Baxter ShemwellAge: 74 years1858–1932
- Name
- Baxter Shemwell
- Given names
- Baxter
- Surname
- Shemwell
 Birth | March 12, 1858 28 19 |
 Birth of a sister | Mary Louisa Shemwell July 14, 1859 (Age 16 months) |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Death of a sister | Mary Louisa Shemwell April 7, 1860 (Age 2 years) |
 Census | July 26, 1860 (Age 2 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Nancy Jane Daniel after September 6, 1860 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a brother | William Whitehead Shemwell December 2, 1860 (Age 2 years) |
| Death of a brother | William Whitehead Shemwell December 26, 1861 (Age 3 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Edward Marcellus Shemwell October 28, 1862 (Age 4 years) |
| Death of a brother | Edward Marcellus Shemwell March 13, 1864 (Age 6 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Cora B Shemwell August 21, 1864 (Age 6 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 3 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 |
| Birth of a brother | Frederick Shemwell October 13, 1866 (Age 8 years) |
| Death of a brother | Frederick Shemwell June 23, 1867 (Age 9 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 8 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 |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 8 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Birth of a sister | Della Shemwell March 17, 1868 (Age 10 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 10 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 |
| Birth of a sister | Etta Shemwell June 30, 1870 (Age 12 years) |
| Census | August 19, 1870 (Age 12 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Joseph Hiram Thompson July 23, 1872 (Age 14 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Sara Frances Shemwell September 11, 1872 (Age 14 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Alice Shemwell August 11, 1874 (Age 16 years) |
| Death of a sister | Sara Frances Shemwell September 13, 1875 (Age 17 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Harold Shemwell August 17, 1876 (Age 18 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Mary “May” Shemwell April 12, 1877 (Age 19 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 19 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Census | June 4, 1880 (Age 22 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Odell Shemwell August 5, 1880 (Age 22 years) |
| Death of a father | Dr. Obediah Marcellus Shemwell October 25, 1880 (Age 22 years) |
 Religious marriage | Laura E Bernheim — View this family June 8, 1882 (Age 24 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Dermot Shemwell May 25, 1884 (Age 26 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Irma Loraine Shemwell December 31, 1892 (Age 34 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 40 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 |
| Census | June 1, 1900 (Age 42 years) |
| Death of a sister | Etta Shemwell January 2, 1901 (Age 42 years) Cause: typhoid fever |
| Death of a wife | Laura E Bernheim November 26, 1901 (Age 43 years) |
| Death of a brother | Odell Shemwell July 13, 1904 (Age 46 years) Address: Shemwell Home Cause: typhoid fever |
| Marriage of a child | Dermot Shemwell — Mary Cornelia “May” Foy — View this family October 18, 1905 (Age 47 years) |
| Marriage | Susannah Fitzhugh “Susan” Battaile — View this family May 1906 (Age 48 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Laura Gertrude Shemwell 1907 (Age 48 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Irma Loraine Shemwell July 1, 1908 (Age 50 years) Cause: typhoid fever |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Irma Shemwell September 1, 1908 (Age 50 years) |
| Death of a granddaughter | Irma Shemwell August 1, 1909 (Age 51 years) |
| Census | April 15, 1910 (Age 52 years) Address: Ward 6 |
| Birth of a son #3 | LTC Everard Baxter Shemwell November 22, 1911 (Age 53 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Mary Foy Shemwell February 10, 1912 (Age 53 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | Dermot “Bud” Shemwell Jr. March 17, 1915 (Age 57 years) |
| Death of a mother | Sarah Elizabeth “Sally” Thompson February 21, 1916 (Age 57 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #5 | Infant Daughter Shemwell July 6, 1916 (Age 58 years) |
| Death of a granddaughter | Infant Daughter Shemwell July 6, 1916 (Age 58 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 57 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 58 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 |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 59 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/ |
| Census | January 1920 (Age 61 years) |
| Death of a sister | Della Shemwell April 7, 1923 (Age 65 years) Cause: stroke Note: Death Certificate says "single" |
| Death of a wife | Susannah Fitzhugh “Susan” Battaile February 17, 1924 (Age 65 years) Cause: Cancer |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 71 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 |
| Census | April 1930 (Age 72 years) |
 Death | May 31, 1932 (Age 74 years) Cause of death: Gun shot wound to abdomen |
| Probate | 1932 (Age 73 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Shemwell Family Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Dr. Obediah Marcellus Shemwell Birth: February 27, 1830 40 29 — North Carolina, United States Death: October 25, 1880 — Tyro, Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
| mother |
Sarah Elizabeth “Sally” Thompson Birth: June 30, 1838 28 38 — North Carolina, United States Death: February 21, 1916 — Tyro, Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: April 7, 1857 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
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11 months himself |
Baxter Shemwell Birth: March 12, 1858 28 19 — North Carolina, United States Death: May 31, 1932 — Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
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16 months younger sister |
