Martha Ellen Shemwell1828–
- Name
- Martha Ellen Shemwell
- Given names
- Martha Ellen
- Surname
- Shemwell
- Married name
- Martha Ellen Tabb
![]() | January 8, 1828 22 24 |
![]() | Nancy Isabella Shemwell 1829 (Age 11 months) |
![]() | William Henry Shemwell June 1, 1830 (Age 2 years) |
![]() | James Shemwell Jr. July 10, 1831 (Age 3 years) Note: James may have passed prior to 1831. Elizabeth is listed as head of the household in the 1830 US Federal Census in Todd, Kentucky, United States. This census was taken June 1, 1830 - August 1, 1830. |
![]() | Samuel Black Shemwell August 26, 1832 (Age 4 years) |
![]() | Cholera Epidemic 1832 (Age 3 years)Note: Cholera killed 4,340 people in New Orleans & over 3,000 in New York City - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholera_outbreaks_and_pandemics |
![]() | Mary Ann Shemwell July 10, 1834 (Age 6 years) |
![]() | … Shemwell between 1835 and 1840 (Age 6 years) |
![]() | The Texas Revolution between October 1835 and April 1836 (Age 7 years)Note: The Texas Revolution (or Texas War of Independence) was fought from October 2, 1835 to April 21, 1836 between Mexico and the Texas (Tejas) portion of the Mexican state of Coahuila y Tejas. The Texas Revolution erupted in 1836, after Texas declared its independence from Mexico. Mexico responded by invading Texas, where General Santa Anna won decisive victories in the battles of the Alamo and Goliad. The war ended at the Battle of San Jacinto (about 20 miles) east of modern day downtown Houston) where General Sam Houston led the Texas Army to victory in 18 minutes over a portion of the Mexican Army under Santa Anna, who was captured shortly after the battle. The conclusion of the war resulted in the creation of the Republic of Texas - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Revolution |
![]() | John Patrick Shemwell Jr. October 30, 1836 (Age 8 years) |
![]() | James Lewis Shemwell May 4, 1840 (Age 12 years) |
![]() | June 1, 1840 (Age 12 years) |
![]() | … Shemwell after June 1, 1840 (Age 12 years) |
![]() | Theophilus Marion Shemwell 1843 (Age 14 years) |
![]() | John L Tabb — View this family March 8, 1847 (Age 19 years) |
![]() #1 | Thomas W Tabb December 8, 1847 (Age 19 years) |
![]() | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 17 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 |
![]() #2 | Jacob S “Bud” Tabb 1848 (Age 19 years) |
![]() | June 1, 1850 (Age 22 years) Note: 2 doors down from John Shemwell |
![]() #3 | Mary Jane Tabb November 2, 1852 (Age 24 years) |
![]() #4 | John Riley Tabb July 23, 1854 (Age 26 years) |
![]() #5 | Joseph Warner Tabb October 16, 1856 (Age 28 years) |
![]() | Barbara Jane Shemwell October 23, 1856 (Age 28 years) Cause: Died during childbirth |
![]() | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 28 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
![]() #6 | Susan E Tabb 1859 (Age 30 years) |
![]() | June 19, 1860 (Age 32 years) |
![]() #7 | Drucilla F Tabb 1861 (Age 32 years) |
![]() | Theophilus Marion Shemwell February 15, 1862 (Age 34 years) Cause: Shot in Jaw Note: Battle of Fort Donelson, Tennessee- - transported to field hospital. |
![]() | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 33 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 |
![]() | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 38 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 38 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
![]() | John Patrick Shemwell July 1869 (Age 41 years) Cause: Inflammation of bowels |
![]() | Thomas W Tabb — Sarah E Clevinger — View this family November 25, 1869 (Age 41 years) |
![]() | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 40 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 |
![]() | October 6, 1870 (Age 42 years) |
![]() #1 | John William Tabb December 17, 1870 (Age 42 years) |
![]() | Jacob S “Bud” Tabb — Laura G “Lucy” Sullivan — View this family 1871 (Age 42 years) |
![]() #2 | James W Tabb July 28, 1872 (Age 44 years) |
![]() | Thomas W Tabb — Henrietta Harris — View this family July 30, 1872 (Age 44 years) |
![]() #3 | Lloyd Irwin Tabb May 30, 1875 (Age 47 years) |
![]() | John Riley Tabb — Sarah Caroline Driskill — View this family Type: Civil marriage March 8, 1877 (Age 49 years) |
![]() | Phillip Ewing Gilbert — Mary Jane Tabb — View this family October 18, 1877 (Age 49 years) |
