The Shemwell Family

Birth May 1878 30 24
Death of a paternal grandfatherJohn L Tabb
June 7, 1880 (Age 2 years)
Census June 10, 1880 (Age 2 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherMartha Ellen Shemwell
after 1880 (Age 20 months)
Birth of a sisterGertrude May “Gertie” Tabb
June 9, 1881 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherJeptha Raiman Tabb
August 17, 1885 (Age 7 years)
Death of a brotherJeptha Raiman Tabb
March 1, 1886 (Age 7 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJephthah I Harris
November 29, 1887 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a brotherLawrence Guy Tabb
December 4, 1887 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a sisterEtta B Tabb
January 25, 1891 (Age 12 years)
Census June 1, 1900 (Age 22 years)
MarriageNannie Lee Hooper — View this family
about 1902 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1Myrtle Gladys Tabb
July 10, 1903 (Age 25 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2Myra Leota Tabb
May 11, 1905 (Age 27 years)
Death of a fatherThomas W Tabb
October 8, 1906 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a son
#3Merrill Otis “Jack” Tabb
December 4, 1906 (Age 28 years)
Census April 10, 1910 (Age 31 years)
Birth of a son
#4Melvin Lee Tabb
October 15, 1910 (Age 32 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherPhada Jane “Fadie” Christian
October 19, 1911 (Age 33 years)
Birth of a son
#5Marvin Alonzo Tabb
June 17, 1913 (Age 35 years)
Birth of a son
#6Thomas Edward Tabb
September 9, 1916 (Age 38 years)
Birth of a daughter
#7Lula Irene Tabb
October 12, 1918 (Age 40 years)
Death of a daughterLula Irene Tabb
April 26, 1919 (Age 40 years)
Census January 19, 1920 (Age 41 years)
Birth of a daughter
#8Zola Mae Tabb
March 1, 1920 (Age 41 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1Arnold “Buster” Tabb
June 9, 1926 (Age 48 years)
Marriage of a childHerschel R Faughn — Myrtle Gladys Tabb — View this family
about 1926 (Age 47 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2Hilman Ray Faughn
March 17, 1927 (Age 48 years)
Census April 7, 1930 (Age 51 years)
Death of a half-brotherJohn William “J W” Tabb
April 13, 1936 (Age 57 years)
Marriage of a childMerrill Otis “Jack” Tabb — Francis … — View this family
before 1940 (Age 61 years)
Marriage of a childMelvin Lee Tabb — Olivia Louise Ivey — View this family
between 1940 and 1950 (Age 61 years)
Census April 4, 1940 (Age 61 years)
Death of a motherHenrietta Harris
December 4, 1941 (Age 63 years)
Birth of a grandson
#3Willie Edward Dowlen
September 25, 1946 (Age 68 years)
Death of a sisterGertrude May “Gertie” Tabb
October 27, 1946 (Age 68 years)
Census April 5, 1950 (Age 71 years)
Birth of a grandson
#4Cordell Hull Dowlen
November 15, 1950 (Age 72 years)
Death of a brotherLawrence Guy Tabb
June 19, 1951 (Age 73 years)
Marriage of a childMerrill Otis “Jack” Tabb — Alice Alene Hallman — View this family
March 11, 1954 (Age 75 years)
Death of a brotherLloyd Irwin Tabb
October 1, 1957 (Age 79 years)
Death of a sonMerrill Otis “Jack” Tabb
February 5, 1959 (Age 80 years)
Death April 19, 1959 (Age 80 years)
Burial

Family with parents
father Parents John L Tabb Martha Ellen Shemwell	Thomas W Tabb 1847–1906
mother Parents Jephthah I Harris Phada Jane “Fadie” Christian	Henrietta Harris 1854–1941
elder brother Family Cynthia Beatty Mamie M Tabb Ray Raymond Tabb Argus Edna Smith	Lloyd Irwin Tabb 1875–1957
himself Family Nannie Lee Hooper Myrtle Gladys Tabb Myra Leota Tabb Merrill Otis “Jack” Tabb Melvin Lee Tabb Marvin Alonzo Tabb Thomas Edward Tabb Lula Irene Tabb Zola Mae Tabb	Omer Ebbot Tabb 1878–1959
younger sister Family Andrew Jackson Fish Sylvester Paul Fish Estelle Fish Otis Ray Fish	Gertrude May “Gertie” Tabb 1881–1946
younger brother Family (none)	Jeptha Raiman Tabb 1885–1886
younger brother Family Cora Lee Wilson Velon Irene Tabb Vernon Eldridge Tabb Lawrence Orba Tabb Lilburn Ford Tabb Bobby Earl Tabb	Lawrence Guy Tabb 1887–1951
younger sister Family Charlie Freeman Denny Lutie Hilda Denny Charles Colvie Denny Charles Emmet Shemwell	Etta B Tabb 1891–1969
Father’s family with Sarah E Clevinger
father Parents John L Tabb Martha Ellen Shemwell	Thomas W Tabb 1847–1906
step-mother Parents (unknown)	Sarah E Clevinger 1843–1870
half-brother Family Mary Lee “Molly” Ballard Herbert Tabb Thonie Tabb	John William “J W” Tabb 1870–1936
Family with Nannie Lee Hooper
himself Parents Thomas W Tabb Henrietta Harris	Omer Ebbot Tabb 1878–1959
wife Parents Joseph Samuel Hooper Cora Lee Christian	Nannie Lee Hooper 1884–1964
daughter Family Herschel R Faughn Hilman Ray Faughn	Myrtle Gladys Tabb 1903–1960
daughter Family (unknown) Arnold “Buster” Tabb	Myra Leota Tabb 1905–1990
son Family Alice Alene Hallman Francis …	Merrill Otis “Jack” Tabb 1906–1959
son Family Olivia Louise Ivey Private	Melvin Lee Tabb 1910–1981
son Family Mabel Lee Dowlen Private	Marvin Alonzo Tabb 1913–1985
son Family Sarah Kathleen Jones Private Private Private	Thomas Edward Tabb 1916–1999
daughter Family (none)	Lula Irene Tabb 1918–1919
daughter Family Otto Wayne Dowlen Private Willie Edward Dowlen Cordell Hull Dowlen Private	Zola Mae Tabb 1920–1996