The Shemwell Family

George Almeda ShemwellAge: 88 years19192007

Name
George Almeda Shemwell
Given names
George Almeda
Surname
Shemwell
Married name
George Almeda Harp
Birth July 13, 1919 29 34
Census January 1, 1920 (Age 5 months)
Birth of a brotherGenie Franklin “Gene” Shemwell
August 16, 1922 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 10 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
Birth of a sisterFrances Rebecca Shemwell
November 22, 1929 (Age 10 years)
Census April 1, 1930 (Age 10 years)
Census April 17, 1940 (Age 20 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherHenry Isaac Shamwell
July 3, 1943 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 22 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
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 30 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 motherFrances Ellen “Fannie” Heflin
November 10, 1959 (Age 40 years)
Death of a fatherSamuel Franklin Shemwell
February 23, 1968 (Age 48 years)

Death of a half-sisterVirgie A Wallace
April 12, 1968 (Age 48 years)

Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 26 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 of a half-sisterGustus Pauline Wallace
March 1978 (Age 58 years)

Death of a half-brotherRobert Earl Shemwell
December 18, 1980 (Age 61 years)
Death of a husbandWilliam Harrison Harp
October 13, 1985 (Age 66 years)

Death of a brotherGenie Franklin “Gene” Shemwell
July 3, 2001 (Age 81 years)
Death of a sisterFrances Rebecca Shemwell
November 12, 2004 (Age 85 years)
Death August 10, 2007 (Age 88 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Resthaven Memorial Gardens
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father
mother
Marriage: November 1915
4 years
herself
George Almeda Shemwell
Birth: July 13, 1919 29 34Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 10, 2007Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
3 years
younger brother
Genie Franklin “Gene” Shemwell
Birth: August 16, 1922 32 37Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 3, 2001Big Rock, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
7 years
younger sister
Frances Rebecca Shemwell
Birth: November 22, 1929 40 45Big Rock, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 12, 2004Almo, Calloway, Kentucky, United States
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father
step-mother
Onie Phillips
Birth: December 28, 1894Tennessee, United States
Death: November 14, 1958Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: January 18, 1911Stewart, Tennessee, United States
9 months
half-brother
Mother’s family with Wilton Rufus Wallace - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage:
half-sister
6 years
half-sister
Family with William Harrison Harp - View this family
husband
herself
George Almeda Shemwell
Birth: July 13, 1919 29 34Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 10, 2007Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
daughter
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Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Samuel Franklin Shemwell - Household

Dist. 1 Enum Dist 189 Stewart, Tennessee, United States

NameRelationTenSexRaceAgeMCYOIN/AYONEduBPFBPMBPNLEng?OccupationIndustryEmploy
Samuel F ShemwellHeadMW30MTNKYKYFarmerGeneral farm
Frances E ShemwellwifeFW35MTNTNAL
Gustie P. ShemwelldaughterFW9STNTNTN
Georgia A ShemwelldaughterFW5mSTNTNTN

Notes: Big Rock Rd.-Bumpus Mills Rd.

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Samuel Franklin Shemwell - Household

Dover Road Stewart, Tennessee, United States

NameRelationAssetsSexRaceAgeMCAgMEduBPFBPMBPNLYOIN/AEng?OccupationIndustryEmployVetWar
Frank ShemwellheadMW40M27TNTNTNFarmerGeneral farm
Annie ShemwellwifeFW45M25TNTNTN
Earl ShemwellsonMW18S-TNTNTNFarmerGeneral farm
Almetie ShemwelldaughterFW10S-TNTNTN
Gennie ShemwellsonMW7S-TNTNTN
Rebecca ShemwelldaughterFW4mS-UNKTNTN
Pauline Wallacestep-daughterFW20S-TNTNTN