The Shemwell Family

Birth August 23, 1874 28 27
Birth of a sisterSusan Elliot Gilliam
September 7, 1875 (Age 12 months)
Birth of a sisterMary Cordelia Gilliam
October 5, 1876 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherRasmus Elden Gilliam
March 7, 1878 (Age 3 years)
Census June 21, 1880 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a sisterPruda C “Prudie” Gilliam
June 26, 1882 (Age 7 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherWilliam Green Shemwell
after May 1884 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a brotherJames Loranza Gilliam
December 1886 (Age 12 years)
Birth of a sisterNannie Cashman Gilliam
June 1889 (Age 14 years)
Birth of a sisterMamie J Gilliam
March 16, 1890 (Age 15 years)
Death of a sisterMamie J Gilliam
March 11, 1893 (Age 18 years)
MarriageEvalena Lena Higgins — View this family
about 1897 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1Zula Gilliam
February 22, 1901 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a son
#2Bertice Austin Gilliam
January 10, 1903 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a son
#3Melvin Ralston Gilliam
September 30, 1906 (Age 32 years)
Death of a motherColumbia Jane Shemwell
May 12, 1907 (Age 32 years)
Birth of a son
#4Walker Gilliam
May 22, 1908 (Age 33 years)
Death of a sonWalker Gilliam
May 25, 1908 (Age 33 years)
Census April 19, 1910 (Age 35 years)
Birth of a son
#5Earl Gilliam
February 2, 1911 (Age 36 years)
Death of a sonEarl Gilliam
February 4, 1911 (Age 36 years)
Birth of a daughter
#6Beulah Larell Gilliam
February 22, 1913 (Age 38 years)
Birth of a daughter
#7Alta Mae Gilliam
October 6, 1914 (Age 40 years)
Birth of a son
#8William Dallas Gilliam
September 7, 1917 (Age 43 years)
Military September 12, 1918 (Age 44 years)
Birth of a son
#9James Franklin Gilliam
June 22, 1919 (Age 44 years)
Census January 12, 1920 (Age 45 years)
Death of a sisterNannie Cashman Gilliam
August 15, 1924 (Age 49 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1Gilliam Francis
November 28, 1928 (Age 54 years)
Death of a grandsonGilliam Francis
November 28, 1928 (Age 54 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#2Eva Beth Francis
June 9, 1929 (Age 54 years)
Death of a granddaughterEva Beth Francis
June 10, 1929 (Age 54 years)
Census April 22, 1930 (Age 55 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#3Rowelia Francis
October 14, 1931 (Age 57 years)
Death of a fatherJames Lafayette Gilliam Sr.
January 28, 1933 (Age 58 years)
Death of a granddaughterRowelia Francis
before 1940 (Age 65 years)
Census April 20, 1940 (Age 65 years)
Death of a brotherDr. William Bennett Gilliam
October 15, 1941 (Age 67 years)
Death December 11, 1948 (Age 74 years)
Burial

Family with parents
father Parents (unknown)	James Lafayette Gilliam Sr. 1846–1933
mother Parents William Green Shemwell Susan Kerna Tabb	Columbia Jane Shemwell 1847–1907
elder brother Family (none)	Dr. William Bennett Gilliam 1872–1941
himself Family Evalena Lena Higgins Zula Gilliam Bertice Austin Gilliam Melvin Ralston Gilliam Walker Gilliam Earl Gilliam Beulah Larell Gilliam Alta Mae Gilliam William Dallas Gilliam James Franklin Gilliam	Dallas Vanmeter Gilliam 1874–1948
younger sister Family Elvy Opedia Meador Mary Hallie Meador Erie Orlin Meador Felix Randolph Meador	Susan Elliot Gilliam 1875–1954
younger sister Family John Samuel Wright	Mary Cordelia Gilliam 1876–1965
younger brother Family Ione Robinson Mary Chester Gant Paul Gant Gilliam Mary Lucille Gilliam James Hugh Gilliam Rasmus Elden Gilliam Jr. Janie Ruth Gilliam William Alfred Gilliam	Rasmus Elden Gilliam 1878–1952
younger sister Family Robert Herschel Walker George Verner Richardson Elbert V Richardson	Pruda C “Prudie” Gilliam 1882–1962
younger brother Family Nell Dawson Virginia Anne Gilliam James Vernon Gilliam Marjorie Aleen Gilliam Joe Carter Gilliam	James Loranza Gilliam 1886–1959
younger sister Family Warren L Turner Harold G Turner	Nannie Cashman Gilliam 1889–1924
younger sister Family (none)	Mamie J Gilliam 1890–1893
Family with Evalena Lena Higgins
himself Parents James Lafayette Gilliam Sr. Columbia Jane Shemwell	Dallas Vanmeter Gilliam 1874–1948
wife Parents (unknown)	Evalena Lena Higgins 1881–1949
daughter Family M S “Doc” Francis Gilliam Francis Eva Beth Francis Rowelia Francis	Zula Gilliam 1901–1967
son Family (none)	Bertice Austin Gilliam 1903–1964
son Family Ella Pearl Porter	Melvin Ralston Gilliam 1906–1964
son Family (none)	Walker Gilliam 1908–1908
son Family (none)	Earl Gilliam 1911–1911
daughter Family Joseph Morton Mayhugh Private Private Private	Beulah Larell Gilliam 1913–2008
daughter Family Dallas Bowden Hardison Jr. Private	Alta Mae Gilliam 1914–2008
son Family Helen Ruth Grise Private Private	William Dallas Gilliam 1917–2012
son Family Nell Markham	James Franklin Gilliam 1919–1992