The Shemwell Family

Name
Marvin Browden Shemwell
Given names
Marvin Browden
Surname
Shemwell
Birth September 16, 1884 31 25
Birth of a sisterKerna Elliot Shemwell
February 1887 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherLuther Cashman Shemwell
July 25, 1889 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a brotherDallas Hedger Shemwell
March 15, 1893 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a brotherFelix Jason Shemwell Sr.
October 7, 1895 (Age 11 years)
Birth of a brotherCurtis Lee Shemwell
December 22, 1897 (Age 13 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 13 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
Birth of a sisterNina Pearl Shemwell
April 14, 1900 (Age 15 years)
Census June 1, 1900 (Age 15 years)
MarriageKatie Thomas MossView this family
about 1908 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Senora Alberta Shemwell
June 5, 1909 (Age 24 years)
Census April 14, 1910 (Age 25 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Catherine Shemwell
May 3, 1910 (Age 25 years)
Death of a fatherWilliam Luther Shemwell
August 15, 1910 (Age 25 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Evelyn L Shemwell
December 16, 1911 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 31 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 32 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 33 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/
Census January 12, 1920 (Age 35 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4
Iris Moss Shemwell
May 21, 1923 (Age 38 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Gloria Eugene “Jean” Moss
October 18, 1925 (Age 41 years)
Marriage of a childNobel Simmons MossSenora Alberta ShemwellView this family
calculated 1925 (Age 40 years)

Marriage of a childThomas Franklin RussellCatherine ShemwellView this family
October 26, 1926 (Age 42 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
Herman Franklin Russell
November 9, 1927 (Age 43 years)
Birth of a grandson
#3
Charles Winferd Moss
February 25, 1929 (Age 44 years)
Birth of a grandson
#4
Marvin Thomas Russell
September 9, 1929 (Age 44 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 45 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 45 years)
Birth of a grandson
#5
Leonard Dean Russell
November 2, 1931 (Age 47 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#6
Joyce Lee Moss
February 16, 1934 (Age 49 years)
Marriage of a childJohn Davis OzmentCatherine ShemwellView this family
1935 (Age 50 years)
Birth of a grandson
#7
Charles Davis “Charlie” Ozment
July 18, 1936 (Age 51 years)
Marriage of a childWilliam Ewing MooreCatherine ShemwellView this family
about 1940 (Age 55 years)

Census April 3, 1940 (Age 55 years)
Death of a motherLucy M Gilliam
February 1, 1942 (Age 57 years)
Cause: Cancer of stomach and hypertension
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 57 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 granddaughter
#8
Regeina Kay Purcell
December 2, 1947 (Age 63 years)
Death of a sisterEffie E Shemwell
August 15, 1949 (Age 64 years)

Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 65 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 wifeKatie Thomas Moss
April 30, 1960 (Age 75 years)
Death of a sisterLeah Leota Shemwell
February 16, 1964 (Age 79 years)
Death of a brotherDallas Hedger Shemwell
June 16, 1964 (Age 79 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 61 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 June 22, 1964 (Age 79 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Antioch Baptist Cemetery
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