The Shemwell Family

Birth April 8, 1843 24 20
Birth of a brotherSamuel Vanmeter Shemwell
March 24, 1845 (Age 23 months)
Birth of a sisterColumbia Jane Shemwell
May 7, 1847 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a sisterMary Ann Shemwell
June 5, 1850 (Age 7 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherJane “Jenny” Dickerson
1850 (Age 6 years)
Census June 1, 1850 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a sisterSusan Shemwell
1852 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a brotherWilliam Luther Shemwell
April 22, 1853 (Age 10 years)
Birth of a sisterSarah Permelia Shemwell
March 10, 1855 (Age 11 years)
Birth of a brotherLewis T Shemwell
February 10, 1860 (Age 16 years)
Census June 1, 1860 (Age 17 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherSamuel J Shemwell
August 17, 1860 (Age 17 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMary “Polly” VanMetre
December 2, 1863 (Age 20 years)
MarriageJohn Andrew Harris — View this family
July 22, 1866 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a son
#1James Virgil Harris
May 17, 1867 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a son
#2Thomas A Harris
May 5, 1869 (Age 26 years)
Death of a motherSusan Kerna Tabb
May 20, 1869 (Age 26 years)
Census October 8, 1870 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a son
#3Samuel Taft Harris
February 10, 1871 (Age 27 years)
Death of a sonThomas A Harris
May 25, 1871 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a son
#4Louis Alston “Allie” Harris
May 5, 1874 (Age 31 years)
Birth of a son
#5Jonathan Rue Harris
February 18, 1877 (Age 33 years)
Birth of a son
#6Ellis Kerney Harris
June 17, 1879 (Age 36 years)
Census June 17, 1880 (Age 37 years)
Birth of a daughter
#7Zelpha Blanche Harris
August 29, 1882 (Age 39 years)
Death of a fatherWilliam Green Shemwell
after May 1884 (Age 41 years)
Birth of a son
#8William Wiley Harris
September 27, 1884 (Age 41 years)
Birth of a son
#9Joshua Cleveland Harris
July 16, 1887 (Age 44 years)
Marriage of a childJames Virgil Harris — Georgie Bell Driskill — View this family
1894 (Age 50 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1Emmett Ross Harris
March 6, 1896 (Age 52 years)
Marriage of a childSamuel Taft Harris — Ida Compton — View this family
1900 (Age 56 years)
Census June 7, 1900 (Age 57 years)
Marriage of a childEllis Kerney Harris — Floyd Minnie “Flo” Sherrod — View this family
about 1902 (Age 58 years)
Death of a sonWilliam Wiley Harris
January 8, 1902 (Age 58 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#2Enola M Harris
March 4, 1902 (Age 58 years)
Birth of a grandson
#3Brodie Burtrom Harris
June 18, 1903 (Age 60 years)
Marriage of a childClem Phillips — Zelpha Blanche Harris — View this family
calculated 1903 (Age 59 years)
Birth of a grandson
#4Esbon Layton Phillips
August 11, 1905 (Age 62 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#5Ora Lee Harris
September 11, 1905 (Age 62 years)
Birth of a grandson
#6Olaf Clayton Phillips
November 5, 1906 (Age 63 years)
Death of a sisterColumbia Jane Shemwell
May 12, 1907 (Age 64 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#7Onie Fay Harris
October 21, 1907 (Age 64 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#8Nora Marie Harris
January 10, 1908 (Age 64 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#9Artie Iola Phillips
February 21, 1909 (Age 65 years)
Death of a granddaughterOnie Fay Harris
June 21, 1909 (Age 66 years)
Birth of a grandson
#10Velmer Vertis Harris
September 4, 1909 (Age 66 years)
Birth of a grandson
#11James Vernie Harris
1909 (Age 65 years)
Death of a sisterSarah Permelia Shemwell
before April 1910 (Age 66 years)
Census May 10, 1910 (Age 67 years)
Death of a brotherWilliam Luther Shemwell
August 15, 1910 (Age 67 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#12Iva Mae Phillips
October 12, 1910 (Age 67 years)