![]() | Rufus H Goodright — Drucilla F Tabb — View this family October 20, 1877 (Age 49 years) |
![]() #4 | Omer Ebbot Tabb May 1878 (Age 50 years) |
![]() #5 | William Henry Gilbert July 19, 1878 (Age 50 years) |
![]() | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 49 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
![]() #6 | Elmer L Tabb 1879 (Age 50 years) |
![]() #7 | Elmer Tabb December 1879 (Age 51 years) |
![]() | John L Tabb June 7, 1880 (Age 52 years) |
![]() | June 16, 1880 (Age 52 years) |
![]() #8 | Leslie Marmon Tabb October 28, 1880 (Age 52 years) |
![]() #9 | Gertrude Tabb June 1881 (Age 53 years) |
![]() | Joseph Warner Tabb — Sarah Ellen Moore — View this family Type: Religious marriage November 17, 1881 (Age 53 years) |
![]() #10 | Martha Elizabeth “Mattie” Gilbert September 26, 1882 (Age 54 years) |
![]() #11 | Icy Tabb September 1882 (Age 54 years) |
![]() | Jacob S “Bud” Tabb — Sarah J Price — View this family June 10, 1883 (Age 55 years) |
![]() #12 | William W Tabb September 1884 (Age 56 years) |
![]() #13 | Martha J Tabb August 1886 (Age 58 years) |
![]() #14 | Lawrence Guy Tabb December 4, 1887 (Age 59 years) |
![]() #15 | Thomas R Tabb June 1888 (Age 60 years) |
![]() #16 | Geneva Bell Gilbert September 22, 1888 (Age 60 years) |
![]() #17 | Clara H Tabb October 1888 (Age 60 years) |
![]() #18 | Lavella F Gilbert June 1890 (Age 62 years) |
![]() #19 | Virgil J Tabb December 1890 (Age 62 years) |
![]() #20 | Etta B Tabb January 25, 1891 (Age 63 years) |
![]() #21 | Dicy L Tabb March 1893 (Age 65 years) |
![]() #22 | Lawernce N Tabb 1893 (Age 64 years) |
![]() | Nancy Isabella Shemwell August 21, 1893 (Age 65 years) |
![]() #23 | Ishmael Harrison Tabb December 6, 1895 (Age 67 years) |
![]() | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 70 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 |
![]() | William Henry Shemwell May 14, 1900 (Age 72 years) |
![]() #24 | Raymond McKinley Tabb September 2, 1900 (Age 72 years) |
![]() | Lavella F Gilbert about 1906 (Age 77 years) |
![]() | Thomas W Tabb October 8, 1906 (Age 78 years) |
![]() | Jacob S “Bud” Tabb October 8, 1906 (Age 78 years) |
![]() | Thomas W Tabb 1906 (Age 77 years) Cemetery: Gant Cemetery |
![]() | John Patrick Shemwell Jr. January 14, 1913 (Age 85 years) |
![]() | Mary Ann Shemwell April 11, 1915 (Age 87 years) |
![]() | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 87 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
![]() | Mary Jane Tabb September 18, 1917 (Age 89 years) |
![]() | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 88 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 |
![]() | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 89 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/ |
![]() | Samuel Black Shemwell December 22, 1921 (Age 93 years) Cause: Chronic Interstitial Nephritis |
![]() | James Lewis Shemwell January 21, 1926 (Age 98 years) |
![]() | James Lewis Shemwell 1926 (Age 97 years) Cemetery: Ebenezer Cemetery |
![]() | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 101 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 |
![]() | Joseph Warner Tabb January 23, 1933 (Age 105 years) |
![]() | Joseph Warner Tabb 1933 (Age 104 years) Cemetery: Gant Cemetery |
![]() | John William Tabb April 13, 1936 (Age 108 years) |
![]() | John William Tabb April 14, 1936 (Age 108 years) Cemetery: Gant Cemetery |
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![]() | August 12, 2019 – 12:33:46 by: Barry Shemwell |
![]() | DAR library link Rev. War Tabb decendants August 12, 2019by: Barry Shemwell |
Family with parents |
father |
John Patrick Shemwell Birth: 1806 31 31 — Montgomery, North Carolina, United States Death: July 1869 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
mother |
Drucilla Tomerlin Birth: 1804 — Rutherford, North Carolina, United States Death: Todd, Kentucky, United States |
Marriage: about 1826 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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1 year elder sister |
Barbara Jane Shemwell Birth: 1826 20 22 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: October 23, 1856 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
2 years herself |
Martha Ellen Shemwell Birth: January 8, 1828 22 24 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: |
