The Shemwell Family

Birth of a sisterFrancis C Sherrod
June 5, 1873 (Age 18 months)

Birth of a sisterElizabeth “Lizzie” Sherrod
about 1877 (Age 5 years)

Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878

Historical Event

Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878

1878 (Age 6 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever

Birth of a brotherJames Samuel Sherrod
January 22, 1880 (Age 8 years)

Sharon, Todd, Kentucky, United States

Census June 18, 1880 (Age 8 years)

Shared note: 1880 United States - Census transcript - Finis Washington Sherrod - Household

1880 Sharon, Todd, KY - James M Shemwell

Death of a maternal grandfatherSamuel Shemwell
August 28, 1881 (Age 9 years)

Birth of a brotherHorace Drake Sherrod
September 5, 1885 (Age 13 years)

MarriageWiley “Buck” Shemwell — View this family
January 31, 1888 (Age 16 years)

Birth of a son
#1Noble John Shemwell
August 3, 1889 (Age 17 years)

Birth of a brotherNorwood Auston Sherrod
August 7, 1889 (Age 17 years)

Birth of a daughter
#2Delia P Shemwell
October 30, 1890 (Age 18 years)

Birth of a son
#3Melvin M Shemwell
February 8, 1893 (Age 21 years)

Death of a sonMelvin M Shemwell
March 3, 1893 (Age 21 years)

Birth of a daughter
#4Mary Betty Shemwell
February 8, 1896 (Age 24 years)

Historical Event

Spanish-American War

between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 26 years)

Cuba

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

Spanish-American War

Census June 1, 1900 (Age 28 years)

1900 Sharon, Todd, KY. - Samuel T Shemwell

Shared note: 1900 United States - Census transcript - Wiley Shemwell - Household

Birth of a daughter
#5Etta Mae Shemwell
August 29, 1900 (Age 28 years)

Birth of a daughter
#6Rose H “Rosie” Shemwell
January 11, 1903 (Age 31 years)

Birth of a daughter
#7Laurene Carrie Shemwell
January 8, 1906 (Age 34 years)

Birth of a son
#8Finis N Shemwell
February 22, 1907 (Age 35 years)

Birth of a grandson
#1Albert R Slaughter
1910 (Age 38 years)

Census May 5, 1910 (Age 38 years)

1910 Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky - Wiley Shemwell

Shared note: 1910 United States - Census transcript - Wiley “Buck” Shemwell - Household

Death of a maternal grandmotherPermelia Belinda Rickman
September 30, 1910 (Age 38 years)

Shemwell, N. J. to Cora White p1

Marriage of a childNoble John Shemwell — Cora Jane White — View this family
November 1910 (Age 38 years)

Shemwell, N. J. to Cora White p2

Birth of a granddaughter
#2Alpha Lee “Alfie” Shemwell
September 28, 1911 (Age 39 years)

Marriage of a childWalter Jackson White — Mary Betty Shemwell — View this family

Type: Religious marriage

November 24, 1912 (Age 41 years)

Marriage Record Walter White Mary Shemwell 1912

Birth of a granddaughter
#3Alma Marie Shemwell
July 6, 1913 (Age 41 years)

Birth of a granddaughter
#4Myrtie Mae White
June 9, 1914 (Age 42 years)

Birth of a grandson
#5John Wiley White
August 6, 1915 (Age 43 years)

Birth of a grandson
#6Thomas Thurman Shemwell
March 13, 1916 (Age 44 years)

Birth of a grandson
#7Roy Jackson “R J” White
September 10, 1916 (Age 44 years)

Spanish Influenza Epidemic

Historical Event

Polio Epidemic

1916 (Age 44 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1

Polio Epidemic

Marriage of a childMilburn Coy Dorris — Etta Mae Shemwell — View this family
December 24, 1917 (Age 46 years)

Historical Event

World War I

between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 45 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

World War I

Historical Event

Spanish Influenza Epidemic

1918 (Age 46 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/

Birth of a granddaughter
#8Sarah Elizabeth Shemwell
January 6, 1919 (Age 47 years)

Birth of a grandson
#9Milburn Lee Dorris
February 2, 1919 (Age 47 years)

Death of a fatherFinis Washington Sherrod
April 30, 1919 (Age 47 years)

Census January 19, 1920 (Age 48 years)

1920 Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky - Wiley Shemwell

Shared note: 1920 United States - Census transcript - Wiley “Buck” Shemwell - Household

Birth of a grandson
#10Estill Marvin Dorris
August 29, 1920 (Age 48 years)

Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States

Birth of a grandson
#11Charles Baker Dorris
July 22, 1922 (Age 50 years)

Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States

Death of a grandsonCharles Baker Dorris
February 15, 1923 (Age 51 years)

