The Shemwell Family

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Harold ShemwellAge: 59 years18761936

Name
Harold Shemwell
Given names
Harold
Surname
Shemwell
Birth August 17, 1876 46 38
Birth of a sisterMary “May” Shemwell
April 12, 1877 (Age 7 months)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 16 months)

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 3 years)

Birth of a brotherOdell Shemwell
August 5, 1880 (Age 3 years)
Death of a fatherDr. Obediah Marcellus Shemwell
October 25, 1880 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 21 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
Death of a sisterEtta Shemwell
January 2, 1901 (Age 24 years)
Cause: typhoid fever
MarriageElla May DoyleView this family
July 5, 1901 (Age 24 years)
Death of a brotherOdell Shemwell
July 13, 1904 (Age 27 years)
Address: Shemwell Home
Cause: typhoid fever
Burial of a brotherOdell Shemwell
after July 13, 1904 (Age 27 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Shemwell Cemetery
MarriageSallie Borum DeyView this family
November 27, 1907 (Age 31 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1Margaret Dey Shemwell
January 28, 1909 (Age 32 years)
Death of a motherSarah Elizabeth “Sally” Thompson
February 21, 1916 (Age 39 years)

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 39 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Military
WWI Draft Registration
September 12, 1918 (Age 42 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 40 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 41 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/
Blackshere-Texas Oil Company
Newspaper
April 29, 1921 (Age 44 years)
Exonerated Hit and killed Newsboy George Mumford
Newspaper
November 2, 1922 (Age 46 years)

Death of a sisterDella Shemwell
April 7, 1923 (Age 46 years)
Cause: stroke
Note: Death Certificate says "single"
Burial of a sisterDella Shemwell
after April 7, 1923 (Age 46 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Shemwell Cemetery
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 53 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 of a brotherBaxter Shemwell
May 31, 1932 (Age 55 years)
Cause: Gun shot wound to abdomen
Birth of a granddaughter
#1Sally Forrest Lash
October 1932 (Age 56 years)
Residence 1932 (Age 55 years)
Death January 4, 1936 (Age 59 years)
Burial January 7, 1936 (3 days after death)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Fort Lincoln Cemetery
Last change November 29, 202113:56:03

by: Barry Shemwell
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: April 7, 1857Davidson, North Carolina, United States
11 months
elder brother
16 months
elder sister
Shemwell - Tyro obeliskMary Louisa Shemwell
Birth: July 14, 1859 29 21Tyro, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: April 7, 1860Tyro, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
17 months
elder brother
William Whitehead Shemwell TombtoneWilliam Whitehead Shemwell
Birth: December 2, 1860 30 22Tyro, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: December 26, 1861Tyro, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
23 months
elder brother
Edward Marcellus Small StoneEdward Marcellus Shemwell
Birth: October 28, 1862 32 24Tyro, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: March 13, 1864Tyro, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
22 months
elder sister
Cora B Shemwell
Birth: August 21, 1864 34 26Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: November 7, 1950Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States
2 years
elder brother
Shemwell - Tyro obeliskFrederick Shemwell
Birth: October 13, 1866 36 28Tyro, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: June 23, 1867
17 months
elder sister
Della Shemwell
Birth: March 17, 1868 38 29North Carolina, United States
Death: April 7, 1923Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
2 years
elder sister
Etta Shemwell
Birth: June 30, 1870 40 32Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: January 2, 1901Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
2 years
elder sister
Sara Frances Shemwell
Birth: September 11, 1872 42 34Tyro, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: September 13, 1875Tyro, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
2 years
elder sister
Alice Shemwell
Birth: August 1874 44 36North Carolina, United States
Death: 1946Richmond, Virginia, United States
2 years
himself
Family Bible Brings Tragedy HomeHarold Shemwell
Birth: August 17, 1876 46 38Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: January 4, 1936Washington, District of Columbia, United States
8 months
younger sister
3 years
younger brother
Odell Shemwell
Birth: August 5, 1880 50 42Tyro, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: July 13, 1904Tyro, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Family with Sallie Borum Dey - View this family
himself
Family Bible Brings Tragedy HomeHarold Shemwell
Birth: August 17, 1876 46 38Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: January 4, 1936Washington, District of Columbia, United States
wife
Marriage: November 27, 1907Norfolk, Virginia, United States
14 months
daughter
Margaret Dey Shemwell
Birth: January 28, 1909 32 23Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, United States
Death: May 2, 1991Brevard, Florida, United States
Family with Ella May Doyle - View this family
himself
Family Bible Brings Tragedy HomeHarold Shemwell
Birth: August 17, 1876 46 38Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: January 4, 1936Washington, District of Columbia, United States
wife
Marriage: July 5, 1901St. Joseph, Berrien, Michigan, United States

Harold Shemwell has 32 first cousins recorded