Selected Families and Individuals

James Rickman [Parents] was born on 1 Nov 1797 in Tennessee. He died on 21 Jun 1884 in Tennessee. He was buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Sharon Grove, Todd Co, Ky. He married Elizabeth Keesee Henry on 22 Nov 1821 in Sumner Co., Tn.

Elizabeth Keesee Henry [Parents] was born on 4 Dec 1804 in Tennessee. She died on 17 Dec 1875 in Elkton, Todd Co, Ky. She was buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Sharon Grove, Todd Co, Ky. She married James Rickman on 22 Nov 1821 in Sumner Co., Tn.

They had the following children:

		F	i	Permelia Belinda Rickman.
		F	ii	Nancy C . Rickman.
		M	iii	Joshua N. Rickman was born in 1823/1825.
		M	iv	John A. Rickman was born in 1833.

Samuel Shemwell [Parents] was born on 17 Sep 1809 in North Carolina. He died on 28 Aug 1881 in Todd Co, Ky. He married Permelia Belinda Rickman on 17 Aug 1841 in Elkton, Todd Co, Ky.

Permelia Belinda Rickman [Parents].Permelia married Samuel Shemwell on 17 Aug 1841 in Elkton, Todd Co, Ky.

They had the following children:

		M	i	James Marcus Shemwell was born on 12 Aug 1842. He died on 20 Jul 1916.
		M	ii	William A. Shemwell was born on 26 Jul 1845. He died on 1 Feb 1922.
		F	iii	Elizabeth (Bettie) J. Shemwell was born on 22 Oct 1847. She died on 16 Aug 1924.

James Marcus Shemwell [Parents] was born on 12 Aug 1842 in Elkton, Todd Co, Ky. He died on 20 Jul 1916 in Elkton, Todd Co, Ky. He was buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Sharon Grove, Todd Co, Ky. He married Penelope Frances Coursey on 15 Nov 1868 in Todd Co, Ky.

Penelope Frances Coursey was born in Apr 1845. She died in Aug 1922 in Todd Co, Ky. She was buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Sharon Grove, Todd Co, Ky. She married James Marcus Shemwell on 15 Nov 1868 in Todd Co, Ky.

They had the following children:

		F	i	Alice Shemwell was born in 1869.
		M	ii	Samuel Anderson Shemwell was born on 3 Jun 1873. He died on 30 Aug 1950.
		F	iii	Sien E. Shemwell was born in Aug 1879 in Elkton, Todd Co, Ky.
		F	iv	J. Todd Shemwell was born on 18 Sep 1881. She died on 15 Jul 1905.
		F	v	Carla S. Shemwell was born about 1882 in Elkton, Todd Co, Ky.

John W. Lyon was born before 1869. He married Alice Shemwell on 10 Jan 1892 in Logan Co, Ky.

Alice Shemwell [Parents] was born in 1869 in Elkton, Todd Co, Ky. She married John W. Lyon on 10 Jan 1892 in Logan Co, Ky.

Samuel Anderson Shemwell [Parents] was born on 3 Jun 1873 in Elkton, Todd Co, Ky. He died on 30 Aug 1950 in Logan Co, Ky. He married Lillie Elizabeth Flood.

Lillie Elizabeth Flood.Lillie married Samuel Anderson Shemwell.

Thomas D. Shemwell was born on 10 Jun 1883 in Tennessee. He married J. Todd Shemwell on 18 Mar 1903 in Todd Co, Ky.

J. Todd Shemwell [Parents] was born on 18 Sep 1881 in Elkton, Todd Co, Ky. She died on 15 Jul 1905. She was buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Sharon Grove, Todd Co, Ky. She married Thomas D. Shemwell on 18 Mar 1903 in Todd Co, Ky.

William A. Shemwell [Parents] was born on 26 Jul 1845 in Elkton, Todd Co, Ky. He died on 1 Feb 1922 in Los Angeles, Ca. He married Virginia Cordellia Brockman on 2 Feb 1863 in Elkton, Todd Co, Ky.

Virginia Cordellia Brockman [Parents] was born in 1843 in Elkton, Todd Co, Ky. She married William A. Shemwell on 2 Feb 1863 in Elkton, Todd Co, Ky.

They had the following children:

		M	i	James Harvey Shemwell.
		F	ii	Lillian Shemwell.
		M	iii	Walter Shemwell.
		F	iv	Bessie Shemwell.
		F	v	Carrie Shemwell.

Oswell W. Brockman was born in 1825 in Kentucky. He died on 28 Jun 1878. He married Elizabeth M. about 1842 in Kentucky.

Elizabeth M. was born in 1831. She died in Oct 1858 in Elkton, Todd Co, Ky. She married Oswell W. Brockman about 1842 in Kentucky.

They had the following children:

		F	i	Virginia Cordellia Brockman was born in 1843.
		M	ii	George D. Brockman.
		F	iii	Lettitia Brockman was born in 1850 in Elkton, Todd Co, Ky.

Samuel Shemwell [Parents] was born on 1 Feb 1776 in St Mary's Co, Md. He died before 24 Aug 1860 in Todd Co, Ky. He married Jane "Jennie" Dickerson on 14 Jul 1798 in Granville Co, Nc.

Jane "Jennie" Dickerson was born about 1780 in Maryland. She died in 1850 in Todd Co, Ky. She married Samuel Shemwell on 14 Jul 1798 in Granville Co, Nc.

They had the following children:

		U	i	Shemwell.
		M	ii	James G. Shemwell was born about 1799 in Granville Co, Nc.
		M	iii	Thomas Shemwell was born about 1800 in North Carolina.
		F	iv	Nancy Shemwell was born about 1801 in North Carolina.
		F	v	Sarah "Sally" Shemwell was born about 1802 in Fayette Co, Tn.
		M	vi	Samuel Shemwell was born on 17 Sep 1809. He died on 28 Aug 1881.
		F	vii	Nancy Jane Shemwell was born about 1813 in Kentucky.
		M	viii	William G. Shemwell was born about 1799. He died in Jun 1850.

James Shemwell Sr. was born in 1741 in Sussex, England. He died after 18 Feb 1797. He married Mary Jane Higgs.

Mary Jane Higgs [Parents] was born before 1755 in Maryland. She died before 1810. She married James Shemwell Sr..

They had the following children:

		M	i	Zachariah Shemwell died in 1826.
		F	ii	Penelope "Nellie" Shemwell.
		F	iii	Elizabeth Shemwell.
		F	iv	Mary Shemwell.
		F	v	Ellender Shemwell.
		F	vi	Susan Rebecca Shemwell was born about 1774. She died about 1857.
		M	vii	James Shemwell was born about 1775. He died after 1826.
		M	viii	Samuel Shemwell was born on 1 Feb 1776. He died before 24 Aug 1860.
		M	ix	Joseph Shemwell was born on 25 Apr 1783. He died on 6 Mar 1836.
		F	x	Anna Margaret Shemwell was born about 1786.

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