The Shemwell Family

Birth June 30, 1833 23 22
Birth of a brotherJacob Parke
June 25, 1835 (Age 23 months)
Birth of a brotherBazel Perry Parke
July 12, 1838 (Age 5 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherAnn “Nancy” Shemwell
about 1840 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a sisterSarah “Sally” Parke
April 16, 1841 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a sisterDelilah Parke
February 25, 1843 (Age 9 years)
Death of a motherMary “Polly” Hacket
April 26, 1844 (Age 10 years)
Death of a brotherBazel Perry Parke
August 13, 1844 (Age 11 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherJames Parke Sr.
before 1846 (Age 12 years)
Marriage of a parentElbert Taylor Parke Sr. — Polly Ann Tharp — View this family
December 27, 1846 (Age 13 years)
Birth of a half-brotherElbert Taylor Parke Jr.
March 31, 1848 (Age 14 years)
Birth of a half-sisterPolly Ann Parke
August 10, 1850 (Age 17 years)
Census December 19, 1850 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a half-sisterNancy Jane Parke
April 2, 1852 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a half-brotherOliver Hazzard “Perry” Parke
March 20, 1854 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a half-sisterLydia Leoma Parke
April 18, 1856 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a half-sisterViola Alverda Parke
August 15, 1858 (Age 25 years)
MarriageMargaret Woodworth — View this family
December 23, 1858 (Age 25 years)
Birth of a son
#1James Elbert Parke
October 8, 1859 (Age 26 years)
Death of a half-sisterLydia Leoma Parke
December 11, 1860 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2Mary Emoline Parke
May 30, 1861 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a son
#3Seth Thomas Parke
February 11, 1866 (Age 32 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4Margaret Jane Parke
December 7, 1868 (Age 35 years)
Census June 1, 1870 (Age 36 years)
Birth of a daughter
#5Elizabeth Ann Parke
February 20, 1871 (Age 37 years)
Death of a brotherJacob Parke
May 11, 1874 (Age 40 years)
Birth of a daughter
#6Delilah Rose “Lila” Parke
November 23, 1875 (Age 42 years)
Death of a wifeMargaret Woodworth
November 3, 1878 (Age 45 years)
Census June 23, 1880 (Age 46 years)
Death of a daughterMary Emoline Parke
September 2, 1886 (Age 53 years)
Marriage of a childWilliam Anderson Cowel — Margaret Jane Parke — View this family
estimated 1890 (Age 56 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1Margaret Jane Cowel
November 11, 1891 (Age 58 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#2Bessie Irene Cowel
September 6, 1893 (Age 60 years)
Birth of a grandson
#3Curtis Norman Cowel
January 28, 1896 (Age 62 years)
Marriage of a childWalter Irving Cowel — Delilah Rose “Lila” Parke — View this family
February 28, 1898 (Age 64 years)
Death of a fatherElbert Taylor Parke Sr.
March 28, 1898 (Age 64 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#4Bertha Leona “Bertie” Cowel
August 18, 1899 (Age 66 years)
Census June 1, 1900 (Age 66 years)
Birth of a grandson
#5Harry Anderson Cowel
September 28, 1902 (Age 69 years)
Death of a half-sisterNancy Jane Parke
February 16, 1905 (Age 71 years)
Census May 17, 1910 (Age 76 years)
Death October 4, 1912 (Age 79 years)

Family with parents
father Parents James Parke Sr. Ann “Nancy” Shemwell	Elbert Taylor Parke Sr. 1809–1898
mother Parents (unknown)	Mary “Polly” Hacket 1811–1844
himself Family Margaret Woodworth James Elbert Parke Mary Emoline Parke Seth Thomas Parke Margaret Jane Parke Elizabeth Ann Parke Delilah Rose “Lila” Parke	Curtis Parke 1833–1912
younger brother Family Mary E Gatewood William Marion Francis Parke	Jacob Parke 1835–1874
younger brother Family (none)	Bazel Perry Parke 1838–1844
younger sister Family George Washington Crawley	Sarah “Sally” Parke 1841–1927
younger sister Family (none)	Delilah Parke 1843–1925
Father’s family with Polly Ann Tharp
father Parents James Parke Sr. Ann “Nancy” Shemwell	Elbert Taylor Parke Sr. 1809–1898
step-mother Parents (unknown)	Polly Ann Tharp 1817–1904
half-brother Family Emma A Overman	Elbert Taylor Parke Jr. 1848–1916
half-sister Family Benjamin Franklin “Frank” Ramey Elbert Thornton Ramey Dr. William Taylor Ramey	Polly Ann Parke 1850–1922
half-sister Family Brown G Searl Alice Alverda “Allie” Searl	Nancy Jane Parke 1852–1905
half-brother Family Ester Lena Overman	Oliver Hazzard “Perry” Parke 1854–1936
half-sister Family (none)	Lydia Leoma Parke 1856–1860
half-sister Family Frank J Phillips Claud Marquis Phillips John Elbert Phillips	Viola Alverda Parke 1858–1948
Family with Margaret Woodworth
himself Parents Elbert Taylor Parke Sr. Mary “Polly” Hacket	Curtis Parke 1833–1912
wife Parents (unknown)	Margaret Woodworth 1838–1878
son Family Elizabeth Wiggins	James Elbert Parke 1859–1939
daughter Family Walter Crow	Mary Emoline Parke 1861–1886
son Family Margaret Romancy Vail	Seth Thomas Parke 1866–1952
daughter Family William Anderson Cowel Margaret Jane Cowel Bessie Irene Cowel Curtis Norman Cowel Harry Anderson Cowel	Margaret Jane Parke 1868–1948
daughter Family (none)	Elizabeth Ann Parke 1871–1951
daughter Family Walter Irving Cowel Bertha Leona “Bertie” Cowel	Delilah Rose “Lila” Parke 1875–1966