The Shemwell Family

Birth October 9, 1835 42 40
Birth of a half-brotherJoseph Higgerson
December 18, 1842 (Age 7 years)
Census September 18, 1850 (Age 14 years)
Religious marriageMary Frances Herndon — View this family
September 15, 1856 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a son
#1Charles Edwin Higgerson
August 9, 1857 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2Martha Ellen Higgerson
August 11, 1859 (Age 23 years)
Death of a sonCharles Edwin Higgerson
February 21, 1860 (Age 24 years)
Death of a daughterMartha Ellen Higgerson
March 30, 1860 (Age 24 years)
Census August 23, 1860 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a son
#3Emmett Lee Higgerson
June 9, 1861 (Age 25 years)
Death of a fatherJames Joseph Higgerson
December 25, 1861 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4Ida Belle Higgerson
August 1, 1863 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a daughter
#5Effie May Higgerson
December 18, 1865 (Age 30 years)
Birth of a daughter
#6Mary Enola “Molly” Higgerson
April 1867 (Age 31 years)
Death of a motherNancy I Zachary
1868 (Age 32 years)
Death of a sisterAngeline Higgerson
before 1870 (Age 34 years)
Birth of a daughter
#7Susan Olive Higgerson
March 1870 (Age 34 years)
Census July 25, 1870 (Age 34 years)
Birth of a son
#8James Jackson Higgerson
August 2, 1872 (Age 36 years)
Birth of a son
#9Benjamin Herndon Higgerson
October 18, 1875 (Age 40 years)
Death of a brotherJames W Higgerson
June 5, 1880 (Age 44 years)
Census June 10, 1880 (Age 44 years)
Marriage of a childHarry Pearson Turley — Mary Enola “Molly” Higgerson — View this family
October 3, 1888 (Age 52 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1Jessie Enola “Nullie” Turley
May 25, 1889 (Age 53 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2Emmett Hall “Pete” Turley
January 9, 1891 (Age 55 years)
Marriage of a childEmmett Lee Higgerson — Ida May Lewis — View this family
February 17, 1892 (Age 56 years)
Marriage of a childEralus Dunn Smith — Ida Belle Higgerson — View this family
calculated 1892 (Age 56 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#3Mildred Higgerson
January 1893 (Age 57 years)
Birth of a grandson
#4John Columbus Turley
August 3, 1893 (Age 57 years)
Marriage of a childAbraham Douglas Swegle — Effie May Higgerson — View this family
October 19, 1893 (Age 58 years)
Death of a sisterJane Theresa Higgerson
April 24, 1894 (Age 58 years)
Birth of a grandson
#5Elmer L Swegle
August 30, 1894 (Age 58 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#6Mary Higgerson
December 1894 (Age 59 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#7Margaret Williams “Peg” Turley
August 12, 1895 (Age 59 years)
Birth of a grandson
#8Earl D Swegle
1897 (Age 61 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#9Mary Elizabeth “Bess” Turley
March 23, 1898 (Age 62 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#10Martha Higgerson
August 1899 (Age 63 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#11Mary Venita Smith
April 7, 1900 (Age 64 years)
Census June 21, 1900 (Age 64 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#12Roxie Lee “Bobbie” Turley
November 2, 1900 (Age 65 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#13Mary M Swegle
1901 (Age 65 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#14May B Higgerson
1903 (Age 67 years)
Birth of a grandson
#15Ray Smith
calculated 1903 (Age 67 years)
Death February 11, 1903 (Age 67 years)
Burial

Family with parents
father Parents (unknown)	James Joseph Higgerson 1793–1861
mother Parents (unknown)	Nancy I Zachary 1795–1868
elder sister Family Samuel F Morton James William Morton John F Morton Edwin Morton Mary E Morton Adaline Morton	Angeline Higgerson 1830–1870
elder brother Family (none)	James W Higgerson 1826–1880
elder sister Family Henry Clay Turley William E Turley Marion Turley Franklin Turley Luella “Ella” Turley R E Turley Henry Turley	Jane Theresa Higgerson 1827–1894
elder sister Family Nicholas W Smith Travis Smith Laura Madora Smith DeWitt Smith Jefferson Smith Fountain Durrett Smith Ada “Adie” Smith	Lucy Frances Higgerson 1832–1907
himself Family Mary Frances Herndon Charles Edwin Higgerson Martha Ellen Higgerson Emmett Lee Higgerson Effie May Higgerson Ida Belle Higgerson Mary Enola “Molly” Higgerson Susan Olive Higgerson James Jackson Higgerson Benjamin Herndon Higgerson	Col. Christopher Columbus Higgerson 1835–1903
Father’s family with an unknown individual
father Parents (unknown)	James Joseph Higgerson 1793–1861
half-brother Family (none)	Joseph Higgerson 1842–1939
Family with Mary Frances Herndon
himself Parents James Joseph Higgerson Nancy I Zachary	Col. Christopher Columbus Higgerson 1835–1903
wife Parents Benjamin Zachery Herndon Susan Fox	Mary Frances Herndon 1839–1920
son Family (none)	Charles Edwin Higgerson 1857–1860
daughter Family (none)	Martha Ellen Higgerson 1859–1860
son Family Ida May Lewis Mildred Higgerson Mary Higgerson Martha Higgerson May B Higgerson Thomas Higgerson Jesse Columbus Higgerson	Emmett Lee Higgerson 1861–1921
daughter Family Abraham Douglas Swegle Elmer L Swegle Earl D Swegle Mary M Swegle Mildred Frances Swegle	Effie May Higgerson 1865–1951
daughter Family Eralus Dunn Smith Mary Venita Smith Ray Smith Eddie Lee Smith	Ida Belle Higgerson 1863–1910
daughter Family Harry Pearson Turley Jessie Enola “Nullie” Turley Emmett Hall “Pete” Turley John Columbus Turley Margaret Williams “Peg” Turley Mary Elizabeth “Bess” Turley Roxie Lee “Bobbie” Turley William Pearson “Billy” Turley	Mary Enola “Molly” Higgerson 1867–1904
daughter Family (none)	Susan Olive Higgerson 1870–1956
son Family (none)	James Jackson Higgerson 1872–1949
son Family (none)	Benjamin Herndon Higgerson 1875–1907