The Shemwell Family

Inez Mattie Shemwell1888

Name
Inez Mattie Shemwell
Given names
Inez Mattie
Surname
Shemwell
Birth June 1888 33 33
Death of a brotherJoseph H Shemwell
August 19, 1889 (Age 14 months)
Death of a paternal grandmotherElizabeth “Lizzie” Cheek
October 20, 1895 (Age 7 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 9 years)
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
Death of a motherMattie E Clinard
1899 (Age 10 years)

Census June 1, 1900 (Age 12 years)
Marriage of a parentHenry Hall ShemwellIrene B “Rena” KillebrewView this family
December 9, 1901 (Age 13 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 27 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 28 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 29 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/
Death of a fatherHenry Hall Shemwell
February 22, 1924 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 41 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 53 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 61 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 57 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
Deathunknown

Cause of death: Tuberculosis
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: October 15, 1884Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
10 months
elder brother
19 months
elder brother
Joseph H Shemwell
Birth: March 12, 1887 32 32Trigg, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 19, 1889Trigg, Kentucky, United States
16 months
herself
Inez Mattie Shemwell
Birth: June 1888 33 33Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death:
Father’s family with Irene B “Rena” Killebrew - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: December 9, 1901Stewart, Tennessee, United States

Inez Mattie Shemwell has 10 first cousins recorded

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Walter L McCuiston - Household

State Street Hardin, Marshall, Kentucky

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
McCuiston, Walter LheadWMDec186930SKYNCKYPhotographer
McCuiston, Martha AsisterWFJan187228SKYNCKY
McCuiston, Nancy JmotherWFAug184250Wd42KYNCMA
Shemwell, Henry HboarderWMJul185445WdTNTNTNCarpenter
Shemwell, Inez MboarderWFJun188812SKYTNTN