The Shemwell Family

Birth April 20, 1839 36 37
Birth of a brotherThomas Jefferson Herndon
November 11, 1839 (Age 6 months)
Death of a brotherThomas Jefferson Herndon
August 22, 1840 (Age 16 months)
Birth of a brotherHenry Green Herndon
October 14, 1841 (Age 2 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherElizabeth Zachery
1847 (Age 7 years)
Census September 18, 1850 (Age 11 years)
Death of a brotherJohn Fox Herndon
October 28, 1851 (Age 12 years)
Religious marriageCol. Christopher Columbus Higgerson — View this family
September 15, 1856 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a son
#1Charles Edwin Higgerson
August 9, 1857 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2Martha Ellen Higgerson
August 11, 1859 (Age 20 years)
Death of a sonCharles Edwin Higgerson
February 21, 1860 (Age 20 years)
Death of a daughterMartha Ellen Higgerson
March 30, 1860 (Age 20 years)
Census August 23, 1860 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a son
#3Emmett Lee Higgerson
June 9, 1861 (Age 22 years)
Death of a brotherHenry Green Herndon
September 16, 1861 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4Ida Belle Higgerson
August 1, 1863 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a daughter
#5Effie May Higgerson
December 18, 1865 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a daughter
#6Mary Enola “Molly” Higgerson
April 1867 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a daughter
#7Susan Olive Higgerson
March 1870 (Age 30 years)
Census July 25, 1870 (Age 31 years)
Birth of a son
#8James Jackson Higgerson
August 2, 1872 (Age 33 years)
Death of a fatherBenjamin Zachery Herndon
August 7, 1873 (Age 34 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherGeorge Henry Herndon Sr
December 20, 1874 (Age 35 years)
Birth of a son
#9Benjamin Herndon Higgerson
October 18, 1875 (Age 36 years)
Census June 10, 1880 (Age 41 years)
Death of a brotherGeorge Clark Herndon
May 24, 1885 (Age 46 years)
Death of a motherSusan Fox
August 1885 (Age 46 years)
Marriage of a childHarry Pearson Turley — Mary Enola “Molly” Higgerson — View this family
October 3, 1888 (Age 49 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1Jessie Enola “Nullie” Turley
May 25, 1889 (Age 50 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2Emmett Hall “Pete” Turley
January 9, 1891 (Age 51 years)
Marriage of a childEmmett Lee Higgerson — Ida May Lewis — View this family
February 17, 1892 (Age 52 years)
Marriage of a childEralus Dunn Smith — Ida Belle Higgerson — View this family
calculated 1892 (Age 52 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#3Mildred Higgerson
January 1893 (Age 53 years)
Birth of a grandson
#4John Columbus Turley
August 3, 1893 (Age 54 years)
Marriage of a childAbraham Douglas Swegle — Effie May Higgerson — View this family
October 19, 1893 (Age 54 years)
Birth of a grandson
#5Elmer L Swegle
August 30, 1894 (Age 55 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#6Mary Higgerson
December 1894 (Age 55 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#7Margaret Williams “Peg” Turley
August 12, 1895 (Age 56 years)
Birth of a grandson
#8Earl D Swegle
1897 (Age 57 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#9Mary Elizabeth “Bess” Turley
March 23, 1898 (Age 58 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#10Martha Higgerson
August 1899 (Age 60 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#11Mary Venita Smith
April 7, 1900 (Age 60 years)
Census June 21, 1900 (Age 61 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#12Roxie Lee “Bobbie” Turley
November 2, 1900 (Age 61 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#13Mary M Swegle
1901 (Age 61 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#14May B Higgerson
1903 (Age 63 years)
Birth of a grandson
#15Ray Smith
calculated 1903 (Age 63 years)
Death of a husbandCol. Christopher Columbus Higgerson
February 11, 1903 (Age 63 years)
Birth of a grandson
#16William Pearson “Billy” Turley
September 16, 1903 (Age 64 years)
Death of a daughterMary Enola “Molly” Higgerson
1904 (Age 64 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#17Mildred Frances Swegle
1905 (Age 65 years)
Birth of a grandson
#18Eddie Lee Smith
October 30, 1905 (Age 66 years)
Death of a sonBenjamin Herndon Higgerson
March 3, 1907 (Age 67 years)
Death of a daughterIda Belle Higgerson
February 28, 1910 (Age 70 years)
Birth of a grandson
#19Thomas Higgerson
March 1910 (Age 70 years)
Birth of a grandson
#20Jesse Columbus Higgerson
April 14, 1910 (Age 70 years)
Census April 16, 1910 (Age 70 years)
Death of a sisterMartha Elizabeth Herndon
March 5, 1911 (Age 71 years)
Burial of a sisterMartha Elizabeth Herndon
March 7, 1911 (Age 71 years)
Death of a brotherWilliam James Herndon
January 3, 1912 (Age 72 years)
Death May 15, 1920 (Age 81 years)
Burial May 1920 (Age 81 years)

Family with parents
father Parents George Henry Herndon Sr Elizabeth Zachery	Benjamin Zachery Herndon 1802–1873
mother Parents (unknown)	Susan Fox 1802–1885
elder brother Family Elizabeth Pope Benjamin Thomas Herndon Anna Brown Herndon William H Herndon John W Herndon Lester H Herndon Ella B Herndon James G Herndon Lucinda Windsor	George Clark Herndon 1833–1885
elder sister Family John A Fray James Thomas Fray Benjamin A Fray John W Fray Mary Fray Henry G Fray Susan F Fray Elizabeth Jane “Lillie” Fray DeWitt C Fray Katie B Fray	Martha Elizabeth Herndon 1835–1911
elder brother Family Mary E McMahan Susan M Herndon John Herndon Harriett Elizabeth Herndon Martha E Herndon Lucy C Herndon Henry W Herndon William Lee “Willy” Herndon Ella Herndon Levert Herndon Ann Herndon Benjamin W Herndon Maud Herndon Della W Herndon Adelia M Turley	William James Herndon 1829–1912
elder brother Family (none)	John Fox Herndon 1831–1851
herself Family Col. Christopher Columbus Higgerson 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	Mary Frances Herndon 1839–1920
younger brother Family (none)	Thomas Jefferson Herndon 1839–1840
younger brother Family (none)	Henry Green Herndon 1841–1861
Family with Col. Christopher Columbus Higgerson
husband Parents James Joseph Higgerson Nancy I Zachary	Col. Christopher Columbus Higgerson 1835–1903
herself 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