The Shemwell Family

Alexander Taylor ShemwellAge: 68 years18491917

Name
Alexander Taylor Shemwell
Given names
Alexander Taylor
Surname
Shemwell
Birth March 4, 1849 24 18
Census September 18, 1850 (Age 18 months)
Birth of a brotherJohn William Shemwell
August 13, 1851 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherSylvester Penic Shemwell
June 20, 1854 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a sisterAnna Elizabeth “Annie” Shemwell
August 30, 1859 (Age 10 years)
Census June 1, 1860 (Age 11 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherDavid Tinsley Lee
1861 (Age 11 years)
Birth of a sisterSarah M “Sallie” Shemwell
May 1862 (Age 13 years)
Note: or 1863
Birth of a sisterMary Louisa Shemwell
April 20, 1864 (Age 15 years)
Birth of a sisterLouisa Shemwell
1868 (Age 18 years)
Death of a sisterLouisa Shemwell
August 1869 (Age 20 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherWilliam Shemwell
after July 1870 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a sisterLouella “Lula” Carrie Shemwell
September 25, 1871 (Age 22 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherMary Gorrell
August 22, 1873 (Age 24 years)
Census June 1, 1880 (Age 31 years)
Death of a motherLouisa M Lee
October 28, 1886 (Age 37 years)
MarriageMelvina Pamelia ThompsonView this family
October 1889 (Age 40 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1Gertrude Shemwell
September 23, 1890 (Age 41 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2Alta M Shemwell
August 1892 (Age 43 years)
Birth of a son
#3George Alexander Shemwell
January 3, 1894 (Age 44 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4Ruth Shemwell
July 16, 1896 (Age 47 years)
Birth of a son
#5Robert Levi Shemwell
February 8, 1898 (Age 48 years)

Census June 16, 1900 (Age 51 years)
Death of a sonRobert Levi Shemwell
August 1, 1901 (Age 52 years)

Cause: Dysentery
Death of a sisterSarah M “Sallie” Shemwell
1901 (Age 51 years)

Occupation
Owner City Hotel
between 1903 and 1906 (Age 53 years)
Land Trade
Land Trade
February 1903 (Age 53 years)

Note: Traded land for City Hotel from Amos O'Neal
Death of a fatherGeorge Morton Shemwell
July 29, 1904 (Age 55 years)
Civic Office Village Trustee
Trustee
1904 (Age 54 years)
Death of a daughterGertrude Shemwell
November 22, 1908 (Age 59 years)
Cause: Pneumonia - Typhoid Fever
Census April 18, 1910 (Age 61 years)
Death of a brotherWilliam David Shemwell
August 26, 1913 (Age 64 years)
Address: Confederate Home
Cause: Cancer of the Liver
Marriage of a childLloyd Leeland LewisRuth ShemwellView this family
Type: Religious marriage
November 23, 1915 (Age 66 years)
Death July 24, 1917 (Age 68 years)
Cause of death: Tuberculosis
Burial July 26, 1917 (2 days after death)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Lamine Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: September 15, 1845Logan, Kentucky, United States
11 months
elder brother
3 years
himself
2 years
younger brother
3 years
younger brother
5 years
younger sister
3 years
younger sister
2 years
younger sister
5 years
younger sister
Louisa Shemwell
Birth: 1868 43 37Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: August 1869Cooper, Missouri, United States
4 years
younger sister
Family with Melvina Pamelia Thompson - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: October 1889Missouri, United States
1 year
daughter
Gertrude Shemwell
Birth: September 23, 1890 41 36Lamine, Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: November 22, 1908Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States
23 months
daughter
17 months
son
George Alexander Shemwell
Birth: January 3, 1894 44 39Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: February 6, 1960Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States
3 years
daughter
Ruth Shemwell
Birth: July 16, 1896 47 42Missouri, United States
Death: January 9, 1969Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States
19 months
son
Charles Dimock Wassell + Melvina Pamelia Thompson - View this family
wife’s husband
wife
Marriage: June 8, 1876Randolph, Illinois, United States
10 months
step-daughter
Emily “Emma” Wassell
Birth: April 4, 1877 25 22Red Bud, Randolph, Illinois, United States
Death: June 25, 1956Marshall, Saline, Missouri, United States
21 months
step-daughter
Nancy Lee “Nannie” Wassell
Birth: December 23, 1878 26 24Nashville, Washington, Illinois, United States
Death: March 27, 1964Marshall, Saline, Missouri, United States
19 months
step-son
19 months
step-daughter

Alexander Taylor Shemwell has 33 first cousins recorded

Census1850 United States - Census transcript - George Morton Shemwell - Household

Logan, Kentucky

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
George M Shemwellhead26MWFarmerKY
Louisa M Shemwellwife18FWKY
William D Shemwellson3MWKY
Alexander Shemwellson1MWKY

District 2

Census1860 United States - Census transcript - George Morton Shemwell - Household

Georgetown Post Office Bowling Green Township, Pettis, Missouri, United States

NameAgeSexRaceOccupationAssetsBirthplaceMmthEduInfirm
George M. Shemwell33MWFarmer400KY
Louisa Shemwell28FWKY
William D. Shemwell13MWKY
Alexander Shemwell11MWKY
John Shemwell8MWKY
Sylvester Shemwell6MWMO
Ann Eliza Shemwell9mFWMO
William Shemwell60MWNC
Mary Shemwell58FWVA

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - George Morton Shemwell - Household

Lamine, Cooper, Missouri

NameRaceSexAgeBmthRelationMCYrsMOccupationHealthMnsUEduEng?BPFBPMBP
G M ShemwellWM56headMMFarmerKYNCVA
Louisa ShemwellWF50wifeMMKeeping houseKYKYKY
A T ShemwellWM32sonSSFarm laborerKYKYKY
Mary ShemwellWF14daughterSSAt homeMOKYKY
Louella ShemwellWF9daughterSSMOKYKY
Rosie ShemwellWF6grand-daughterSSMOKYMO
John ShemwellWM28sonSWDCarpenterKYKYKY

Text: Living with grandparents, George Morton and Louisa Shemwell, and father, John William Shemwell. Madora Cramer Shemwell, mother, had died.

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Alexander Taylor Shemwell - Household

Lamine Township, Lamine Village, Cooper, MO.

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Taylor ShemwellheadWMMar184951M10KYKYKYFarmer
Armelia M ShemwellwifeWFMay185446M10109KYKYKY
Gertrude ShemwelldaughterWFSep18909SMOKYKY
Alta M ShemwelldaughterWFAug18927SMOKYKY
George A ShemwellsonWMJan18946SMOKYKY
Ruth ShemwelldaughterWFJul18963SMOKYKY
Levi R ShemwellsonWMFeb18982SMOKYKY
Nancy L Vassellstep daughterWFDec187821SILILIL
Warren T Vassellstep sonWMJul188019SILILILFarm Laborer
Lola V Vassellstep daughterWFFeb188218SILILIL

Land Trade
Traded land for City Hotel from Amos O'Neal
Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Alexander Taylor Shemwell - Household

Railroad Ave Blackwater Cooper MO.

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Alexander Taylor ShemwellheadMW61M120KYKYKYLandlordHotel
Permeliia J ShemwellwifeFW56M220107ILILKY
Alta M ShemwelldaughterFW17SMOKYIL
George A ShemwellsonMW16SMOKYIL
Ruth ShemwelldaughterFW14SMOKYIL
Nannie WasselFW28SILILILSeamstessAt Home