Death of a brotherJoseph A Shemwell
after 1910 (Age 66 years)
Birth of a grandson
#13Melvin Layton Harris
September 5, 1911 (Age 68 years)
Death of a brotherSamuel Vanmeter Shemwell
December 8, 1911 (Age 68 years)
Marriage of a childJoshua Cleveland Harris — Hazel L Scott — View this family
July 6, 1912 (Age 69 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#14Estelle Vara Harris
June 19, 1913 (Age 70 years)
Birth of a grandson
#15Norman Mendral Phillips
September 5, 1913 (Age 70 years)
Birth of a grandson
#16James Olin Harris
May 15, 1915 (Age 72 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#17Zelpha Adaline Phillips
June 7, 1915 (Age 72 years)
Death of a husbandJohn Andrew Harris
1915 (Age 71 years)
Birth of a grandson
#18Milburn Lee Phillips
October 18, 1917 (Age 74 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#19Mary Magdalene Phillips
May 7, 1919 (Age 76 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#20Zula Phillips
January 22, 1922 (Age 78 years)
Census April 24, 1930 (Age 87 years)
Death January 13, 1931 (Age 87 years)
Burial

Family with parents
father Parents Samuel J Shemwell Jane “Jenny” Dickerson	William Green Shemwell 1819–1884
mother Parents Thomas Tabb Mary “Polly” VanMetre	Susan Kerna Tabb 1822–1869
elder brother Family Sarah A Ralston Mary Susan “Susie” Shemwell William Hedger Shemwell Lula Shemwell	Joseph A Shemwell 1841–1910
herself Family John Andrew Harris Thomas A Harris James Virgil Harris Samuel Taft Harris Louis Alston “Allie” Harris Jonathan Rue Harris Ellis Kerney Harris Zelpha Blanche Harris William Wiley Harris Joshua Cleveland Harris	George Ann Shemwell 1843–1931
younger brother Family Mary S Troutt Gertrude “Girdie” Shemwell Ruth Shemwell	Samuel Vanmeter Shemwell 1845–1911
younger sister Family James Lafayette Gilliam Sr. Dr. William Bennett Gilliam Dallas Vanmeter Gilliam Susan Elliot Gilliam Mary Cordelia Gilliam Rasmus Elden Gilliam Pruda C “Prudie” Gilliam James Loranza Gilliam Nannie Cashman Gilliam Mamie J Gilliam	Columbia Jane Shemwell 1847–1907
younger sister Family … Crowder William Rastus “Raz” Harris Mattie V Harris Ida Pearl Harris Elvis Lote Harris Lewis J “Dixie” Harris Inez Clyde Harris Homer Heritage Harris	Mary Ann Shemwell 1850–1931
younger sister Family (none)	Susan Shemwell 1852–
younger brother Family Lucy M Gilliam Leah Leota Shemwell Effie E Shemwell Zillia Ann Shemwell Marvin Browden Shemwell Kerna Elliot Shemwell Luther Cashman Shemwell Dallas Hedger Shemwell Felix Jason Shemwell Sr. Curtis Lee Shemwell Nina Pearl Shemwell	William Luther Shemwell 1853–1910
younger sister Family William McKinley 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	Sarah Permelia Shemwell 1855–1910
younger brother Family Louisa J “Louise” Bowers	Lewis T Shemwell 1860–1934
Family with John Andrew Harris
husband Parents (unknown)	John Andrew Harris 1845–1915
herself Parents William Green Shemwell Susan Kerna Tabb	George Ann Shemwell 1843–1931
son Family (none)	Thomas A Harris 1869–1871
son Family Georgie Bell Driskill Emmett Ross Harris Brodie Burtrom Harris Onie Fay Harris Velmer Vertis Harris James Olin Harris	James Virgil Harris 1867–1938
son Family Ida Compton Enola M Harris Melvin Layton Harris	Samuel Taft Harris 1871–1933
son Family (none)	Louis Alston “Allie” Harris 1874–1936
son Family Annie Kenna Private Private Private	Jonathan Rue Harris 1877–1957
son Family Floyd Minnie “Flo” Sherrod Ora Lee Harris Nora Marie Harris James Vernie Harris	Ellis Kerney Harris 1879–1960
daughter Family Clem Phillips Esbon Layton Phillips Olaf Clayton Phillips Artie Iola Phillips Iva Mae Phillips Norman Mendral Phillips Zelpha Adaline Phillips Milburn Lee Phillips Mary Magdalene Phillips Zula Phillips	Zelpha Blanche Harris 1882–1963
son Family (none)	William Wiley Harris 1884–1902
son Family Hazel L Scott Estelle Vara Harris	Joshua Cleveland Harris 1887–1957