The Shemwell Family

Birth December 1886 40 39
Birth of a sisterNannie Cashman Gilliam
June 1889 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a sisterMamie J Gilliam
March 16, 1890 (Age 3 years)
Death of a sisterMamie J Gilliam
March 11, 1893 (Age 6 years)
Census June 2, 1900 (Age 13 years)
Death of a motherColumbia Jane Shemwell
May 12, 1907 (Age 20 years)
Census April 19, 1910 (Age 23 years)
MarriageNell Dawson — View this family
about 1917 (Age 30 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1Virginia Anne Gilliam
May 7, 1918 (Age 31 years)
Census March 20, 1920 (Age 33 years)
Birth of a son
#2James Vernon Gilliam
May 18, 1920 (Age 33 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3Marjorie Aleen Gilliam
June 19, 1923 (Age 36 years)
Death of a sisterNannie Cashman Gilliam
August 15, 1924 (Age 37 years)
Census April 22, 1930 (Age 43 years)
Birth of a son
#4Joe Carter Gilliam
1933 (Age 46 years)
Death of a fatherJames Lafayette Gilliam Sr.
January 28, 1933 (Age 46 years)
Census April 23, 1940 (Age 53 years)
Death of a brotherDr. William Bennett Gilliam
October 15, 1941 (Age 54 years)
Death of a brotherDallas Vanmeter Gilliam
December 11, 1948 (Age 62 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1Jerry Carter Gilliam
August 6, 1950 (Age 63 years)
Death of a grandsonJerry Carter Gilliam
August 8, 1950 (Age 63 years)
Death of a brotherRasmus Elden Gilliam
October 6, 1952 (Age 65 years)
Death of a sisterSusan Elliot Gilliam
July 17, 1954 (Age 67 years)
Death July 27, 1959 (Age 72 years)
Burial

Family with parents
father Parents (unknown)	James Lafayette Gilliam Sr. 1846–1933
mother Parents William Green Shemwell Susan Kerna Tabb	Columbia Jane Shemwell 1847–1907
elder brother Family (none)	Dr. William Bennett Gilliam 1872–1941
elder brother Family Evalena Lena Higgins Zula Gilliam Bertice Austin Gilliam Melvin Ralston Gilliam Walker Gilliam Earl Gilliam Beulah Larell Gilliam Alta Mae Gilliam William Dallas Gilliam James Franklin Gilliam	Dallas Vanmeter Gilliam 1874–1948
elder sister Family Elvy Opedia Meador Mary Hallie Meador Erie Orlin Meador Felix Randolph Meador	Susan Elliot Gilliam 1875–1954
elder sister Family John Samuel Wright	Mary Cordelia Gilliam 1876–1965
elder brother Family Ione Robinson Mary Chester Gant Paul Gant Gilliam Mary Lucille Gilliam James Hugh Gilliam Rasmus Elden Gilliam Jr. Janie Ruth Gilliam William Alfred Gilliam	Rasmus Elden Gilliam 1878–1952
elder sister Family Robert Herschel Walker George Verner Richardson Elbert V Richardson	Pruda C “Prudie” Gilliam 1882–1962
himself Family Nell Dawson Virginia Anne Gilliam James Vernon Gilliam Marjorie Aleen Gilliam Joe Carter Gilliam	James Loranza Gilliam 1886–1959
younger sister Family Warren L Turner Harold G Turner	Nannie Cashman Gilliam 1889–1924
younger sister Family (none)	Mamie J Gilliam 1890–1893
Family with Nell Dawson
himself Parents James Lafayette Gilliam Sr. Columbia Jane Shemwell	James Loranza Gilliam 1886–1959
wife Parents (unknown)	Nell Dawson 1892–1970
daughter Family Charles Hillman Brandon Private	Virginia Anne Gilliam 1918–2014
son Family (none)	James Vernon Gilliam 1920–1972
daughter Family Billy Joe Giles	Marjorie Aleen Gilliam 1923–1988
son Family Martha Ann Sowell Jerry Carter Gilliam Private	Joe Carter Gilliam 1933–2007