Beech Creek, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States

Charles Baker Dorris Death Certificate

Death of a granddaughterAlma Marie Shemwell
November 11, 1923 (Age 51 years)

Death of a motherElizabeth Jane “Bettie” Shemwell
August 16, 1924 (Age 52 years)

Bettie J. Sherrod death certificate

Birth of a granddaughter
#12Sue Bell Dorris
June 4, 1925 (Age 53 years)

Birth of a granddaughter
#13Helen Lee Phillips
1925 (Age 53 years)

Birth of a granddaughter
#14Violet Mae Shemwell
June 23, 1927 (Age 55 years)

Death Certificate Etta Mae Dorris 1928

Birth of a grandson
#15Paul Shemwell Phillips
1927 (Age 55 years)

Birth of a granddaughter
#16Betty Jean Shemwell
March 20, 1928 (Age 56 years)

Michigan, United States

Death of a daughterEtta Mae Shemwell
May 20, 1928 (Age 56 years)

Historical Event

The Great Depression

October 1929 (Age 57 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

The Great Depression

Birth of a grandson
#17Robert C Phillips
1930 (Age 58 years)

Birth of a granddaughter
#18Wanda Marie Shemwell
August 14, 1930 (Age 58 years)

Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States

Death of a granddaughterHelen Lee Phillips
1930 (Age 58 years)

Census April 1, 1930 (Age 58 years)

1930 Lewisburg, Logan, Ky. Frank G Shemwell

Shared note: 1930 United States - Census transcript - Wiley “Buck” Shemwell - Household

Death of a sisterNannie H Sherrod
March 15, 1934 (Age 62 years)

Nannie H. Tomerlin death certificate

Cause: myocarditis; nephritis; ruptured cerebral artery followed cardio block

Burial of a sisterNannie H Sherrod
March 17, 1934 (Age 62 years)

Gant Cemetery, Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States

Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Gant Cemetery

Nannie H Sherrod Tomerlin Marker

Marriage of a childGeorge Arnold Cole — Rose H “Rosie” Shemwell — View this family
August 23, 1934 (Age 62 years)

Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan, United States

Marriage Record George Cole Rose Shemwell 1934

Will April 4, 1938 (Age 66 years)

Mrs Wiley Shemwell Will Logan, KY 1938

Birth of a grandson
#19Danny Glenn Shemwell
July 7, 1938 (Age 66 years)

Death of a grandsonDanny Glenn Shemwell
July 7, 1938 (Age 66 years)

Census April 23, 1940 (Age 68 years)

1940 Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky - Wiley Shemwell

Shared note: 1940 United States - Census transcript - Wiley “Buck” Shemwell - Household

Death May 8, 1940 (Age 68 years)

Gant Cemetery, Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States

Burial

Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Gant Cemetery

Wiley & Sarah Shemwell tombstone

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by: Barry Shemwell

Family with parents - View this family

father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Elizabeth Jane “Bettie” Shemwell Nannie H Sherrod Sarah Permelia Sherrod Francis C Sherrod Elizabeth “Lizzie” Sherrod James Samuel Sherrod Horace Drake Sherrod Norwood Auston Sherrod Finis Washington Sherrod Birth: September 1, 1843 50 43 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: April 30, 1919 — Todd, Kentucky, United States
mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Finis Washington Sherrod Nannie H Sherrod Sarah Permelia Sherrod Francis C Sherrod Elizabeth “Lizzie” Sherrod James Samuel Sherrod Horace Drake Sherrod Norwood Auston Sherrod Elizabeth Jane “Bettie” Shemwell Birth: October 27, 1847 38 25 — Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: August 16, 1924 — Todd, Kentucky, United States
	Marriage: September 2, 1866 — Todd, Kentucky, United States
3 years elder sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse William Isom Tomerlin Lola T Tomerlin Gertrude E “Gertie” Tomerlin Oscar O Tomerlin Caskey Lewis Tomerlin Walton W Tomerlin Cora “Cokie” Tomerlin William Henry “Willie” Tomerlin Beulah Tomerlin Winford Dudley Tomerlin Nannie H Sherrod Birth: April 14, 1869 25 21 — Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: March 15, 1934 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States
3 years herself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Wiley “Buck” Shemwell Noble John Shemwell Delia P Shemwell Melvin M Shemwell Mary Betty Shemwell Etta Mae Shemwell Rose H “Rosie” Shemwell Laurene Carrie Shemwell Finis N Shemwell Sarah Permelia Sherrod Birth: November 19, 1871 28 24 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: May 8, 1940 — Todd, Kentucky, United States
19 months younger sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Rev. James Presley Cleavinger Francis C Sherrod Birth: June 5, 1873 29 25 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: January 23, 1946 — Logan, Kentucky, United States
5 years younger sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Elizabeth “Lizzie” Sherrod Birth: about 1877 33 29 — Kentucky, United States Death:
3 years younger brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Minnie Pearl Richmond Carlie Finis Sherrod Family with spouse Mattie Lou Eddings Arvin Willis Sherrod Myrtle A Sherrod Olevia Virginia Sherrod Family with spouse Maude Edomson “Maudie” Hall James Willard Sherrod James Samuel Sherrod Birth: January 22, 1880 36 32 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: June 25, 1951 — Todd, Kentucky, United States
6 years younger brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Cora Lee Foster Roy K Sherrod Coy Ray Sherrod Horace Drake Sherrod Birth: September 5, 1885 42 37 — Kentucky, United States Death: February 13, 1960 — Logan, Kentucky, United States
4 years younger brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Lissie Belle Price Norwood Auston Sherrod Birth: August 7, 1889 45 41 — Kentucky, United States Death: August 16, 1941 — Jefferson, Kentucky, United States

