The Shemwell Family

Events of close relatives Historical facts
Birth	1904 Jesup, Buchanan, Iowa, United States
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/
Marriage	Ruth Ada Acuff — View this family June 14, 1924 (Age 20 years) Jesup, Buchanan, Iowa, 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
Historical Event	World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 37 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
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 of a wife	Ruth Ada Acuff 1989 (Age 85 years) Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa, United States
Death	unknown

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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 Clare Trumbaur Earl McClue John McClue Death:
mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse John McClue Earl McClue Clare Trumbaur Death:
	Marriage: —
himself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Ruth Ada Acuff Earl McClue Birth: 1904 — Jesup, Buchanan, Iowa, United States Death:

Family with Ruth Ada Acuff - View this family

himself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Ruth Ada Acuff Earl McClue Birth: 1904 — Jesup, Buchanan, Iowa, United States Death:
wife	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Earl McClue Ruth Ada Acuff Birth: July 8, 1903 37 42 — LaSalle, Illinois, United States Death: 1989 — Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa, United States
	Marriage: June 14, 1924 — Jesup, Buchanan, Iowa, United States

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Family with parents
father Parents (unknown)	John McClue –
mother Parents (unknown)	Clare Trumbaur –
himself Family Ruth Ada Acuff	Earl McClue 1904–
Family with Ruth Ada Acuff
himself Parents John McClue Clare Trumbaur	Earl McClue 1904–
wife Parents William Sherman Acuff Mary Elizabeth Barnhart	Ruth Ada Acuff 1903–1989