The Shemwell Family

Birth October 23, 1908 38 24
Birth of a brotherSamuel Harlan Edwards
October 10, 1910 (Age 23 months)
Birth of a brotherJohnny Wilson Edwards
November 28, 1912 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a brotherHubert Rufus Edwards
September 17, 1917 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a sisterVella Ione Edwards
March 15, 1920 (Age 11 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherWilliam Harrison Edwards
July 7, 1926 (Age 17 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherMartha Jane Bivin
June 24, 1927 (Age 18 years)
Death of a half-sisterMissie Germ “Germie” Edwards
June 30, 1932 (Age 23 years)
Death of a sisterVella Ione Edwards
1935 (Age 26 years)
Death October 23, 1939 (Age 31 years)

Family with parents
father Parents William Harrison Edwards Martha Jane Bivin	John Jackson Edwards 1870–1954
mother Parents (unknown)	Myrtie Cleveland Bolton 1884–1974
elder sister Family (none)	Lela Edwards 1906–
herself Family (none)	Stella Louise Edwards 1908–1939
younger brother Family (none)	Samuel Harlan Edwards 1910–1984
younger brother Family (none)	Johnny Wilson Edwards 1912–
sister Family (none)	Private
younger brother Family (none)	Hubert Rufus Edwards 1917–1985
younger sister Family (none)	Vella Ione Edwards 1920–1935
sister Family (none)	Private
sister Family (none)	Private
Father’s family with Susie “Sue” Powell
father Parents William Harrison Edwards Martha Jane Bivin	John Jackson Edwards 1870–1954
step-mother Parents (unknown)	Susie “Sue” Powell –
half-sister Family Wash Harper Private	Marie Edwards 1897–1971
half-sister Family Samuel Christian Shemwell John Patrick “J P” Shemwell Lilburn “Blackie” Shemwell Evelyn Shemwell	Missie Germ “Germie” Edwards 1898–1932