The Shemwell Family

Birth March 12, 1865 27 29
Historical Event between April 1861 and May 1865
Marriage of parentsAndrew Cook — Mary Jane “Nancy” Shemwell — View this family
September 11, 1866 (Age 17 months)
Historical Event 1867 (Age 21 months)
Historical Event 1867 (Age 21 months)
Historical Event 1869 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a sisterMary Margaret Cook
February 1870 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a half-brotherRichard “Dick” Thomas
April 11, 1870 (Age 5 years)
Death of a fatherAndrew Cook
April 1870 (Age 5 years)
Census July 29, 1870 (Age 5 years)
Marriage of a parentAndrew Thomas — Mary Jane “Nancy” Shemwell — View this family
before 1873 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a half-sisterAmanda Ellen Thomas
February 29, 1876 (Age 10 years)
Marriage of a parentCornelius Cornine — Mary Jane “Nancy” Shemwell — View this family
September 13, 1878 (Age 13 years)
Historical Event 1878 (Age 12 years)
Census June 1, 1880 (Age 15 years)
Death of a half-sisterNancy Jane Cook
before August 1880 (Age 15 years)
MarriageJohn G Griffin — View this family
January 26, 1885 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a son
#1William G Griffin
August 1889 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 33 years)
Census June 1, 1900 (Age 35 years)
Death of a sonWilliam G Griffin
January 31, 1903 (Age 37 years)
Death of a half-sisterAmanda Ellen Thomas
August 22, 1915 (Age 50 years)
Historical Event 1916 (Age 50 years)
Historical Event between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 51 years)
Historical Event 1918 (Age 52 years)
Census January 4, 1920 (Age 54 years)
Death of a motherMary Jane “Nancy” Shemwell
March 31, 1920 (Age 55 years)
Historical Event October 1929 (Age 64 years)
Death of a half-brotherEverett Fielding Cook
April 16, 1931 (Age 66 years)
Death of a husbandJohn G Griffin
October 19, 1932 (Age 67 years)
Census April 17, 1940 (Age 75 years)
Historical Event between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 76 years)
Death December 27, 1941 (Age 76 years)
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Census View	1870 United States - Census transcript - Nancy Jane Shemwell - Household Pilot Grove, Cooper, Missouri Name Relation Age Sex Color Occupation RE PE Birthplace FFB MFB Born Mar School Read Write Infirm Cit Dis Cook, Jane head 34 F W Keeping House MO Cook, Milton son 15 M W Works On Farm MO Cook, Nancy daughter 13 F W MO Cook, William N son 11 M W MO Cook, Fielding E son 9 M W MO Cook, Georgeann J daughter 4 F W MO Cook, Sarah E daughter 4m F W MO Feb
Census View	1880 United States - Census transcript - Nancy Jane Shemwell - Household Pilot Grove, Cooper, MO Name Race Sex Age Bmth Relation MC YrsM Occupation Health MnsU Edu Eng? BP FBP MBP Jane Cornine W F 40 head M - Keeps house MO KY KY William N. Cook W M 20 son S - Works out by the day MO IN MO Everett H. Cook W M 17 son S - Works out by the day MO IN MO Georgeann I. Cook W F 14 daughter S - At Home MO IN MO Mary M. Cook W M 11 son S - At Home MO IN MO Richard Thomas W M 7 son S - At Home MO TN MO Amanda E. Thomas W F 5 daughter S - At Home MO TN MO Notes: parted from her husband
Census View	1900 United States - Census transcript - John G Griffin - Household Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma Name Relation Race Sex Month Year Age Cond Marr CHB CHL BP FBP MBP Imm US Nat Occupation Unemp School Read Write Eng Home Mort Farm Griffin, John G head W M Jan 1859 41 M 15 OH IL IL Day Laborer Griffin, Belle wife W F Mar 1865 34 M 15 4 1 MO IN KY Griffin, William G son W M Aug 1889 10 S OK OH MO School
Census View	1920 United States - Census transcript - John G Griffin - Household 318 Lincoln Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma Name Relation Home Mort Sex Race Age Condition Imm Nat NatY School R W BP Lang FBP Father lang MBP Mother lang Eng Occupation Ind Emp Griffin, John head M W 60 M US US US Drayman Griffin, Belle wife F W 53 M AR US US
Census View	1940 United States - Census transcript - Richard “Dick” Thomas - Household E Clulord Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma Name Info Relation Home V/R Farm Sex Race Age Cond School R/W BP City County State Occupation Industry Code Emp Work Wages Vet War Thomas, Dick X head M W 66 Wd MO Same PLace Griffin, Isabelle half-sister F W 78 Wd MO Same PLace

Family with parents
father Parents … Cook … …	Andrew Cook 1838–1870
mother Parents Thomas Shemwell Nancy Bone	Mary Jane “Nancy” Shemwell 1835–1920
herself Family John G Griffin William G Griffin	Georgeann Isabelle “Belle” Cook 1865–1941
younger sister Family James H Brown	Mary Margaret Cook 1870–
Mother’s family with Fielding Cook
uncle Parents … Cook … …	Fielding Cook 1835–1864
mother Parents Thomas Shemwell Nancy Bone	Mary Jane “Nancy” Shemwell 1835–1920
half-brother Family Margaret Cornine J T Cook Cornelius Cornine “C C” Cook John Richard Cook Mary Ellen “Marie” Cook Jerry Cook	James Thomas Milton Cook 1854–
half-sister Family Cornelius C Cornine Jr.	Nancy Jane Cook 1857–1880
half-brother Family Mary Emma Cornine Claude M Cook Irene A Cook Walter Herbert Cook	John William “J.W.” Cook 1860–1954
half-brother Family Sarah Margaret Maude “Maggie” Cornine Birdie Ellen Cook Edward Everett Cook Albert Cook I. Dovie Cook Isaiah McKinley Cook	Everett Fielding Cook 1862–1931
Mother’s family with Andrew Thomas
step-father Parents (unknown)	Andrew Thomas 1838–
mother Parents Thomas Shemwell Nancy Bone	Mary Jane “Nancy” Shemwell 1835–1920
half-brother Family Mary Catherine Gross Leo Martin Thomas Mary Geneva “Mamie” Russell Goldie Thomas Everett Guy Thomas Marjorie Ellen Thomas	Richard “Dick” Thomas 1870–1949
half-sister Family George Washington Hopkins Blanch M Hopkins Ruth Viola Hopkins Mae Mildred Hopkins Robert Michael Hopkins	Amanda Ellen Thomas 1876–1915
Mother’s family with Cornelius Cornine
step-father Parents (unknown)	Cornelius Cornine 1804–1883
mother Parents Thomas Shemwell Nancy Bone	Mary Jane “Nancy” Shemwell 1835–1920
Family with John G Griffin
husband Parents (unknown)	John G Griffin 1856–1932
herself Parents Andrew Cook Mary Jane “Nancy” Shemwell	Georgeann Isabelle “Belle” Cook 1865–1941
son Family (none)	William G Griffin 1889–1903