The Shemwell Family

Birth May 18, 1894 25 25
MarriageHenry Cornelius Helfrich — View this family
unknown
Birth of a brotherWilliam Ray Shemwell
December 2, 1897 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherCharles McClellan “Charlie” Shemwell
February 22, 1900 (Age 5 years)
Census June 13, 1900 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a brotherHerbert Alexander Shemwell
May 27, 1902 (Age 8 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherCapt. George Bingham
September 1, 1904 (Age 10 years)
Birth of a sisterRachel Kibler Shemwell
August 29, 1906 (Age 12 years)
Visiting relatives in Blackwater 1909 (Age 14 years)
Census May 4, 1910 (Age 15 years)
MarriageThomas Jefferson Sims — View this family
November 3, 1912 (Age 18 years)
Death of a brotherRalph Bingham Shemwell
February 4, 1913 (Age 18 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherWilliam David Shemwell
August 26, 1913 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a son
#1Thomas Jefferson Sims Jr.
February 12, 1914 (Age 19 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMinerva Valdenar
June 13, 1916 (Age 22 years)
Census January 6, 1920 (Age 25 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2Mary Francis Sims
January 13, 1925 (Age 30 years)
Death of a motherPenelope Thompson “Nellie” Bingham
November 3, 1925 (Age 31 years)
Marriage of a parentWilliam Standard Shemwell — Lulu Olivia Black — View this family
1926 (Age 31 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3Betty Sue Sims
July 8, 1927 (Age 33 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherLucy Elizabeth Platt
March 11, 1929 (Age 34 years)
Census April 11, 1930 (Age 35 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1Shirley Ann Sims
June 13, 1931 (Age 37 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2Thomas Roger Sims
July 16, 1937 (Age 43 years)
Census April 19, 1940 (Age 45 years)
Death of a husbandThomas Jefferson Sims
March 18, 1941 (Age 46 years)
Birth of a grandson
#3Ralph Thomas Eyer
December 6, 1949 (Age 55 years)
Census March 31, 1950 (Age 55 years)
MarriageAlfred Denest Payne — View this family
after 1950 (Age 55 years)
Death of a grandsonThomas Roger Sims
January 16, 1951 (Age 56 years)
Death of a fatherWilliam Standard Shemwell
March 29, 1953 (Age 58 years)
Census March 1, 1958 (Age 63 years)
Death of a brotherWilliam Ray Shemwell
March 26, 1967 (Age 72 years)
Death of a husbandAlfred Denest Payne
June 22, 1972 (Age 78 years)
Death of a brotherCharles McClellan “Charlie” Shemwell
February 3, 1976 (Age 81 years)
Death December 13, 1976 (Age 82 years)
Burial

Family with parents
father Parents William David Shemwell Lucy Elizabeth Platt	William Standard Shemwell 1868–1953
mother Parents Capt. George Bingham Minerva Valdenar	Penelope Thompson “Nellie” Bingham 1868–1925
elder brother Family (none)	Ralph Bingham Shemwell 1891–1913
herself Family Thomas Jefferson Sims Thomas Jefferson Sims Jr. Mary Francis Sims Betty Sue Sims Alfred Denest Payne Henry Cornelius Helfrich	Ruth Valdenar Shemwell 1894–1976
younger brother Family Private Mary E Prunty	William Ray Shemwell 1897–1967
younger brother Family Vinita Francis Potter Hubert Potter “Hoot” Shemwell	Charles McClellan “Charlie” Shemwell 1900–1976
younger brother Family Roxie Lee “Bobbie” Turley Herbert Turley Shemwell Theodocia Lee Shemwell Donald Turley Shemwell Ruth Adele Shemwell Phyllis Ann Shemwell	Herbert Alexander Shemwell 1902–1995
younger sister Family William Arthur Dickson	Rachel Kibler Shemwell 1906–1997
Father’s family with Lulu Olivia Black
father Parents William David Shemwell Lucy Elizabeth Platt	William Standard Shemwell 1868–1953
step-mother Parents Jacob Newton Black Mary Tanner	Lulu Olivia Black 1876–1942
Family with Thomas Jefferson Sims
husband Parents (unknown)	Thomas Jefferson Sims 1882–1941
herself Parents William Standard Shemwell Penelope Thompson “Nellie” Bingham	Ruth Valdenar Shemwell 1894–1976
son Family Patricia Louise Myers Shirley Ann Sims Thomas Roger Sims Private Private	Thomas Jefferson Sims Jr. 1914–1982
daughter Family Buddie Crow Private Private Private	Mary Francis Sims 1925–1993
daughter Family Ralph Adolph Eyer Ralph Thomas Eyer	Betty Sue Sims 1927–2002
Family with Alfred Denest Payne
husband Parents (unknown)	Alfred Denest Payne 1891–1972
herself Parents William Standard Shemwell Penelope Thompson “Nellie” Bingham	Ruth Valdenar Shemwell 1894–1976
Family with Henry Cornelius Helfrich
husband Parents (unknown)	Henry Cornelius Helfrich 1894–
herself Parents William Standard Shemwell Penelope Thompson “Nellie” Bingham	Ruth Valdenar Shemwell 1894–1976