The Shemwell Family

Birth January 14, 1823 25 22
Death of a paternal grandfatherMichael Holland
about 1825 (Age 23 months)
Birth of a brotherHenry Ward Holland
September 20, 1826 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a sisterCarolina Isabelle Holland
December 31, 1830 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a brotherShandy Walker Holland
April 21, 1832 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event 1832 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a brotherSamuel F Holland
1835 (Age 11 years)
Historical Event between October 1835 and April 1836 (Age 12 years)
Birth of a brotherNathaniel L Holland
1837 (Age 13 years)
Birth of a brotherThomas James Holland
January 30, 1840 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a brotherWilliam L Holland
1840 (Age 16 years)
MarriageAlexander Thompson — View this family
June 10, 1841 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1Nancy Keziah Thompson
November 26, 1842 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a son
#2Thomas Leonard Thompson
June 14, 1844 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a son
#3Nathaniel S Thompson
August 26, 1846 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a son
#4William Lafayette Thompson
February 1848 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event from 1846 to 1848 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a daughter
#5Martha Cordelia Thompson
March 29, 1850 (Age 27 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherJane “Jenny” Dickerson
1850 (Age 26 years)
Census October 15, 1850 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a daughter
#6Malinda Jane Thompson
September 9, 1852 (Age 29 years)
Birth of a daughter
#7Sarah Paralel Thompson
February 18, 1854 (Age 31 years)
Death of a motherNancy Shemwell
December 3, 1855 (Age 32 years)
Birth of a son
#8Henry Clay Thompson
June 23, 1856 (Age 33 years)
Birth of a daughter
#9Victoria Adeline Thompson
September 3, 1857 (Age 34 years)
Birth of a son
#10John Alexander Thompson
February 3, 1859 (Age 36 years)
Historical Event between 1857 and 1859 (Age 33 years)
Census June 9, 1860 (Age 37 years)

Death of a maternal grandfatherSamuel J Shemwell
August 17, 1860 (Age 37 years)
Marriage of a childJohn Perry Lankford — Nancy Keziah Thompson — View this family
September 15, 1860 (Age 37 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1Elizabeth Adaline Lankford
June 27, 1861 (Age 38 years)
Historical Event between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 38 years)
Death of a sonNathaniel S Thompson
October 5, 1866 (Age 43 years)
Historical Event 1867 (Age 43 years)
Historical Event 1867 (Age 43 years)
Birth of a daughter
#11Clara Chrissie “Ella” Thompson
March 4, 1868 (Age 45 years)
Historical Event 1869 (Age 45 years)
Census July 30, 1870 (Age 47 years)
Marriage of a childWilliam Lafayette Thompson — Sarah A Adams — View this family
October 1, 1871 (Age 48 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#2Ida Luella Thompson
August 3, 1874 (Age 51 years)
Birth of a grandson
#3Nathaniel Alexander Thompson
August 7, 1875 (Age 52 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#4Martha Emma Thompson
October 1877 (Age 54 years)
Historical Event 1878 (Age 54 years)
Death of a fatherThomas Holland
January 26, 1879 (Age 56 years)
Marriage of a childHenry Clay Thompson — Dorcas Baker Fesperman — View this family
July 20, 1879 (Age 56 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#5Hattie May Thompson
October 1879 (Age 56 years)
Marriage of a childPeter Edmond Gibbons — Victoria Adeline Thompson — View this family
March 20, 1880 (Age 57 years)
Census June 2, 1880 (Age 57 years)
Birth of a grandson
#6Thomas Luther Gibbons
March 20, 1881 (Age 58 years)
Death of a daughterMartha Cordelia Thompson
July 3, 1883 (Age 60 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#7Clara Etta Thompson
February 28, 1884 (Age 61 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#8Orva I Thompson
May 28, 1886 (Age 63 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#9Corda Ruth Thompson
June 29, 1888 (Age 65 years)
Birth of a grandson
#10John Claude Thompson
July 12, 1895 (Age 72 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#11Mabel Lafe Thompson
July 1898 (Age 75 years)
Historical Event between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 75 years)
Census June 2, 1900 (Age 77 years)
Death of a husbandAlexander Thompson
April 10, 1903 (Age 80 years)
Death of a sonHenry Clay Thompson
April 4, 1904 (Age 81 years)
Death March 29, 1909 (Age 86 years)
Burial
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Census View	1850 United States - Census transcript - Alexander Thompson - Household Lost Creek, Newton, Missouri Name Relation Age Sex Color Occupation RE Birthplace Mar School R+W Infirm Alexander Thompson head 38 M W Farmer KY Orvey A Thompson wife 28 F W KY Nancy Thompson daughter 9 F W MO Thomas Thompson son 7 M W MO Nathaniel Thompson son 4 M W MO William Thompson son 2 M W MO Paralel Thompson daughter 2m F W MO
Census View	1860 United States - Census transcript - Alexander Thompson - Household Lost Creek, Newton, Missouri Name Relation Age Sex Color Occupation RE PE Birthplace Mar School R+W Infirm Alexander Thompson head 48 M W Farmer KY Adaline Thompson wife 37 F W KY Nancy R Thompson daughter 18 F W MO Thomas L Thompson son 15 M W MO Nathaniel Thompson son 13 M W MO William Thompson son 12 M W MO Martha Thompson daughter 10 F W MO Melinda Thompson daughter 8 F W MO Sarah Thompson daughter 7 F W MO Henry Thompson son 4 M W MO Victoria Thompson daughter 2 F W MO John Thompson son 1 M W MO Eil French School Teacher 27 M W OH
Census View	1870 United States - Census transcript - Alexander Thompson - Household Buffalo, Newton, Missouri Name Relation Age Sex Color Occupation RE PE Birthplace FFB MFB Born Mar School Read Write Infirm Cit Dis Thompson, Alex head 58 M W Farmer KY Thompson, Adaline wife 47 F W Keeping House KY Thompson, Thomas L son 24 M W Farmer MO Thompson, William L son 21 M W Farmer MO Thompson, Martha C daughter 20 F W MO Thompson, Malinda J daughter 17 F W MO Thompson, Sarah P daughter 16 F W MO Thompson, Henry C son 14 M W MO Thompson, Victoria A daughter 12 F W MO Thompson, John A son 11 M W MO Thompson, Clara C daughter 2 F W MO
Census View	1880 United States - Census transcript - Alexander Thompson - Household Buffalo, Newton, Missouri Name Color Sex Age Mon Relation Cond MY Occupation UnEm Sick Blind DD Idiotic Insane Disabled School Read Write BP FBP MBP Thompson, Alexander W M 68 head M Farmer KY VA VA Thompson, Orva A W F 58 wife M Keeping House KY KY KY Thompson, John A W M 21 son S Farm Laborer MO KY KY Thompson, Clara C W F 12 daughter S At Home MO KY KY
Census View	1900 United States - Census transcript - Alexander Thompson - Household Buffalo, Newton, Missouri 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 Thompson, Alexander head W M Feb 1812 88 M 58 KY KY KY Farmer Thompson, Orva A wife W F Jan 1823 77 M 58 13 9 KY KY KY

