William David ShemwellAge: 67 years1846–1913
- Name
- William David Shemwell
- Given names
- William David
- Surname
- Shemwell
 Birth | August 22, 1846 22 16 |
 Birth of a brother | Alexander Taylor Shemwell March 4, 1849 (Age 2 years) |
 Census | 1850 (Age 3 years) Address: District 2 |
| Birth of a brother | John William Shemwell August 13, 1851 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Sylvester Penic Shemwell June 20, 1854 (Age 7 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Anna Elizabeth “Annie” Shemwell August 30, 1859 (Age 13 years) |
| Census | June 1, 1860 (Age 13 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | David Tinsley Lee 1861 (Age 14 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Sarah M “Sallie” Shemwell May 1862 (Age 15 years) Note: or 1863 |
| Military service | Missouri 14th Cavalry Battalion CSA between 1864 and 1865 (Age 17 years)Note: Wood's Partisan Rangers Co. I Fought at battle of Westport, Wounded at Battle of Mine Creek in October 1864 in SE Kansas. Listed on surrender roles May 1865 (Shreveport and New Orleans) as having been transferred to 10th Missouri Inf. Co. B |
| Birth of a sister | Mary Louisa Shemwell April 20, 1864 (Age 17 years) |
 Religious marriage | Lucy Elizabeth Platt — View this family October 8, 1867 (Age 21 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | William Standard Shemwell September 7, 1868 (Age 22 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Louisa Shemwell 1868 (Age 21 years) |
| Death of a sister | Louisa Shemwell August 1869 (Age 22 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Ida Mae Shemwell November 29, 1869 (Age 23 years) |
| Census | June 1, 1870 (Age 23 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | William Shemwell after July 1870 (Age 23 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | Solon Underwood Shemwell June 12, 1871 (Age 24 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Louella “Lula” Carrie Shemwell September 25, 1871 (Age 25 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | Edward Lee Shemwell February 15, 1873 (Age 26 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Mary Gorrell August 22, 1873 (Age 27 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #5 | Elma Medora Shemwell June 5, 1875 (Age 28 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Elma Medora Shemwell April 30, 1876 (Age 29 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #6 | Anna Margaret “Maggie” Shemwell June 3, 1878 (Age 31 years) |
| Birth of a son #7 | John Morton “Jack” Shemwell March 5, 1880 (Age 33 years) |
| Census | June 2, 1880 (Age 33 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #8 | Dovie Myrtle Shemwell July 26, 1882 (Age 35 years) |
| Birth of a son #9 | Henry Andrew “Boss” Shemwell September 30, 1884 (Age 38 years) |
| Death of a mother | Louisa M Lee October 28, 1886 (Age 40 years) |
| Birth of a son #10 | Infant Shemwell August 4, 1887 (Age 40 years) |
| Death of a son | Infant Shemwell August 4, 1887 (Age 40 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Wesley P Edwards — Ida Mae Shemwell — View this family Type: Religious marriage March 28, 1889 (Age 42 years)Address: Bride's Residence |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Byron Edwards May 8, 1890 (Age 43 years) |
| Marriage of a child | William Standard Shemwell — Penelope Thompson “Nellie” Bingham — View this family November 5, 1890 (Age 44 years) |
| Birth of a son #11 | Robert Carter Shemwell July 7, 1891 (Age 44 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Ralph Bingham Shemwell October 22, 1891 (Age 45 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Elsie Mae Edwards 1892 (Age 45 years) |
| Death of a son | Robert Carter Shemwell January 2, 1892 (Age 45 years) |
| Death of a son | Solon Underwood Shemwell December 29, 1892 (Age 46 years) Cause: Consumption |
| Marriage of a child | Edward Lee Shemwell — Alma M Cockrell — View this family September 11, 1893 (Age 47 years) Note: Recorder's Office |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | Robert Solon Edwards April 3, 1894 (Age 47 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #5 | Ruth Valdenar Shemwell May 18, 1894 (Age 47 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #6 | Mary Elizabeth Shemwell November 1894 (Age 48 years) |
| Marriage of a child | John William Gorrell — Anna Margaret “Maggie” Shemwell — View this family Type: Religious marriage February 25, 1896 (Age 49 years)Address: At the home of the bride's parents |
| Birth of a grandson #7 | John Wesley Edwards August 25, 1896 (Age 50 years) |
| Death of a son | Edward Lee Shemwell December 7, 1896 (Age 50 years) Cause: Consumption |
| Birth of a grandson #8 | William Ray Shemwell December 2, 1897 (Age 51 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Anna Margaret “Maggie” Shemwell October 13, 1898 (Age 52 years) |
