Mary Francis “Fanny” ShemwellAge: 84 years1844–1929
- Name
- Mary Francis “Fanny” Shemwell
- Given names
- Mary Francis
- Surname
- Shemwell
- Married name
- Mary Francis Shutt
- Nickname
- Fanny
- Also known as
- Frankie
 Birth | April 13, 1844 33 27 |
 Birth of a sister | Augustine America “Gussie” Shemwell August 9, 1846 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Christopher Columbus “Bud” Shemwell September 2, 1848 (Age 4 years) Note: or September 12, 1848 |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 20 months)Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War |
 Census | June 1, 1850 (Age 6 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Martha A “Mattie” Shemwell December 4, 1851 (Age 7 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Charles Lafayette “Fate” Shemwell May 17, 1853 (Age 9 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Marquis Delumuel “Mark” Shemwell March 13, 1856 (Age 11 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Thomas W Shemwell October 20, 1858 (Age 14 years) Note: 19 OCT 1858 ? |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Elizabeth “Betsey” Ashbourn August 1859 (Age 15 years) |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 12 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Census | June 1, 1860 (Age 16 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 16 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 |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 22 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 22 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 24 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 |
| Census | June 1, 1870 (Age 26 years) |
| Death of a mother | Elizabeth Floyd August 21, 1878 (Age 34 years) Cause: Rheumatic fever |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 33 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | James McHenry Shutt — View this family May 27, 1879 (Age 35 years) |
| Census | June 8, 1880 (Age 36 years) |
| Death of a father | James Marquis “Squire Jim” Shemwell November 4, 1880 (Age 36 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Buella Todd Shutt April 24, 1882 (Age 38 years) |
| Death of a sister | Amanda Elizabeth “Manda” Shemwell July 31, 1893 (Age 49 years) |
| Death of a sister | Martha A “Mattie” Shemwell April 27, 1896 (Age 52 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 53 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 16, 1900 (Age 56 years) |
| Death of a husband | James McHenry Shutt October 24, 1902 (Age 58 years) |
| Death of a brother | Marquis Delumuel “Mark” Shemwell May 20, 1905 (Age 61 years) |
| Census | April 15, 1910 (Age 66 years) |
| Death of a brother | Christopher Columbus “Bud” Shemwell August 30, 1914 (Age 70 years) Note: or July 31, 1914 |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | James Richardson Randolph September 22, 1914 (Age 70 years) |
| Death of a brother | Thomas W Shemwell March 19, 1916 (Age 71 years) Cause: Died in Flood |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 71 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 72 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 73 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 17, 1920 (Age 75 years) |
| Death of a sister | Almira Caroline “Carrie” Shemwell December 12, 1920 (Age 76 years) |
| Death of a sister | Augustine America “Gussie” Shemwell April 19, 1921 (Age 77 years) Cause: Senile Dementia |
| Death of a sister | Armina M “Mina” Shemwell December 28, 1928 (Age 84 years) Address: Near Sharon Grove |
 Residence | 1928 (Age 83 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 85 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 |
 Death | 1929 (Age 84 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Evergreen Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
James Marquis “Squire Jim” Shemwell Birth: October 19, 1810 35 35 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: November 4, 1880 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Elizabeth Floyd Birth: April 12, 1817 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: August 21, 1878 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: August 13, 1835 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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4 years elder sister |
Armina M “Mina” Shemwell Birth: February 9, 1839 28 21 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: December 28, 1928 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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1 year elder sister |
Amanda Elizabeth “Manda” Shemwell Birth: February 23, 1840 29 22 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: July 31, 1893 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years elder sister |
Almira Caroline “Carrie” Shemwell Birth: March 31, 1842 31 24 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: December 12, 1920 — Perry, Noble, Oklahoma, United States |
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2 years herself |
Mary Francis “Fanny” Shemwell Birth: April 13, 1844 33 27 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: 1929 — Monticello, Wayne, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Augustine America “Gussie” Shemwell Birth: August 9, 1846 35 29 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: April 19, 1921 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
Christopher Columbus “Bud” Shemwell Birth: September 2, 1848 37 31 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: August 30, 1914 — Walla Walla, Washington, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Martha A “Mattie” Shemwell Birth: December 4, 1851 41 34 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: April 27, 1896 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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17 months younger brother |
Charles Lafayette “Fate” Shemwell Birth: May 17, 1853 42 36 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: April 17, 1942 — Walla Walla, Washington, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Marquis Delumuel “Mark” Shemwell Birth: March 13, 1856 45 38 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: May 20, 1905 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Thomas W Shemwell Birth: October 20, 1858 48 41 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: March 19, 1916 — Walla Walla, Washington, United States |
| Family with James McHenry Shutt |
| husband |
James McHenry Shutt Birth: June 22, 1843 — Kentucky, United States Death: October 24, 1902 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
| herself |
Mary Francis “Fanny” Shemwell Birth: April 13, 1844 33 27 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: 1929 — Monticello, Wayne, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: May 27, 1879 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Buella Todd Shutt Birth: April 24, 1882 38 38 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: |
| James McHenry Shutt + Matilda C Bivin |
| husband |
James McHenry Shutt Birth: June 22, 1843 — Kentucky, United States Death: October 24, 1902 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
| husband’s wife |
Matilda C Bivin Birth: January 15, 1845 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: May 14, 1878 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: August 28, 1862 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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14 months step-daughter |
Laura A Shutt Birth: October 19, 1863 20 18 Death: January 11, 1901 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years step-son |
Charles M Shutt Birth: 1866 22 20 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: |
Mary Francis “Fanny” Shemwell has 4 first cousins recorded
Father's family (4)
Parents Joseph Stewart Carneal + Lucinda Ashbourn Shemwell
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1850 United States - Census transcript - James Marquis Shemwell - Household
Page 264A Todd, Kentucky, USA
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| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - James Marquis Shemwell - Household
Todd, Ky.
Notes: The names are wrong and hard to read, dates are off by +/- 2 yrs. It has an LP Shemwell that I believe to be Fate, there was a Louis P b. 1850 in the database I deleted. -B | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - James Marquis Shemwell - Household
Sharon Dist. Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, USA
Notes: 2 doors down from William H. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - James McHenry Shutt - Household
Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - James McHenry Shutt - Household
Greenville Twp, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Mary Francis “Fanny” Shemwell - Household
Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Jesse R Randolph - Household
Cloverport, Breckinridge, Kentucky, United States
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