The Shemwell Family

Events of close relatives Historical facts
Birth	October 19, 1903 21 19
Birth of a sister	Gustus Pauline Wallace February 4, 1910 (Age 6 years) Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Marriage of a parent	Samuel Franklin Shemwell — Frances Ellen “Fannie” Heflin — View this family November 1915 (Age 12 years)
Historical Event	Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 12 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 13 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 14 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-sister	George Almeda Shemwell July 13, 1919 (Age 15 years) Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Birth of a half-brother	Genie Franklin “Gene” Shemwell August 16, 1922 (Age 18 years) Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Historical Event	The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 25 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-sister	Frances Rebecca Shemwell November 22, 1929 (Age 26 years) Big Rock, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death of a father	Wilton Rufus Wallace March 12, 1943 (Age 39 years)
Historical Event	World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 38 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 46 years) South Korea 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 mother	Frances Ellen “Fannie” Heflin November 10, 1959 (Age 56 years) Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Historical Event	Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 42 years) Vietnam 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	April 12, 1968 (Age 64 years)
Burial	Heflin-Joiner Cemetery, Big Rock, Stewart, Tennessee, United States Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Heflin-Joiner Cemetery

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Family with parents - View this family

father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Frances Ellen “Fannie” Heflin Virgie A Wallace Gustus Pauline Wallace Wilton Rufus Wallace Birth: September 19, 1882 Death: March 12, 1943
mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Wilton Rufus Wallace Virgie A Wallace Gustus Pauline Wallace Family with spouse Samuel Franklin Shemwell George Almeda Shemwell Genie Franklin “Gene” Shemwell Frances Rebecca Shemwell Frances Ellen “Fannie” Heflin Birth: August 26, 1884 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: November 10, 1959 — Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
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herself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Virgie A Wallace Birth: October 19, 1903 21 19 Death: April 12, 1968
6 years younger sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse James Thomas “Tom” Shamwell Hugh Willis Shamwell Charles Ervin Shamwell Sr. Horace Wayne Shamwell Gustus Pauline Wallace Birth: February 4, 1910 27 25 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: March 1978

Mother’s family with Samuel Franklin Shemwell - View this family

step-father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Onie Phillips Robert Earl Shemwell Family with spouse Frances Ellen “Fannie” Heflin George Almeda Shemwell Genie Franklin “Gene” Shemwell Frances Rebecca Shemwell Samuel Franklin Shemwell Birth: September 11, 1889 21 — Tennessee, United States Death: February 23, 1968
mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Wilton Rufus Wallace Virgie A Wallace Gustus Pauline Wallace Family with spouse Samuel Franklin Shemwell George Almeda Shemwell Genie Franklin “Gene” Shemwell Frances Rebecca Shemwell Frances Ellen “Fannie” Heflin Birth: August 26, 1884 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: November 10, 1959 — Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
	Marriage: November 1915 —
4 years half-sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse William Harrison Harp George Almeda Shemwell Birth: July 13, 1919 29 34 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: August 10, 2007 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
3 years half-brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Martha Estelle Barnes Genie Randal Shemwell Donald Franklin Shemwell Genie Franklin “Gene” Shemwell Birth: August 16, 1922 32 37 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: July 3, 2001 — Big Rock, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
7 years half-sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse John Robert Pruitt Frances Rebecca Shemwell Birth: November 22, 1929 40 45 — Big Rock, Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: November 12, 2004 — Almo, Calloway, Kentucky, United States

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Family with parents
father Parents (unknown)	Wilton Rufus Wallace 1882–1943
mother Parents George Heflin Almeda Key	Frances Ellen “Fannie” Heflin 1884–1959
herself Family (none)	Virgie A Wallace 1903–1968
younger sister Family James Thomas “Tom” Shamwell Hugh Willis Shamwell Charles Ervin Shamwell Sr. Horace Wayne Shamwell	Gustus Pauline Wallace 1910–1978
Mother’s family with Samuel Franklin Shemwell
step-father Parents Henry Isaac Shamwell Rebecca Kennedy	Samuel Franklin Shemwell 1889–1968
mother Parents George Heflin Almeda Key	Frances Ellen “Fannie” Heflin 1884–1959
half-sister Family William Harrison Harp Private	George Almeda Shemwell 1919–2007
half-brother Family Martha Estelle Barnes Genie Randal Shemwell Donald Franklin Shemwell Private Private	Genie Franklin “Gene” Shemwell 1922–2001
half-sister Family John Robert Pruitt Private Private Private Private Private Private	Frances Rebecca Shemwell 1929–2004