Family with Wiley “Buck” Shemwell - View this family

husband	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Sarah Permelia Sherrod Noble John Shemwell Delia P Shemwell Melvin M Shemwell Mary Betty Shemwell Etta Mae Shemwell Rose H “Rosie” Shemwell Laurene Carrie Shemwell Finis N Shemwell Family with spouse Ollie Ann Hildabrand Wiley “Buck” Shemwell Birth: October 5, 1869 32 21 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: December 5, 1953 — Logan, Kentucky, United States
herself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Wiley “Buck” Shemwell Noble John Shemwell Delia P Shemwell Melvin M Shemwell Mary Betty Shemwell Etta Mae Shemwell Rose H “Rosie” Shemwell Laurene Carrie Shemwell Finis N Shemwell Sarah Permelia Sherrod Birth: November 19, 1871 28 24 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: May 8, 1940 — Todd, Kentucky, United States
	Marriage: January 31, 1888 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States
18 months son	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Cora Jane White Alpha Lee “Alfie” Shemwell Alma Marie Shemwell Thomas Thurman Shemwell Sarah Elizabeth Shemwell Violet Mae Shemwell Noble John Shemwell Birth: August 3, 1889 19 17 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: January 19, 1965 — Logan, Kentucky, United States
15 months daughter	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Marcellus C “Cell” Slaughter Albert R Slaughter Delia P Shemwell Birth: October 30, 1890 21 18 — Kentucky, United States Death: July 11, 1976 — Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan, United States
2 years son	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Melvin M Shemwell Birth: February 8, 1893 23 21 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: March 3, 1893 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States
3 years daughter	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Walter Jackson White Myrtie Mae White John Wiley White Roy Jackson “R J” White Mary Betty Shemwell Birth: February 8, 1896 26 24 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: November 12, 1969
5 years daughter	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Milburn Coy Dorris Milburn Lee Dorris Estill Marvin Dorris Charles Baker Dorris Sue Bell Dorris Etta Mae Shemwell Birth: August 29, 1900 30 28 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: May 20, 1928
2 years daughter	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Family with spouse George Arnold Cole Rose H “Rosie” Shemwell Birth: January 11, 1903 33 31 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: August 24, 1984
3 years daughter	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Zelma Lee Phillips Helen Lee Phillips Paul Shemwell Phillips Robert C Phillips Laurene Carrie Shemwell Birth: January 8, 1906 36 34 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: May 7, 1980
13 months son	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Mary Virginia Snead Betty Jean Shemwell Wanda Marie Shemwell Danny Glenn Shemwell Finis N Shemwell Birth: February 22, 1907 37 35 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: February 2, 2004 — Kettering, Montgomery, Ohio, United States

Wiley “Buck” Shemwell + Ollie Ann Hildabrand - View this family

husband	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Sarah Permelia Sherrod Noble John Shemwell Delia P Shemwell Melvin M Shemwell Mary Betty Shemwell Etta Mae Shemwell Rose H “Rosie” Shemwell Laurene Carrie Shemwell Finis N Shemwell Family with spouse Ollie Ann Hildabrand Wiley “Buck” Shemwell Birth: October 5, 1869 32 21 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: December 5, 1953 — Logan, Kentucky, United States
husband’s wife	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Wiley “Buck” Shemwell Ollie Ann Hildabrand Birth: June 8, 1878 26 23 — Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: October 6, 1967 — Logan, Kentucky, United States
	Marriage: after 1948 —

Sarah Permelia Sherrod has 19 first cousins recorded

Father's family (6)

Parents Leander Montgomery Glenn + Elizabeth Rachel Sherrod

1George F Glenn1856–1874

2James William “Jimmy” Glenn1858–1930

3Miles Glenn1860–

4Mary Nancy “Nannie” Glenn1864–1936

5Betty Edmonson Glenn–1908

Parents Allbrittain “Brit” Sherrod + Sarah …

1Vernon S Sherrod1878–

Mother's family (13)

