The Shemwell Family

Birth 1802
MarriageBenjamin Zachery Herndon — View this family
October 1828 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a son
#1William James Herndon
July 16, 1829 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a son
#2John Fox Herndon
February 20, 1831 (Age 29 years)
Birth of a son
#3George Clark Herndon
January 28, 1833 (Age 31 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4Martha Elizabeth Herndon
March 12, 1835 (Age 33 years)
Birth of a daughter
#5Mary Frances Herndon
April 20, 1839 (Age 37 years)
Birth of a son
#6Thomas Jefferson Herndon
November 11, 1839 (Age 37 years)
Death of a sonThomas Jefferson Herndon
August 22, 1840 (Age 38 years)
Birth of a son
#7Henry Green Herndon
October 14, 1841 (Age 39 years)
Census September 18, 1850 (Age 48 years)
Death of a sonJohn Fox Herndon
October 28, 1851 (Age 49 years)
Marriage of a childJohn A Fray — Martha Elizabeth Herndon — View this family
January 6, 1853 (Age 51 years)
Marriage of a childWilliam James Herndon — Mary E McMahan — View this family
April 7, 1853 (Age 51 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1James Thomas Fray
November 22, 1853 (Age 51 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#2Susan M Herndon
1854 (Age 52 years)
Birth of a grandson
#3Benjamin A Fray
1855 (Age 53 years)
Marriage of a childCol. Christopher Columbus Higgerson — Mary Frances Herndon — View this family
September 15, 1856 (Age 54 years)
Birth of a grandson
#4John W Fray
1857 (Age 55 years)
Birth of a grandson
#5John Herndon
1857 (Age 55 years)
Birth of a grandson
#6Charles Edwin Higgerson
August 9, 1857 (Age 55 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#7Mary Fray
1858 (Age 56 years)
Marriage of a childGeorge Clark Herndon — Elizabeth Pope — View this family
January 26, 1858 (Age 56 years)
Birth of a grandson
#8Benjamin Thomas Herndon
July 7, 1859 (Age 57 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#9Harriett Elizabeth Herndon
1859 (Age 57 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#10Martha Ellen Higgerson
August 11, 1859 (Age 57 years)
Death of a grandsonCharles Edwin Higgerson
February 21, 1860 (Age 58 years)
Death of a granddaughterMartha Ellen Higgerson
March 30, 1860 (Age 58 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#11Martha E Herndon
April 1860 (Age 58 years)
Census August 23, 1860 (Age 58 years)
Birth of a grandson
#12Emmett Lee Higgerson
June 9, 1861 (Age 59 years)
Death of a sonHenry Green Herndon
September 16, 1861 (Age 59 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#13Anna Brown Herndon
1862 (Age 60 years)
Birth of a grandson
#14Henry G Fray
1862 (Age 60 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#15Lucy C Herndon
1862 (Age 60 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#16Susan F Fray
1863 (Age 61 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#17Ida Belle Higgerson
August 1, 1863 (Age 61 years)
Birth of a grandson
#18William H Herndon
1864 (Age 62 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#19Elizabeth Jane “Lillie” Fray
July 15, 1865 (Age 63 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#20Effie May Higgerson
December 18, 1865 (Age 63 years)
Birth of a grandson
#21John W Herndon
1866 (Age 64 years)
Birth of a grandson
#22William Lee “Willy” Herndon
1866 (Age 64 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#23Mary Enola “Molly” Higgerson
April 1867 (Age 65 years)
Birth of a grandson
#24Lester H Herndon
1868 (Age 66 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#25Levert Herndon
1868 (Age 66 years)
Birth of a grandson
#26DeWitt C Fray
1869 (Age 67 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#27Susan Olive Higgerson
March 1870 (Age 68 years)
Birth of a grandson
#28Benjamin W Herndon
April 1870 (Age 68 years)
Census August 6, 1870 (Age 68 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#29Ella B Herndon
1871 (Age 69 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#30Katie B Fray
1871 (Age 69 years)
Birth of a grandson
#31James Jackson Higgerson
August 2, 1872 (Age 70 years)
Birth of a grandson
#32James G Herndon
1873 (Age 71 years)
Death of a husbandBenjamin Zachery Herndon
August 7, 1873 (Age 71 years)
Marriage of a childGeorge Clark Herndon — Lucinda Windsor — View this family
May 19, 1874 (Age 72 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#33Della W Herndon
1875 (Age 73 years)
Birth of a grandson
#34Benjamin Herndon Higgerson
October 18, 1875 (Age 73 years)
Death of a grandsonJames Thomas Fray
May 11, 1877 (Age 75 years)
Census June 30, 1880 (Age 78 years)
Marriage of a childWilliam James Herndon — Adelia M Turley — View this family
1882 (Age 80 years)
Death of a sonGeorge Clark Herndon
May 24, 1885 (Age 83 years)
Death August 1885 (Age 83 years)

Family with Benjamin Zachery Herndon
husband Parents George Henry Herndon Sr Elizabeth Zachery	Benjamin Zachery Herndon 1802–1873
herself Parents (unknown)	Susan Fox 1802–1885
son Family Elizabeth Pope Benjamin Thomas Herndon Anna Brown Herndon William H Herndon John W Herndon Lester H Herndon Ella B Herndon James G Herndon Lucinda Windsor	George Clark Herndon 1833–1885
daughter Family John A Fray James Thomas Fray Benjamin A Fray John W Fray Mary Fray Henry G Fray Susan F Fray Elizabeth Jane “Lillie” Fray DeWitt C Fray Katie B Fray	Martha Elizabeth Herndon 1835–1911
son Family Mary E McMahan Susan M Herndon John Herndon Harriett Elizabeth Herndon Martha E Herndon Lucy C Herndon Henry W Herndon William Lee “Willy” Herndon Ella Herndon Levert Herndon Ann Herndon Benjamin W Herndon Maud Herndon Della W Herndon Adelia M Turley	William James Herndon 1829–1912
son Family (none)	John Fox Herndon 1831–1851
daughter Family Col. Christopher Columbus Higgerson Charles Edwin Higgerson Martha Ellen Higgerson Emmett Lee Higgerson Effie May Higgerson Ida Belle Higgerson Mary Enola “Molly” Higgerson Susan Olive Higgerson James Jackson Higgerson Benjamin Herndon Higgerson	Mary Frances Herndon 1839–1920
son Family (none)	Thomas Jefferson Herndon 1839–1840
son Family (none)	Henry Green Herndon 1841–1861