The Shemwell Family

Birth December 18, 1865 30 26
Birth of a sisterMary Enola “Molly” Higgerson
April 1867 (Age 15 months)
Death of a paternal grandmotherNancy I Zachary
1868 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a sisterSusan Olive Higgerson
March 1870 (Age 4 years)
Census July 25, 1870 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a brotherJames Jackson Higgerson
August 2, 1872 (Age 6 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherBenjamin Zachery Herndon
August 7, 1873 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a brotherBenjamin Herndon Higgerson
October 18, 1875 (Age 9 years)
Census June 10, 1880 (Age 14 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherSusan Fox
August 1885 (Age 19 years)
Religious marriageAbraham Douglas Swegle — View this family
October 19, 1893 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a son
#1Elmer L Swegle
August 30, 1894 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a son
#2Earl D Swegle
1897 (Age 31 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3Mary M Swegle
1901 (Age 35 years)
Death of a fatherCol. Christopher Columbus Higgerson
February 11, 1903 (Age 37 years)
Death of a sisterMary Enola “Molly” Higgerson
1904 (Age 38 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4Mildred Frances Swegle
1905 (Age 39 years)
Death of a brotherBenjamin Herndon Higgerson
March 3, 1907 (Age 41 years)
Death of a sisterIda Belle Higgerson
February 28, 1910 (Age 44 years)
Census April 25, 1910 (Age 44 years)
Census January 2, 1920 (Age 54 years)
Death of a motherMary Frances Herndon
May 15, 1920 (Age 54 years)
Death of a brotherEmmett Lee Higgerson
July 29, 1921 (Age 55 years)
Burial of a brotherEmmett Lee Higgerson
July 31, 1921 (Age 55 years)
Census April 2, 1930 (Age 64 years)
Death of a husbandAbraham Douglas Swegle
February 15, 1937 (Age 71 years)
Death of a brotherJames Jackson Higgerson
May 11, 1949 (Age 83 years)
Census April 4, 1950 (Age 84 years)
Death November 10, 1951 (Age 85 years)

Family with parents
father Parents James Joseph Higgerson Nancy I Zachary	Col. Christopher Columbus Higgerson 1835–1903
mother Parents Benjamin Zachery Herndon Susan Fox	Mary Frances Herndon 1839–1920
elder brother Family (none)	Charles Edwin Higgerson 1857–1860
elder sister Family (none)	Martha Ellen Higgerson 1859–1860
elder brother Family Ida May Lewis Mildred Higgerson Mary Higgerson Martha Higgerson May B Higgerson Thomas Higgerson Jesse Columbus Higgerson	Emmett Lee Higgerson 1861–1921
herself Family Abraham Douglas Swegle Elmer L Swegle Earl D Swegle Mary M Swegle Mildred Frances Swegle	Effie May Higgerson 1865–1951
elder sister Family Eralus Dunn Smith Mary Venita Smith Ray Smith Eddie Lee Smith	Ida Belle Higgerson 1863–1910
younger sister 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
younger sister Family (none)	Susan Olive Higgerson 1870–1956
younger brother Family (none)	James Jackson Higgerson 1872–1949
younger brother Family (none)	Benjamin Herndon Higgerson 1875–1907
Family with Abraham Douglas Swegle
husband Parents (unknown)	Abraham Douglas Swegle 1866–1937
herself Parents Col. Christopher Columbus Higgerson Mary Frances Herndon	Effie May Higgerson 1865–1951
son Family Mary Lee Private Private Private Private	Elmer L Swegle 1894–
son Family (none)	Earl D Swegle 1897–
daughter Family (none)	Mary M Swegle 1901–
daughter Family Cecil Earl Livingston Private Private	Mildred Frances Swegle 1905–2002