Parents James Marcus Shemwell + Penelope Frances “Fanny” Coursey

1Alice Malone Shemwell1869–1937

2Samuel Anderson Shemwell1873–1950

3Susan Earl Shemwell1879–1963

4Jeffery Tood Shemwell1881–1905

Parents William Alexander Shemwell + Virginia Cordelia “Jennie” Brockman

1Lieu A Shemwell1864–1864

2James Harvey Shemwell1865–1935

3William David Shemwell1869–1915

4Lillian Belle “Lily” Shemwell1876–1932

5Walter Winston Shemwell Sr.1878–1963

6Bescelia Norine “Bessie” Shemwell1883–1964

7Clarence Shemwell1886–1887

8… Shemwell1887–

9Caroline O “Carrie” Shemwell1887–1966

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Census

1880 United States - Census transcript - Finis Washington Sherrod - Household

Sharon, Todd, KY

Name	Color	Sex	Age	Mon	Relation	Cond	Occupation	BP	FBP	MBP
Finis W Sherrod	W	M	39		head	M	Farmer	KY	KY	SC
Betty J Sherrod	W	F	35		wife	M	Keeping House	KY	KY	TN
Nannie H Sherrod	W	F	11		daughter	S		KY	KY	KY
Permelia Sherrod	W	F	8		daughter	S		KY	KY	KY
Francis G Sherrod	W	F	6		daughter	S		KY	KY	KY
Lizzie C Sherrod	W	F	3		daughter	S		KY	KY	KY
James S T Sherrod	W	M	4m	Jan	son	S		KY	KY	KY

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1900 United States - Census transcript - Wiley Shemwell - Household

Sharon Grove, Todd, Ky.

Name	Relation	Race	Sex	DOB	Age	MC	YrsM	ChB	ChL	BP	FBP	MBP	Occupation
Wiley Shemwell	head	W	M	Oct 1869	30	S	11	-	-	KY	KY	KY	Teamster
Sarah P Sherrod	wife	W	F	Nov 1871	28	M	11	4	3	KY	KY	KY
Noble J Shemwell	son	W	M	Aug 1889	10	S	-	-	-	KY	KY	KY	Farm laborer
Delia P Shemwell	daughter	W	F	Nov 1890	9	S	-	-	-	KY	KY	KY
Mary B Shemwell	daughter	W	F	Feb 1896	4	S	-	-	-	KY	KY	KY

Census

1910 United States - Census transcript - Wiley “Buck” Shemwell - Household

Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky

Name	Relation	Sex	Race	Age	Cond	Marr	CHB	CHL	BP	FBP	MBP	Occupation	Ind
Shemwell, Wiley	head	M	W	40	M1	22			KY	KY	KY	Farmer	General farm
Shemwell, Sarah P	wife	F	W	38	M1	22	8	7	KY	KY	KY
Shemwell, Noble J	son	M	W	20	S				KY	KY	KY	Farm laborer	Home farm
Shemwell, Mary B	daughter	F	W	14	S				KY	KY	KY
Shemwell, Etta M	daughter	F	W	9	S				KY	KY	KY
Shemwell, Rosie H	daughter	F	W	7	S				KY	KY	KY
Shemwell, Laurene C	daughter	F	W	4	S				KY	KY	KY
Shemwell, Finis N	son	M	W	3	S				KY	KY	KY
Tabb, Leslie	hired hand	M	W		S				KY	KY	KY	Farm hand	Working out

Census

1920 United States - Census transcript - Wiley “Buck” Shemwell - Household

Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky

Name	Relation	Sex	Race	Age	Condition	BP	FBP	MBP	Occupation	Ind
Shemwell, Wiley	head	M	W	50	M	KY	KY	KY	Farmer	General farm
Shemwell, Mealy	wife	F	W	48	M	KY	KY	KY
Shemwell, Rosa	daughter	F	W	17	S	KY	KY	KY
Shemwell, Laurene	daughter	F	W	14	S	KY	KY	KY
Shemwell, Finis	son	M	W	12	S	KY	KY	KY
Moore, Nora	boarder	F	W	26	D	KY	KY	KY	Seamstress	Overall Factory
Key, Agatha	boarder	F	W	5	S	KY	KY	KY

Census

1930 United States - Census transcript - Wiley “Buck” Shemwell - Household

Russellville & Greenville Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky

Name	Relation	Home	V/R	Radio	Farm	Sex	Race	Age	Cond	AM	School	R/W	BP	FBP	MBP	Lang	Imm	Nat	Eng	Occupation	Industry	Code	Emp	Work	Unemp	Vet	War
Shemwell, Wiley	head					M	W	60	M	18			KY	KY	KY					Farmer	General farm
Shemwell, Sherrod P	wife					F	W	58	M	16			KY	KY	KY

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