The Shemwell Family

Birth September 30, 1906 32 25
MarriageElla Pearl Porter — View this family
unknown
Death of a paternal grandmotherColumbia Jane Shemwell
May 12, 1907 (Age 7 months)
Birth of a brotherWalker Gilliam
May 22, 1908 (Age 19 months)
Death of a brotherWalker Gilliam
May 25, 1908 (Age 19 months)
Census April 19, 1910 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherEarl Gilliam
February 2, 1911 (Age 4 years)
Death of a brotherEarl Gilliam
February 4, 1911 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a sisterBeulah Larell Gilliam
February 22, 1913 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a sisterAlta Mae Gilliam
October 6, 1914 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a brotherWilliam Dallas Gilliam
September 7, 1917 (Age 10 years)
Birth of a brotherJames Franklin Gilliam
June 22, 1919 (Age 12 years)
Census January 12, 1920 (Age 13 years)
Census April 22, 1930 (Age 23 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherJames Lafayette Gilliam Sr.
January 28, 1933 (Age 26 years)
Death of a fatherDallas Vanmeter Gilliam
December 11, 1948 (Age 42 years)
Death of a motherEvalena Lena Higgins
September 17, 1949 (Age 42 years)
Death December 1, 1964 (Age 58 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
elder brother Family (none)	Bertice Austin Gilliam 1903–1964
himself 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
Family with Ella Pearl Porter
himself Parents Dallas Vanmeter Gilliam Evalena Lena Higgins	Melvin Ralston Gilliam 1906–1964
wife Parents (unknown)	Ella Pearl Porter 1910–2006