William H ShemwellAge: 76 years1836–1912
- Name
- William H Shemwell
- Given names
- William H
- Surname
- Shemwell
![]() | August 10, 1836 36 23 Note: Believe birth date on military headstone is incorrect (1832). Believe he was born in 1836. |
![]() | Clerinda Maletha Shemwell December 14, 1838 (Age 2 years) |
![]() | Zachariah Thomas Shemwell November 2, 1840 (Age 4 years) |
![]() | Zachariah Thomas Shemwell November 2, 1840 (Age 4 years) |
![]() | 1840 (Age 3 years) |
![]() | Mary Ann Narcissus “May” Shemwell June 23, 1842 (Age 5 years) |
![]() | Martha Cherry February 21, 1845 (Age 8 years) |
![]() | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 9 years)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 |
![]() | William Cherry May 7, 1849 (Age 12 years) |
![]() | June 1, 1850 (Age 13 years) |
![]() | Thomas W Shemwell — Mildred Elizabeth “Millie” Armstrong — View this family January 11, 1853 (Age 16 years) |
![]() | Elizabeth Ann Demaris “Bette” Shemwell December 31, 1854 (Age 18 years) |
![]() | John A Shemwell December 3, 1855 (Age 19 years) |
![]() | Lydia Minerva Daniel September 1856 (Age 20 years) |
![]() | Thomas Allen Shemwell December 20, 1857 (Age 21 years) |
![]() | Joseph Mason Shemwell July 17, 1859 (Age 22 years) Note: or Tennessee |
![]() | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 20 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
![]() | June 1, 1860 (Age 23 years) |
![]() | Pvt. Forrest's Calvary CSA 1861 (Age 24 years) |
![]() | Civil War February 19, 1862 (Age 25 years)Agency: Confederate Army Note: Captured as prisoner of war by Union Army. Transferred to Camp Butler, Springfield, Illinois. |
![]() | Alice M Shemwell April 25, 1862 (Age 25 years) |
![]() | Mahala May “Ella” Shemwell May 24, 1864 (Age 27 years) |
![]() | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 24 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 |
![]() | Henry Isaac Shamwell October 14, 1867 (Age 31 years) |
![]() | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 30 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 |
![]() | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 30 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
![]() | Ann C Shemwell January 15, 1869 (Age 32 years) |
![]() | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 32 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 |
![]() | June 1, 1870 (Age 33 years) |
![]() | Susan Shemwell May 12, 1871 (Age 34 years) |
![]() | Clerinda Maletha Shemwell 1872 (Age 35 years) |
![]() | Thomas W Shemwell July 20, 1877 (Age 40 years) |
![]() | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 41 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
![]() | June 1, 1880 (Age 43 years) |
![]() | 1891 (Age 54 years) |
![]() | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 61 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 |
![]() | Elizabeth Ann Demaris “Bette” Shemwell November 20, 1907 (Age 71 years) |
![]() | Alice M Shemwell November 20, 1907 (Age 71 years) |
![]() | John A Shemwell before 1910 (Age 73 years) |
![]() | Susan Shemwell before 1910 (Age 73 years) |
![]() | Ann C Shemwell 1910 (Age 73 years) |
![]() | April 15, 1910 (Age 73 years) |
![]() | December 25, 1912 (Age 76 years) |
![]() | Cemetery: Lowry Cemetery |
![]() | April 29, 2020 – 09:59:52 by: Barry Shemwell |
Family with parents |
father |
Thomas W Shemwell Birth: July 1800 30 — Tennessee, United States Death: July 20, 1877 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States |
mother |
Martha Cherry Birth: April 13, 1813 42 35 Death: February 21, 1845 |
Marriage: February 5, 1835 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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9 months elder sister |
Georgia Ann Shemwell Birth: October 23, 1835 35 22 Death: October 26, 1835 |
10 months himself |
William H Shemwell Birth: August 10, 1836 36 23 — Tennessee, United States Death: December 25, 1912 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
2 years younger sister |
Clerinda Maletha Shemwell Birth: December 14, 1838 38 25 — Tennessee, United States Death: 1872 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
23 months younger brother |
Zachariah Thomas Shemwell Birth: November 2, 1840 40 27 Death: November 2, 1840 |
20 months younger sister |
Mary Ann Narcissus “May” Shemwell Birth: June 23, 1842 41 29 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: |
Father’s family with Mildred Elizabeth “Millie” Armstrong |
father |
Thomas W Shemwell Birth: July 1800 30 — Tennessee, United States Death: July 20, 1877 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States |
step-mother |
Mildred Elizabeth “Millie” Armstrong Birth: July 15, 1831 31 19 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States Death: February 16, 1917 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States |
Marriage: January 11, 1853 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years half-sister |
Elizabeth Ann Demaris “Bette” Shemwell Birth: December 31, 1854 54 23 — Kentucky, United States Death: November 20, 1907 — Kentucky, United States |
11 months half-brother |
John A Shemwell Birth: December 3, 1855 55 24 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States Death: before 1910 — Kentucky, United States |
2 years half-brother |
Thomas Allen Shemwell Birth: December 20, 1857 57 26 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States Death: April 22, 1940 — McCracken, Kentucky, United States |
19 months half-brother |
Joseph Mason Shemwell Birth: July 17, 1859 59 28 — Kentucky, United States Death: May 9, 1925 — McCracken, Kentucky, United States |
3 years half-sister |
Alice M Shemwell Birth: April 25, 1862 61 30 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States Death: November 20, 1907 — Long Hollow, Trigg, Kentucky, United States |
2 years half-sister |
Mahala May “Ella” Shemwell Birth: May 24, 1864 63 32 — Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: February 9, 1934 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States |
3 years half-brother |
Henry Isaac Shamwell Birth: October 14, 1867 67 36 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States Death: July 3, 1943 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
15 months half-sister |
Ann C Shemwell Birth: January 15, 1869 68 37 — Kentucky, United States Death: 1910 |
2 years half-sister |
Susan Shemwell Birth: May 12, 1871 70 39 — Kentucky, United States Death: before 1910 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States |
William H Shemwell has 26 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (26)
Parents Lemuel G Cherry + Jane Julia Adkins
Parents Lemuel G Cherry + Delilah Dodd
Parents William B Cherry + Daisy Jane …
Parents Henry George Clay Cherry + Maletha Shemwell
Voter Enumeration | Tennessee,Enumeration of Male Voters, 1891 |
Birth | Believe birth date on military headstone is incorrect (1832). Believe he was born in 1836. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Census | 1850 United States - Census transcript - Henry G. Cherry - Household
Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Notes: Who are William, Adaline,May & Letha Wise Shemwell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - Henry G. Cherry - Household
Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Notes: District 7, Dover P. O. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Military | Captured as prisoner of war by Union Army. Transferred to Camp Butler, Springfield, Illinois. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - John Paul Shemwell - Household
Civil District 9 Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Notes: Adaline is Mahalia? John born in Tn. William H is John's uncle - father’s half-brother | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - John Paul Shemwell - Household
Houston, Tennessee, USA
Notes: William H is John's uncle - father’s half-brother | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Howell - Household
Stewart, Tn
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