The Shemwell Family

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Birth	July 6, 1870 25 26 Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Marriage	Minnie May Vincent — View this family unknown
Historical Event	Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 7 years) Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Death of a mother	Sarah Jane Humphrey April 11, 1890 (Age 19 years) Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Historical Event	Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 27 years) Cuba 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 daughter #1	Clara Pauline Calvert July 31, 1914 (Age 44 years) Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Historical Event	Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 45 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 46 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 47 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 father	Joseph L Calvert April 15, 1919 (Age 48 years)
Historical Event	The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 59 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
Death of a wife	Minnie May Vincent June 8, 1933 (Age 62 years) Central City, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Birth of a grandson #1	Ruby Waldon Shemwell March 13, 1935 (Age 64 years) Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Birth of a granddaughter #2	Georgia Faye Shemwell February 13, 1938 (Age 67 years) Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Historical Event	World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 71 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 #3	Patsy L Shemwell November 20, 1948 (Age 78 years) Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Historical Event	Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 75 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	January 27, 1949 (Age 78 years) Central City, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Burial	Coleman Cemetery #2, Central City, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Coleman Cemetery #2

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father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Sarah Jane Humphrey Henry Payton Calvert Joseph L Calvert Birth: January 15, 1845 — Ohio, Kentucky, United States Death: April 15, 1919
mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Joseph L Calvert Henry Payton Calvert Sarah Jane Humphrey Birth: October 1, 1843 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: April 11, 1890 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
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himself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Minnie May Vincent Clara Pauline Calvert Henry Payton Calvert Birth: July 6, 1870 25 26 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: January 27, 1949 — Central City, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States

Family with Minnie May Vincent - View this family

himself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Minnie May Vincent Clara Pauline Calvert Henry Payton Calvert Birth: July 6, 1870 25 26 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: January 27, 1949 — Central City, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
wife	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Henry Payton Calvert Clara Pauline Calvert Minnie May Vincent Birth: January 27, 1888 Death: June 8, 1933 — Central City, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
	Marriage: —
daughter	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Beryl A “Burlie” Shemwell Ruby Waldon Shemwell Georgia Faye Shemwell Patsy L Shemwell Clara Pauline Calvert Birth: July 31, 1914 44 26 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: April 3, 1999 — Central City, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States

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Family with parents
father Parents (unknown)	Joseph L Calvert 1845–1919
mother Parents Timothy Humphrey Matilda …	Sarah Jane Humphrey 1843–1890
himself Family Minnie May Vincent Clara Pauline Calvert	Henry Payton Calvert 1870–1949
Family with Minnie May Vincent
himself Parents Joseph L Calvert Sarah Jane Humphrey	Henry Payton Calvert 1870–1949
wife Parents (unknown)	Minnie May Vincent 1888–1933
daughter Family Beryl A “Burlie” Shemwell Ruby Waldon Shemwell Georgia Faye Shemwell Private Private Patsy L Shemwell	Clara Pauline Calvert 1914–1999