Family with parents
father Parents Michael Holland Agatha “Aggie” Ward	Thomas Holland 1797–1879
mother Parents Samuel J Shemwell Jane “Jenny” Dickerson	Nancy Shemwell 1800–1855
herself Family Alexander Thompson Nancy Keziah Thompson Thomas Leonard Thompson Nathaniel S Thompson William Lafayette Thompson Martha Cordelia Thompson Malinda Jane Thompson Sarah Paralel Thompson Henry Clay Thompson Victoria Adeline Thompson John Alexander Thompson Clara Chrissie “Ella” Thompson	Orva Adaline Holland 1823–1909
younger brother Family Elizabeth Parker William L Holland Nancy Isabelle Holland Ada C “Addie” Holland Thomas Holland Robert Holland Sophia Holland Janie Holland Josephine “Josie” Holland Emma Holland	Henry Ward Holland 1826–1909
younger sister Family John Siddle Williams Paralel Eliza Williams Josiah Smith Thompson	Carolina Isabelle Holland 1830–1916
younger brother Family Clara Dent Thomas W “Tom” Holland Mary Adeline “Addie” Holland Clara Isabelle Holland John Fletcher Holland Landrine Robert S Holland	Shandy Walker Holland 1832–1919
younger brother Family (none)	Samuel F Holland 1835–
younger brother Family (none)	Nathaniel L Holland 1837–
younger brother Family Mary E Williams Nancy Charity “Nannie” Holland Sarah Caroline Holland	Thomas James Holland 1840–1913
younger brother Family (none)	William L Holland 1840–
Family with Alexander Thompson
husband Parents (unknown)	Alexander Thompson 1812–1903
herself Parents Thomas Holland Nancy Shemwell	Orva Adaline Holland 1823–1909
daughter Family John Perry Lankford Elizabeth Adaline Lankford	Nancy Keziah Thompson 1842–1920
son Family (none)	Thomas Leonard Thompson 1844–1915
son Family (none)	Nathaniel S Thompson 1846–1866
son Family Sarah A Adams Ida Luella Thompson Nathaniel Alexander Thompson Martha Emma Thompson Hattie May Thompson Clara Etta Thompson Orva I Thompson Corda Ruth Thompson Mabel Lafe Thompson	William Lafayette Thompson 1848–1921
daughter Family (none)	Martha Cordelia Thompson 1850–1883
daughter Family James Robert Williams	Malinda Jane Thompson 1852–1933
daughter Family Isaac H Moffett	Sarah Paralel Thompson 1854–1928
son Family Dorcas Baker Fesperman John Claude Thompson	Henry Clay Thompson 1856–1904
daughter Family Peter Edmond Gibbons Thomas Luther Gibbons	Victoria Adeline Thompson 1857–1945
son Family (none)	John Alexander Thompson 1859–1942
daughter Family Charles Edward Bangs	Clara Chrissie “Ella” Thompson 1868–1951