 Birth | January 13, 1917 32 31 |
 Death of a paternal grandfather | John William Shemwell December 8, 1917 (Age 10 months) |
 Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918Note: 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 11 months)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 14, 1920 (Age 3 years) |
| Birth of a brother | James E Shemwell June 9, 1921 (Age 4 years) |
| Death of a brother | James E Shemwell September 6, 1922 (Age 5 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Margaret E Shemwell August 10, 1923 (Age 6 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 12 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 | April 1, 1930 (Age 13 years) |
| Census | April 10, 1940 (Age 23 years) |
 Military | WWII Draft Registration May 2, 1942 (Age 25 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 24 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 #1 | Anthony “Tony” Shemwell September 22, 1953 (Age 36 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 32 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 mother | Laura Emily “Emma” Blackwell November 21, 1965 (Age 48 years) |
| Death of a father | Marcus Delumuel Shemwell December 14, 1965 (Age 48 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 28 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 sister | Laura Mabel Shemwell March 20, 1978 (Age 61 years) |
 Death | May 6, 1980 (Age 63 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Jackson Cemetery |