The Shemwell Family

Birth September 25, 1887 31 25
Birth of a sisterNettie Whitlow
May 1889 (Age 19 months)
Birth of a sisterOrpha Whitlow
August 3, 1892 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a brotherHenry Clay Whitlow
June 4, 1894 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a brotherJohn Whitlow
August 19, 1898 (Age 10 years)
Census June 1, 1900 (Age 12 years)
Death of a sisterOrpha Whitlow
1901 (Age 13 years)
Death of a motherSarah M “Sallie” Shemwell
1901 (Age 13 years)
Death of a sisterNellie Whitlow
1902 (Age 14 years)
News item May 8, 1903 (Age 15 years)
Death of a fatherIshamel Higdon Whitlow
June 5, 1903 (Age 15 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherGeorge Morton Shemwell
July 29, 1904 (Age 16 years)
MarriageMyrtle “Mattie” Parks — View this family
about 1907 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1Eva Dell Whitlow
February 1, 1908 (Age 20 years)
Voter Registration about 1909 (Age 21 years)
Census April 26, 1910 (Age 22 years)
Occupation April 1910 (Age 22 years)
Census 1915 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2M Lorraine Whitlow
January 19, 1917 (Age 29 years)
Military June 5, 1917 (Age 29 years)
Census January 23, 1920 (Age 32 years)
Marriage of a childJoseph Leroy Wisdom — Eva Dell Whitlow — View this family
December 24, 1925 (Age 38 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1Patsy Iona Wisdom
November 14, 1926 (Age 39 years)
Death of a sisterNettie Whitlow
February 16, 1927 (Age 39 years)
Census April 12, 1930 (Age 42 years)
Occupation April 1930 (Age 42 years)
DivorceMyrtle “Mattie” Parks — View this family
between 1931 and 1934 (Age 43 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#2Doris Jeannine Wisdom
January 30, 1932 (Age 44 years)
Census April 11, 1940 (Age 52 years)
Death of a sisterAnna Louise “Dolly” Whitlow
July 1, 1946 (Age 58 years)
Death April 11, 1955 (Age 67 years)
Burial April 14, 1955 (3 days after death)

Family with parents
father Parents (unknown)	Ishamel Higdon Whitlow 1856–1903
mother Parents George Morton Shemwell Louisa M Lee	Sarah M “Sallie” Shemwell 1862–1901
elder sister Family James Bruce Potter Ora Bell Potter Octa Potter Nettie May Potter Vinita Francis Potter	Flora Dell Whitlow 1880–1959
elder sister Family (none)	Nellie Whitlow 1882–1902
elder sister Family Obie Reed Williams William Walker Williams Thomas Reed “Tommie” Williams Marie Williams	Anna Louise “Dolly” Whitlow 1885–1946
himself Family Myrtle “Mattie” Parks Eva Dell Whitlow M Lorraine Whitlow Private	Dorsey John Whitlow 1887–1955
younger sister Family Arthur Metcalf	Nettie Whitlow 1889–1927
younger sister Family (none)	Orpha Whitlow 1892–1901
younger brother Family Nellie Elizabeth Mercer Dorothy Sue Whitlow Private Private Private Private Private Henry Curtis “Hank” Whitlow Private Private	Henry Clay Whitlow 1894–1972
younger brother Family Lola Mae Mercer	John Whitlow 1898–1983
Family with Myrtle “Mattie” Parks
himself Parents Ishamel Higdon Whitlow Sarah M “Sallie” Shemwell	Dorsey John Whitlow 1887–1955
ex-wife Parents (unknown)	Myrtle “Mattie” Parks 1889–1958
daughter Family Joseph Leroy Wisdom Patsy Iona Wisdom Doris Jeannine Wisdom	Eva Dell Whitlow 1908–1973
daughter Family Owen Kenneth Shrum Private Private	M Lorraine Whitlow 1917–1999
Family with Private
himself Parents Ishamel Higdon Whitlow Sarah M “Sallie” Shemwell	Dorsey John Whitlow 1887–1955
wife Parents (unknown)	Private