The Shemwell Family

Birth January 10, 1903 28 21
Birth of a brotherMelvin Ralston Gilliam
September 30, 1906 (Age 3 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherColumbia Jane Shemwell
May 12, 1907 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a brotherWalker Gilliam
May 22, 1908 (Age 5 years)
Death of a brotherWalker Gilliam
May 25, 1908 (Age 5 years)
Census April 19, 1910 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a brotherEarl Gilliam
February 2, 1911 (Age 8 years)
Death of a brotherEarl Gilliam
February 4, 1911 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a sisterBeulah Larell Gilliam
February 22, 1913 (Age 10 years)
Birth of a sisterAlta Mae Gilliam
October 6, 1914 (Age 11 years)
Birth of a brotherWilliam Dallas Gilliam
September 7, 1917 (Age 14 years)
Birth of a brotherJames Franklin Gilliam
June 22, 1919 (Age 16 years)
Census January 12, 1920 (Age 17 years)
Census April 22, 1930 (Age 27 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherJames Lafayette Gilliam Sr.
January 28, 1933 (Age 30 years)
Census April 20, 1940 (Age 37 years)
Death of a fatherDallas Vanmeter Gilliam
December 11, 1948 (Age 45 years)
Death of a motherEvalena Lena Higgins
September 17, 1949 (Age 46 years)
Death of a brotherMelvin Ralston Gilliam
December 1, 1964 (Age 61 years)
Death December 30, 1964 (Age 61 years)
Burial

Family with parents
father Parents James Lafayette Gilliam Sr. Columbia Jane Shemwell	Dallas Vanmeter Gilliam 1874–1948
mother Parents (unknown)	Evalena Lena Higgins 1881–1949
elder sister Family M S “Doc” Francis Gilliam Francis Eva Beth Francis Rowelia Francis	Zula Gilliam 1901–1967
himself Family (none)	Bertice Austin Gilliam 1903–1964
younger brother Family Ella Pearl Porter	Melvin Ralston Gilliam 1906–1964
younger brother Family (none)	Walker Gilliam 1908–1908
younger brother Family (none)	Earl Gilliam 1911–1911
younger sister Family Joseph Morton Mayhugh Private Private Private	Beulah Larell Gilliam 1913–2008
younger sister Family Dallas Bowden Hardison Jr. Private	Alta Mae Gilliam 1914–2008
younger brother Family Helen Ruth Grise Private Private	William Dallas Gilliam 1917–2012
younger brother Family Nell Markham	James Franklin Gilliam 1919–1992