none)	Harry Tracy Riggins 1889–1985