| Death of a granddaughter | Elsie Mae Edwards 1899 (Age 52 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #9 | Charles McClellan “Charlie” Shemwell February 22, 1900 (Age 53 years) |
| Census | June 23, 1900 (Age 53 years) |
| Marriage of a child | John Morton “Jack” Shemwell — Ida Jones — View this family January 1, 1901 (Age 54 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Everett Nunn — Dovie Myrtle Shemwell — View this family Type: Religious marriage January 24, 1901 (Age 54 years) |
| Death of a sister | Sarah M “Sallie” Shemwell 1901 (Age 54 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #10 | Virginia Juanita Shemwell about 1902 (Age 55 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #11 | Myrtle Nunn 1902 (Age 55 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Dovie Myrtle Shemwell March 29, 1902 (Age 55 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #12 | Herbert Alexander Shemwell May 27, 1902 (Age 55 years) |
| Death of a granddaughter | Myrtle Nunn June 26, 1902 (Age 55 years) Cause: Cholera |
| Death of a father | George Morton Shemwell July 29, 1904 (Age 57 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #13 | Rachel Kibler Shemwell August 29, 1906 (Age 60 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #14 | Jewell Morton Shemwell October 28, 1907 (Age 61 years) |
| Marriage of a child | George Alonzo Thomas — Ida Mae Shemwell — View this family October 1907 (Age 61 years) |
| Marriage of a child | John Morton “Jack” Shemwell — Attie G Speece — View this family November 9, 1907 (Age 61 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #15 | Arvin Owen “Buster” Shemwell September 24, 1908 (Age 62 years) |
 Occupation | Carpenter |
 News item | Newspaper October 1908 (Age 62 years)Note: In Chouteau blding frnt on home. |
| Census | April 19, 1910 (Age 63 years) |
| Admitted | Confederate Home January 29, 1911 (Age 64 years)Note: Confederate Home Higginsville, Missouri |
| Death of a son | Henry Andrew “Boss” Shemwell September 26, 1911 (Age 65 years) Cause: Tuberculosis |
| Burial of a son | Henry Andrew “Boss” Shemwell September 28, 1911 (Age 65 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Arrow Rock Cemetery |
| Marriage of a child | John Morton “Jack” Shemwell — Maude D Carey — View this family Type: Civil marriage December 18, 1911 (Age 65 years) |
| Death of a grandson | Ralph Bingham Shemwell February 4, 1913 (Age 66 years) Cause: Tuberculosis |
 Death | August 26, 1913 (Age 67 years) Address: Confederate Home Cause of death: Cancer of the Liver |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Arrow Rock Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
George Morton Shemwell Birth: August 1824 24 22 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: July 29, 1904 — Higginsville, Lafayette, Missouri, United States |
| mother |
Louisa M Lee Birth: July 21, 1830 29 28 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: October 28, 1886 — Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: September 15, 1845 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
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11 months himself |
William David Shemwell Birth: August 22, 1846 22 16 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: August 26, 1913 — Higginsville, Lafayette, Missouri, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Alexander Taylor Shemwell Birth: March 4, 1849 24 18 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: July 24, 1917 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
John William Shemwell Birth: August 13, 1851 27 21 — Kentucky, United States Death: December 22, 1934 — Houston, Harris, Texas, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Sylvester Penic Shemwell Birth: June 20, 1854 29 23 — Pettis, Missouri, United States Death: March 10, 1936 — Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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5 years younger sister |
Anna Elizabeth “Annie” Shemwell Birth: August 30, 1859 35 29 — Pettis, Missouri, United States Death: October 22, 1934 — Howell, Missouri, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Sarah M “Sallie” Shemwell Birth: May 1862 37 31 — Missouri, United States Death: 1901 |
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2 years younger sister |
Mary Louisa Shemwell Birth: April 20, 1864 39 33 — Missouri, United States Death: 1948 — Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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5 years younger sister |
Louisa Shemwell Birth: 1868 43 37 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: August 1869 — Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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4 years younger sister |
Louella “Lula” Carrie Shemwell Birth: September 25, 1871 47 41 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: January 15, 1922 — Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States |
