Elizabeth Jane “Bettie” ShemwellAge: 76 years1847–1924
- Name
- Elizabeth Jane “Bettie” Shemwell
- Given names
- Elizabeth Jane
- Surname
- Shemwell
- Married name
- Elizabeth Jane Sherrod
- Nickname
- Bettie
 Birth | October 27, 1847 38 25 |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War |
 Death of a paternal grandmother | Jane “Jenny” Dickerson 1850 (Age 2 years) |
 Census | August 14, 1850 (Age 2 years) Address: Dist. 2 |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 9 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Samuel James Shemwell August 17, 1860 (Age 12 years) |
| Census | September 13, 1860 (Age 12 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 13 years)Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
 Marriage | Finis Washington Sherrod — View this family September 2, 1866 (Age 18 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 19 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 19 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Nannie H Sherrod April 14, 1869 (Age 21 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 21 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Sarah Permelia Sherrod November 19, 1871 (Age 24 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Francis C Sherrod June 5, 1873 (Age 25 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Elizabeth K Henry December 17, 1875 (Age 28 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | Elizabeth “Lizzie” Sherrod about 1877 (Age 29 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 30 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Birth of a son #5 | James Samuel “Jim” Sherrod January 22, 1880 (Age 32 years) |
| Census | June 18, 1880 (Age 32 years) |
| Death of a father | Samuel Shemwell August 28, 1881 (Age 33 years) |
| Marriage of a parent | Burell Meador — Permelia Belinda Rickman — View this family August 14, 1883 (Age 35 years) Note: 9 Aug 1883 |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | James Rickman June 21, 1884 (Age 36 years) |
| Marriage of a child | William Isom Tomerlin — Nannie H Sherrod — View this family October 30, 1884 (Age 37 years) |
| Birth of a son #6 | Horace Drake Sherrod September 5, 1885 (Age 37 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Lola T Tomerlin February 4, 1886 (Age 38 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Gertrude E “Gertie” Tomerlin August 31, 1887 (Age 39 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Wiley “Buck” Shemwell — Sarah Permelia Sherrod — View this family January 31, 1888 (Age 40 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | Oscar O Tomerlin March 25, 1889 (Age 41 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | Noble John Shemwell August 3, 1889 (Age 41 years) |
| Birth of a son #7 | Norwood Auston Sherrod August 7, 1889 (Age 41 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #5 | Delia P Shemwell October 30, 1890 (Age 43 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #6 | Caskey Lewis Tomerlin July 5, 1891 (Age 43 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #7 | Melvin M Shemwell February 8, 1893 (Age 45 years) |
| Death of a grandson | Melvin M Shemwell March 3, 1893 (Age 45 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #8 | Walton W Tomerlin March 12, 1893 (Age 45 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #9 | Mary Betty Shemwell February 8, 1896 (Age 48 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #10 | Cora “Cokie” Tomerlin November 27, 1896 (Age 49 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 50 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 |
| Birth of a grandson #11 | William Henry “Willie” Tomerlin December 24, 1898 (Age 51 years) |
| Census | June 16, 1900 (Age 52 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #12 | Etta Mae Shemwell August 29, 1900 (Age 52 years) |
| Marriage of a child | James Samuel “Jim” Sherrod — Minnie Pearl Richmond — View this family November 11, 1900 (Age 53 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #13 | Carlie Finis Sherrod June 30, 1902 (Age 54 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #14 | Rose H “Rosie” Shemwell January 11, 1903 (Age 55 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #15 | Beulah Tomerlin June 4, 1903 (Age 55 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Horace Drake Sherrod — Cora Lee Foster — View this family June 28, 1903 (Age 55 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #16 | Laurene Carrie Shemwell January 8, 1906 (Age 58 years) |
| Marriage of a child | James Samuel “Jim” Sherrod — Mattie Lou Eddings — View this family about 1906 (Age 58 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #17 | Finis N Shemwell February 22, 1907 (Age 59 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #18 | Arvin Willis Sherrod February 21, 1908 (Age 60 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #19 | Winford Dudley Tomerlin 1909 (Age 61 years) |
| Census | May 5, 1910 (Age 62 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #20 | Myrtle A Sherrod May 10, 1910 (Age 62 years) |
| Death of a mother | Permelia Belinda Rickman September 30, 1910 (Age 62 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #21 | Roy K Sherrod November 21, 1911 (Age 64 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #22 | Olevia Virginia Sherrod March 27, 1914 (Age 66 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Norwood Auston Sherrod — Lissie Belle Price — View this family November 21, 1915 (Age 68 years) Note: Norwood is divorced - 1st wife? - children? -b |
