The Shemwell Family

Birth July 16, 1829 27 27
Birth of a brotherJohn Fox Herndon
February 20, 1831 (Age 19 months)
Birth of a brotherGeorge Clark Herndon
January 28, 1833 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a sisterMartha Elizabeth Herndon
March 12, 1835 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a sisterMary Frances Herndon
April 20, 1839 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a brotherThomas Jefferson Herndon
November 11, 1839 (Age 10 years)
Death of a brotherThomas Jefferson Herndon
August 22, 1840 (Age 11 years)
Birth of a brotherHenry Green Herndon
October 14, 1841 (Age 12 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherElizabeth Zachery
1847 (Age 17 years)
Death of a brotherJohn Fox Herndon
October 28, 1851 (Age 22 years)
Religious marriageMary E McMahan — View this family
April 7, 1853 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1Susan M Herndon
1854 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a son
#2John Herndon
1857 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3Harriett Elizabeth Herndon
1859 (Age 29 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4Martha E Herndon
April 1860 (Age 30 years)
Census June 4, 1860 (Age 30 years)
Death of a brotherHenry Green Herndon
September 16, 1861 (Age 32 years)
Birth of a daughter
#5Lucy C Herndon
1862 (Age 32 years)
Birth of a son
#6William Lee “Willy” Herndon
1866 (Age 36 years)
Birth of a daughter
#7Levert Herndon
1868 (Age 38 years)
Birth of a son
#8Benjamin W Herndon
April 1870 (Age 40 years)
Census July 29, 1870 (Age 41 years)
Death of a fatherBenjamin Zachery Herndon
August 7, 1873 (Age 44 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherGeorge Henry Herndon Sr
December 20, 1874 (Age 45 years)
Birth of a daughter
#9Della W Herndon
1875 (Age 45 years)
Death of a wifeMary E McMahan
October 3, 1877 (Age 48 years)
Census June 1, 1880 (Age 50 years)
MarriageAdelia M Turley — View this family
1882 (Age 52 years)
Death of a brotherGeorge Clark Herndon
May 24, 1885 (Age 55 years)
Death of a motherSusan Fox
August 1885 (Age 56 years)
Census June 13, 1900 (Age 70 years)
Census April 19, 1910 (Age 80 years)
Death of a sisterMartha Elizabeth Herndon
March 5, 1911 (Age 81 years)
Burial of a sisterMartha Elizabeth Herndon
March 7, 1911 (Age 81 years)
Death January 3, 1912 (Age 82 years)

Family with parents
father Parents George Henry Herndon Sr Elizabeth Zachery	Benjamin Zachery Herndon 1802–1873
mother Parents (unknown)	Susan Fox 1802–1885
younger brother 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
younger sister 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
himself 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
younger brother Family (none)	John Fox Herndon 1831–1851
younger sister 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
younger brother Family (none)	Thomas Jefferson Herndon 1839–1840
younger brother Family (none)	Henry Green Herndon 1841–1861
Family with Mary E McMahan
himself Parents Benjamin Zachery Herndon Susan Fox	William James Herndon 1829–1912
wife Parents Samuel W McMahan Harriet Riddle	Mary E McMahan 1834–1877
daughter Family James Hudson R P Mathews	Susan M Herndon 1854–
son Family (none)	John Herndon 1857–
daughter Family James Clark	Harriett Elizabeth Herndon 1859–
daughter Family T M Fisher	Martha E Herndon 1860–
daughter Family … Fenwick	Lucy C Herndon 1862–
son Family (none)	Henry W Herndon –
son Family (none)	William Lee “Willy” Herndon 1866–
daughter Family (none)	Ella Herndon –
daughter Family Floyd Fleshman	Levert Herndon 1868–
daughter Family (none)	Ann Herndon –
son Family (none)	Benjamin W Herndon 1870–
daughter Family Private	Maud Herndon –
daughter Family (none)	Della W Herndon 1875–
Family with Adelia M Turley
himself Parents Benjamin Zachery Herndon Susan Fox	William James Herndon 1829–1912
wife Parents Stephen Turley Elizabeth Ruble Jones	Adelia M Turley 1827–1912
William J Harris + Adelia M Turley
wife’s husband Parents (unknown)	William J Harris –
wife Parents Stephen Turley Elizabeth Ruble Jones	Adelia M Turley 1827–1912