| Family with Lucy Elizabeth Platt |
| himself |
William David Shemwell Birth: August 22, 1846 22 16 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: August 26, 1913 — Higginsville, Lafayette, Missouri, United States |
| wife |
Lucy Elizabeth Platt Birth: August 17, 1849 35 16 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: March 11, 1929 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: October 8, 1867 — |
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11 months son |
William Standard Shemwell Birth: September 7, 1868 22 19 — Missouri, United States Death: March 29, 1953 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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15 months daughter |
Ida Mae Shemwell Birth: November 29, 1869 23 20 — Missouri, United States Death: August 5, 1959 — Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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18 months son |
Solon Underwood Shemwell Birth: June 12, 1871 24 21 — Lamine, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: December 29, 1892 — Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States |
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20 months son |
Edward Lee Shemwell Birth: February 15, 1873 26 23 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: December 7, 1896 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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2 years daughter |
Elma Medora Shemwell Birth: June 5, 1875 28 25 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: April 30, 1876 — Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Anna Margaret “Maggie” Shemwell Birth: June 3, 1878 31 28 Death: October 13, 1898 — Missouri, United States |
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21 months son |
John Morton “Jack” Shemwell Birth: March 5, 1880 33 30 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: May 12, 1951 — Columbia, Boone, Missouri, United States |
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2 years daughter |
Dovie Myrtle Shemwell Birth: July 26, 1882 35 32 — Missouri, United States Death: March 29, 1902 — Nelson, Saline, Missouri, United States |
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2 years son |
Henry Andrew “Boss” Shemwell Birth: September 30, 1884 38 35 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: September 26, 1911 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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3 years son |
Infant Shemwell Birth: August 4, 1887 40 37 Death: August 4, 1887 |
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4 years son |
Robert Carter Shemwell Birth: July 7, 1891 44 41 Death: January 2, 1892 — Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States |
| George Keyport Dorsey + Lucy Elizabeth Platt |
| wife’s husband |
George Keyport Dorsey Birth: September 24, 1844 — Washington, District of Columbia, United States Death: February 28, 1925 — Lafayette, Missouri, United States |
| wife |
Lucy Elizabeth Platt Birth: August 17, 1849 35 16 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: March 11, 1929 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: June 17, 1915 — Higginsville, Lafayette, Missouri, United States |
William David Shemwell has 33 first cousins recorded
Father's family (6)
Parents Wilkerson C Miller + Elizabeth Shemwell
Parents John H Hill + Winifred Shemwell
Mother's family (27)
Parents John Richard Thompson + Nancy C L F “Frances” Lee
Parents William Gibson + Delilah Adeline Lee
Parents Robert Levi Thompson + Delilah Adeline Lee
Parents Charles Penic Lee + Virginia A Martin
Parents Charles Penic Lee + Amanda M Miller
Parents Howell B Edwards + Gabriella A Lee
| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - George Morton Shemwell - Household
Georgetown Post Office Bowling Green Township, Pettis, Missouri, United States
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| Military service | Wood's Partisan Rangers Co. I Fought at battle of Westport, Wounded at Battle of Mine Creek in October 1864 in SE Kansas. Listed on surrender roles May 1865 (Shreveport and New Orleans) as having been transferred to 10th Missouri Inf. Co. B | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - William David Shemwell - Household
Lamine, Cooper, Missouri
Notes: Next door to parents | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - William David Shemwell - Household
Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - William David Shemwell - Household
Blackwater, Cooper, MO
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| News item | In Chouteau blding frnt on home. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - William David Shemwell - Household
Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri
Notes: Blackwater Village | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Admitted | Confederate Home Higginsville, Missouri |