 Birth | August 25, 1897 28 23 |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 7 months)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
 Census | June 1, 1900 (Age 2 years) |
 Birth of a brother | Benjamin Floyd “Shem” Shemwell November 26, 1901 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Euell Eldon Shemwell June 29, 1907 (Age 9 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Eliza Jane Reed October 31, 1908 (Age 11 years) Cause: Kicked by a mule |
| Census | April 18, 1910 (Age 12 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Cleo Orlando Shemwell October 14, 1914 (Age 17 years) twin: Leo Shemwell
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| Birth of a brother | Leo Shemwell October 14, 1914 (Age 17 years) twin: Cleo Orlando Shemwell
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| Death of a brother | Leo Shemwell October 14, 1914 (Age 17 years) Cause: Died at birth |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 18 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 19 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 20 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Census | January 20, 1920 (Age 22 years) |
 Marriage | Krata Eileen Waddle — View this family about 1923 (Age 25 years) |
| Death of a father | Lovelace Lacewell Shemwell December 19, 1924 (Age 27 years) |
| Death of a wife | Krata Eileen Waddle March 4, 1925 (Age 27 years) Cause: Septic Pneumonia |
| Marriage | Trulla Vernus Hudson — View this family November 28, 1926 (Age 29 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 32 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Census | May 2, 1930 (Age 32 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Shirley LaVerne Shemwell August 27, 1930 (Age 33 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Ronald Ray “Ron” Shemwell December 17, 1935 (Age 38 years) |
| Death of a brother | Cleo Orlando Shemwell June 6, 1938 (Age 40 years) Cause: Burning |
| Burial of a brother | Cleo Orlando Shemwell June 6, 1938 (Age 40 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Pearsall Cemetery |
| Census | April 18, 1940 (Age 42 years) |
| Death of a brother | Shannon Lee Shemwell November 4, 1940 (Age 43 years) |
| Death of a brother | Euell Eldon Shemwell October 24, 1941 (Age 44 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 44 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Death of a mother | Edna Blanche Cunningham October 29, 1950 (Age 53 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 52 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Death of a brother | Benjamin Floyd “Shem” Shemwell November 18, 1966 (Age 69 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 48 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
 Death | March 17, 1984 (Age 86 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Kinsey Cemetery |