Mary Louisa Shemwell Birth: July 14, 1859 29 21 — Tyro, Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: April 7, 1860 — Tyro, Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
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17 months younger brother |
William Whitehead Shemwell Birth: December 2, 1860 30 22 — Tyro, Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: December 26, 1861 — Tyro, Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
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23 months younger brother |
Edward Marcellus Shemwell Birth: October 28, 1862 32 24 — Tyro, Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: March 13, 1864 — Tyro, Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
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22 months younger sister |
Cora B Shemwell Birth: August 21, 1864 34 26 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: November 7, 1950 — Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
Frederick Shemwell Birth: October 13, 1866 36 28 — Tyro, Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: June 23, 1867 |
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17 months younger sister |
Della Shemwell Birth: March 17, 1868 38 29 — North Carolina, United States Death: April 7, 1923 — Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Etta Shemwell Birth: June 30, 1870 40 32 — Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: January 2, 1901 — Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Sara Frances Shemwell Birth: September 11, 1872 42 34 — Tyro, Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: September 13, 1875 — Tyro, Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
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23 months younger sister |
Alice Shemwell Birth: August 11, 1874 44 36 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: September 12, 1946 — Richmond, Virginia, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
Harold Shemwell Birth: August 17, 1876 46 38 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: January 4, 1936 — Washington, District of Columbia, United States |
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8 months younger sister |
Mary “May” Shemwell Birth: April 12, 1877 47 38 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: March 29, 1961 |
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3 years younger brother |
Odell Shemwell Birth: August 5, 1880 50 42 — Tyro, Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: July 13, 1904 — Tyro, Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
| Family with Laura E Bernheim |
| himself |
Baxter Shemwell Birth: March 12, 1858 28 19 — North Carolina, United States Death: May 31, 1932 — Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
| wife |
Laura E Bernheim Birth: October 26, 1863 — Florida, United States Death: November 26, 1901 |
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Marriage: June 8, 1882 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
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2 years son |
Dermot Shemwell Birth: May 25, 1884 26 20 — Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: January 11, 1966 — Sumter, Georgia, United States |
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9 years daughter |
Irma Loraine Shemwell Birth: December 31, 1892 34 29 — North Carolina, United States Death: July 1, 1908 — Washington, District of Columbia, United States |
| Family with Susannah Fitzhugh “Susan” Battaile |
| himself |
Baxter Shemwell Birth: March 12, 1858 28 19 — North Carolina, United States Death: May 31, 1932 — Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
| wife |
Susannah Fitzhugh “Susan” Battaile Birth: June 1, 1876 — Circleville, Williamson, Texas, United States Death: February 17, 1924 — Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: May 1906 — St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
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6 years son |
LTC Everard Baxter Shemwell Birth: November 22, 1911 53 35 — Georgia, United States Death: March 19, 1991 — Alachua, Alachua, Florida, United States |
| Edwin Heath Harman + Susannah Fitzhugh “Susan” Battaile |
| wife’s husband |
Edwin Heath Harman Death: |
| wife |
Susannah Fitzhugh “Susan” Battaile Birth: June 1, 1876 — Circleville, Williamson, Texas, United States Death: February 17, 1924 — Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: — |
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| step-son |
Fitzhugh B Harman Birth: 1898 21 — Texas, United States Death: |
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4 years step-daughter |
Maud M Harman Birth: 1901 24 — Texas, United States Death: |
Baxter Shemwell has 32 first cousins recorded
Father's family (32)
Parents James Isaac Shemwell + … …
Parents Poindexter Shemwell + Elizabeth J McClennan
Parents Alexander “Alex” Shemwell Jr. + Catharine Reed
Parents John L Reid + Louisa Shemwell
Parents Whitson Berry Shemwell + Margaret Elizabeth Oldham
Parents Casper A Owen + Charlotte Jane Shemwell
Parents Jesse H Maley + Charlotte Jane Shemwell
Parents Robert Alexander Yarborough + Margaret Shemwell
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - Dr. Obediah Marcellus Shemwell - Household
Davidson, North Carolina
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| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Dr. Obediah Marcellus Shemwell - Household
Tyro, Davidson, NC
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - Dr. Obediah Marcellus Shemwell - Household
Tyro, Davidson, NC
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Baxter Shemwell - Household
Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Everard Baxter Shemwell - Household
Highland Ave Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Everard Baxter Shemwell - Household
Lexington, Davidson, NC.
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Everard Baxter Shemwell - Household
Merrimon Rd. Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States
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