2 years younger sister |
Nancy Isabella Shemwell Birth: 1829 23 25 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: August 21, 1893 — Kentucky, United States |
17 months younger brother |
William Henry Shemwell Birth: June 1, 1830 24 26 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: May 14, 1900 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
2 years younger brother |
Samuel Black Shemwell Birth: August 26, 1832 26 28 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: December 22, 1921 — Cleaton, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
22 months younger sister |
Mary Ann Shemwell Birth: July 10, 1834 28 30 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: April 11, 1915 — Skilesville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
2 years younger brother |
John Patrick Shemwell Jr. Birth: October 30, 1836 30 32 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: January 14, 1913 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
4 years younger brother |
… Shemwell Birth: between 1835 and 1840 29 31 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: after June 1, 1840 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
5 years younger brother |
James Lewis Shemwell Birth: May 4, 1840 34 36 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: January 21, 1926 — Drakesboro, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
4 years younger brother |
Theophilus Marion Shemwell Birth: 1843 37 39 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: February 15, 1862 |
Family with John L Tabb |
husband |
John L Tabb Birth: January 31, 1823 — Virginia, United States Death: June 7, 1880 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
herself |
Martha Ellen Shemwell Birth: January 8, 1828 22 24 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: |
Marriage: March 8, 1847 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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9 months son |
Thomas W Tabb Birth: December 8, 1847 24 19 — Kentucky, United States Death: October 8, 1906 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
13 months son |
Jacob S “Bud” Tabb Birth: 1848 24 19 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: October 8, 1906 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
5 years daughter |
Mary Jane Tabb Birth: November 2, 1852 29 24 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: September 18, 1917 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
21 months son |
John Riley Tabb Birth: July 23, 1854 31 26 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: April 6, 1945 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
2 years son |
Joseph Warner Tabb Birth: October 16, 1856 33 28 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: January 23, 1933 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States |
3 years daughter |
Susan E Tabb Birth: 1859 35 30 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: |
3 years daughter |
Drucilla F Tabb Birth: 1861 37 32 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: |
Martha Ellen Shemwell has 16 first cousins recorded
Father's family (16)
Parents John Hall + Mary “Polly” Shemwell
Parents William Shemwell + Mary Gorrell
Parents Jeremiah O “Jerry” Holland + Ann Shemwell
Mother's family (0)
Census | 1840 United States - Census transcript - John Patrick Shemwell - Household
Todd Ky
John's age is wrong - added son -died in infancy? -b 1M 40-50 3M < 5 2M 5-10 1F 5-10 3F 10-15 1F 30-40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Census | 2 doors down from John Shemwell | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Census | 1850 United States - Census transcript - John L. Tabb - Household
Dist. 2 Todd, Kentucky, USA
Notes: 2 doors down from John Shemwell | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - John L Tabb - Household
Muhlenberg, Kentucky
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Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Martha Ellen Shemwell - Household
Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States
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Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - Martha Ellen Shemwell - Household
Sharon, Todd, Kentucky
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