| Death of a brother | James Marcus Shemwell July 20, 1916 (Age 68 years) |
| Burial of a brother | James Marcus Shemwell 1916 (Age 68 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Pleasant Hill Cemetery |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 68 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Birth of a grandson #23 | Coy Ray Sherrod July 16, 1918 (Age 70 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 69 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 70 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/ |
| Death of a husband | Finis Washington Sherrod April 30, 1919 (Age 71 years) |
| Burial of a husband | Finis Washington Sherrod 1919 (Age 71 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Gant Cemetery |
| Census | January 14, 1920 (Age 72 years) |
| Death of a brother | William Alexander Shemwell February 1, 1922 (Age 74 years) |
| Death of a grandson | William Henry “Willie” Tomerlin January 11, 1923 (Age 75 years) Cause: diabetes mellitus |
 Death | August 16, 1924 (Age 76 years) |
 Burial | 1924 (Age 76 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Gant Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Samuel Shemwell Birth: September 17, 1809 33 29 — Kentucky, United States Death: August 28, 1881 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Permelia Belinda Rickman Birth: September 12, 1822 24 17 — Sumner, Tennessee, United States Death: September 30, 1910 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: August 17, 1841 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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1 year elder brother |
James Marcus Shemwell Birth: August 14, 1842 32 19 — Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: July 20, 1916 — Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years elder brother |
William Alexander Shemwell Birth: July 26, 1845 35 22 — Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: February 1, 1922 — Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States |
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2 years herself |
Elizabeth Jane “Bettie” Shemwell Birth: October 27, 1847 38 25 — Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: August 16, 1924 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
| Mother’s family with Burell Meador |
| step-father |
Burell Meador Birth: 1820 Death: 1893 |
| mother |
Permelia Belinda Rickman Birth: September 12, 1822 24 17 — Sumner, Tennessee, United States Death: September 30, 1910 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: August 14, 1883 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
| Family with Finis Washington Sherrod |
| husband |
Finis Washington Sherrod Birth: September 1, 1843 50 43 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: April 30, 1919 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
| herself |
Elizabeth Jane “Bettie” Shemwell Birth: October 27, 1847 38 25 — Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: August 16, 1924 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: September 2, 1866 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Nannie H Sherrod Birth: April 14, 1869 25 21 — Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: March 15, 1934 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Sarah Permelia Sherrod Birth: November 19, 1871 28 24 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: May 8, 1940 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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19 months daughter |
Francis C Sherrod Birth: June 5, 1873 29 25 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: January 23, 1946 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
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5 years daughter |
Elizabeth “Lizzie” Sherrod Birth: about 1877 33 29 — Kentucky, United States Death: |
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3 years son |
James Samuel “Jim” Sherrod Birth: January 22, 1880 36 32 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: June 25, 1951 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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6 years son |
Horace Drake Sherrod Birth: September 5, 1885 42 37 — Kentucky, United States Death: February 13, 1960 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
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4 years son |
Norwood Auston Sherrod Birth: August 7, 1889 45 41 — Kentucky, United States Death: August 16, 1941 — Jefferson, Kentucky, United States |
| Census | 1850 United States - Census transcript - Samuel Shemwell - Household
Dist. 2 Todd, Kentucky, USA
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| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - Samuel Shemwell - Household
Elkton, Todd, Kentucky
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - Finis Washington Sherrod - Household
Sharon, Todd, KY
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Finis Washington Sherrod - Household
Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Finis Washington Sherrod - Household
Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Elizabeth J “Bettie” Shemwell - Household
Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky
Next door to son James. -b |