The Shemwell Family

Gustus Pauline WallaceAge: 68 years19101978

Name
Gustus Pauline Wallace
Given names
Gustus Pauline
Surname
Wallace
Married name
Gustus Pauline Shamwell
Birth February 4, 1910 27 25
Marriage of a parentSamuel Franklin ShemwellFrances Ellen “Fannie” HeflinView this family
November 1915 (Age 5 years)

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 5 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 6 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 7 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/
Birth of a half-sisterGeorge Almeda Shemwell
July 13, 1919 (Age 9 years)
Census January 1, 1920 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a half-brotherGenie Franklin “Gene” Shemwell
August 16, 1922 (Age 12 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 19 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 half-sisterFrances Rebecca Shemwell
November 22, 1929 (Age 19 years)
Census April 1, 1930 (Age 20 years)
MarriageJames Thomas “Tom” ShamwellView this family
January 28, 1933 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Hugh Willis Shamwell
November 10, 1935 (Age 25 years)
Death of a sonHugh Willis Shamwell
November 11, 1935 (Age 25 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Charles Ervin Shamwell Sr.
April 6, 1938 (Age 28 years)
Death of a fatherWilton Rufus Wallace
March 12, 1943 (Age 33 years)

Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 31 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
Birth of a son
#3
Horace Wayne Shamwell
April 23, 1946 (Age 36 years)
Death of a sonHorace Wayne Shamwell
June 1, 1948 (Age 38 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 39 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
Birth of a grandson
#1
Charles Ervin Shamwell Jr.
November 21, 1958 (Age 48 years)
Death of a motherFrances Ellen “Fannie” Heflin
November 10, 1959 (Age 49 years)
Death of a sisterVirgie A Wallace
April 12, 1968 (Age 58 years)

Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 35 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 1978 (Age 68 years)

Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Greenwood Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage:
elder sister
6 years
herself
Mother’s family with Samuel Franklin Shemwell - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage: November 1915
4 years
half-sister
George Almeda Shemwell
Birth: July 13, 1919 29 34Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 10, 2007Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
3 years
half-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
half-sister
Frances Rebecca Shemwell
Birth: November 22, 1929 40 45Big Rock, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 12, 2004Almo, Calloway, Kentucky, United States
Family with James Thomas “Tom” Shamwell - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: January 28, 1933Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
3 years
son
Hugh Willis Shamwell
Birth: November 10, 1935 26 25Hickory Point, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 11, 1935Hickory Point, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
2 years
son
Charles Ervin Shamwell Sr.
Birth: April 6, 1938 28 28Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 28, 1995Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
8 years
son
Horace Wayne Shamwell
Birth: April 23, 1946 36 36Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 1, 1948Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States

Gustus Pauline Wallace has 0 first cousins recorded

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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