The Shemwell Family

Birth June 9, 1861 25 22
Death of a paternal grandfatherJames Joseph Higgerson
December 25, 1861 (Age 6 months)
Birth of a sisterIda Belle Higgerson
August 1, 1863 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a sisterEffie May Higgerson
December 18, 1865 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a sisterMary Enola “Molly” Higgerson
April 1867 (Age 5 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherNancy I Zachary
1868 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a sisterSusan Olive Higgerson
March 1870 (Age 8 years)
Census July 25, 1870 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a brotherJames Jackson Higgerson
August 2, 1872 (Age 11 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherBenjamin Zachery Herndon
August 7, 1873 (Age 12 years)
Birth of a brotherBenjamin Herndon Higgerson
October 18, 1875 (Age 14 years)
Census June 10, 1880 (Age 19 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherSusan Fox
August 1885 (Age 24 years)
Religious marriageIda May Lewis — View this family
February 17, 1892 (Age 30 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1Mildred Higgerson
January 1893 (Age 31 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2Mary Higgerson
December 1894 (Age 33 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3Martha Higgerson
August 1899 (Age 38 years)
Census June 27, 1900 (Age 39 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4May B Higgerson
1903 (Age 41 years)
Death of a fatherCol. Christopher Columbus Higgerson
February 11, 1903 (Age 41 years)
Death of a sisterMary Enola “Molly” Higgerson
1904 (Age 42 years)
Death of a brotherBenjamin Herndon Higgerson
March 3, 1907 (Age 45 years)
Death of a sisterIda Belle Higgerson
February 28, 1910 (Age 48 years)
Birth of a son
#5Thomas Higgerson
March 1910 (Age 48 years)
Birth of a son
#6Jesse Columbus Higgerson
April 14, 1910 (Age 48 years)
Census April 19, 1910 (Age 48 years)
Census January 2, 1920 (Age 58 years)
Death of a motherMary Frances Herndon
May 15, 1920 (Age 58 years)
Death July 29, 1921 (Age 60 years)
Burial July 31, 1921 (2 days after death)

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
himself Family Ida May Lewis Mildred Higgerson Mary Higgerson Martha Higgerson May B Higgerson Thomas Higgerson Jesse Columbus Higgerson	Emmett Lee Higgerson 1861–1921
younger sister Family Abraham Douglas Swegle Elmer L Swegle Earl D Swegle Mary M Swegle Mildred Frances Swegle	Effie May Higgerson 1865–1951
younger 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 Ida May Lewis
himself Parents Col. Christopher Columbus Higgerson Mary Frances Herndon	Emmett Lee Higgerson 1861–1921
wife Parents (unknown)	Ida May Lewis 1870–
daughter Family William F Short Private Private Private Private Private Private	Mildred Higgerson 1893–
daughter Family (none)	Mary Higgerson 1894–
daughter Family Paul Rolland Goode Private Private Private	Martha Higgerson 1899–
daughter Family (none)	May B Higgerson 1903–
son Family (none)	Thomas Higgerson 1910–
son Family (none)	Jesse Columbus Higgerson 1910–1925