The Shemwell Family

Birth March 13, 1850 27 28
Census August 14, 1850 (Age 5 months)
Birth of a sisterNancy Elizabeth Shemwell
August 12, 1857 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a sisterRebecca Parallel “Becca” Shemwell
May 4, 1859 (Age 9 years)
Census June 8, 1860 (Age 10 years)
Birth of a sisterVirginia D “Jennie” Shemwell
September 23, 1861 (Age 11 years)
Census June 1, 1870 (Age 20 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMary “Polly” Shemwell
March 18, 1876 (Age 26 years)
Religious marriageJohn Russell Rukes — View this family
January 1, 1878 (Age 27 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJohn Hall
December 8, 1878 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a son
#1Harry Claud “H C” Rukes
August 16, 1879 (Age 29 years)
Census June 18, 1880 (Age 30 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2Retta R Rukes
November 1, 1881 (Age 31 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3Bessie Irene Rukes
May 26, 1893 (Age 43 years)
Census June 2, 1900 (Age 50 years)
Marriage of a childCharles C “Charlie” Brim — Retta R Rukes — View this family
May 20, 1902 (Age 52 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1Bessie Irene Brim
March 25, 1903 (Age 53 years)
Marriage of a childHarry Claud “H C” Rukes — Otis Lucinda Lewis — View this family
October 5, 1904 (Age 54 years)
Death of a fatherBenjamin Franklin Shemwell
November 11, 1905 (Age 55 years)
Death of a motherMary Catherine Hall
November 14, 1905 (Age 55 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#2Ardith Pauline Brim
November 24, 1908 (Age 58 years)
Census April 15, 1910 (Age 60 years)
Death of a husbandJohn Russell Rukes
September 2, 1911 (Age 61 years)
Marriage of a childEmmett Noble Brewster — Bessie Irene Rukes — View this family
April 9, 1914 (Age 64 years)
Death of a brotherWilliam McKinley Shemwell
November 25, 1917 (Age 67 years)
Census January 12, 1920 (Age 69 years)
Death of a brotherJames Caswell Shemwell
March 27, 1927 (Age 77 years)
Death June 12, 1927 (Age 77 years)
Burial

Family with parents
father Parents James Shemwell Nancy Green	Benjamin Franklin Shemwell 1823–1905
mother Parents John Hall Mary “Polly” Shemwell	Mary Catherine Hall 1821–1905
elder brother Family Sarah Permelia Shemwell Joseph Lee “Joe” Shemwell Mattie Shemwell Ethel Shemwell Infant Shemwell Ada Dell Shemwell Mary Elizabeth “Mollie” Shemwell Eva M Shemwell Eddie Lewis Shemwell Frank Glenn Shemwell	William McKinley Shemwell 1843–1917
elder sister Family Asa W Mallott William Franklin Mallott Etna Caswell Mallott Wayman Mallott	Mary Ann Shemwell 1844–1933
elder sister Family Adam Houston Richardson Adam Houston Richardson Jr.	Almiranda J “Allie” Shemwell 1846–1928
elder brother Family Sarah Ellen Roley James Florence Shemwell Gertrude C “Girty” Shemwell Rozena May Shemwell William Roley Shemwell Rowland Leroy Shemwell Wiley Bolinger Shemwell	James Caswell Shemwell 1848–1927
herself Family John Russell Rukes Harry Claud “H C” Rukes Retta R Rukes Bessie Irene Rukes	Elphina Ella Shemwell 1850–1927
younger sister Family Hiriam Breckenridge Richardson Lawrence Otto Richardson Ora Lee Richardson George Russell “Shorty” Richardson Joseph Martin Richardson Goldia Mae “Goldie” Richardson Earl Breckenridge Richardson	Nancy Elizabeth Shemwell 1857–1942
younger sister Family John Wilson Moorman Infant Son Moorman Infant Daughter Moorman Frank Wilson Moorman Lelia Maude Moorman Myrtle Mae Moorman Flora Kathryn Moorman Ira Milton Moorman Grace Allie Moorman Ida Ruth Moorman Mary Ethel Moorman	Rebecca Parallel “Becca” Shemwell 1859–1942
younger sister Family Edward M Richardson Charles Claud “Charlie” Richardson Eva Lee Richardson Rhoda Kathryn Richardson William Frank Richardson Ethel M Richardson Edward M Richardson Jr. Edith G Richardson Hiram Emory Richardson Guy Reynold Richardson	Virginia D “Jennie” Shemwell 1861–1947
Family with John Russell Rukes
husband Parents (unknown)	John Russell Rukes 1852–1911
herself Parents Benjamin Franklin Shemwell Mary Catherine Hall	Elphina Ella Shemwell 1850–1927
son Family Otis Lucinda Lewis	Harry Claud “H C” Rukes 1879–1938
daughter Family Charles C “Charlie” Brim Bessie Irene Brim Ardith Pauline Brim	Retta R Rukes 1881–1972
daughter Family Emmett Noble Brewster	Bessie Irene Rukes 1893–1962
John Russell Rukes + Sarah Ann “Allie” Stults
husband Parents (unknown)	John Russell Rukes 1852–1911
husband’s wife Parents (unknown)	Sarah Ann “Allie” Stults 1856–1877
step-son Family (none)	Charles Franklin Rukes 1873–1911