The Shemwell Family

Caroline “Carrie” Penland1873

Name
Caroline “Carrie” Penland
Given names
Caroline
Surname
Penland
Nickname
Carrie
Birth June 1873 27 27
Birth of a brotherJohn Robert Penland
about 1874 (Age 7 months)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 4 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Birth of a brotherSamuel P Penland
October 5, 1879 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a sisterMary Emma Penland
August 17, 1884 (Age 11 years)
Marriage of a parentRobert Hamilton PenlandMartha E “Mattie” MooreView this family
March 4, 1886 (Age 12 years)
Death of a motherHarriett Eliza Burgin
between 1884 and 1886 (Age 10 years)

Birth of a half-brotherRaymond Herbert Penland
June 28, 1888 (Age 15 years)
Birth of a half-sisterBonnie E Penland
October 1890 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a half-sisterNina Lesley Penland
March 1892 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a half-brotherGay Harvey Penland
March 22, 1895 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a half-brotherCharles Wesley Penland
October 5, 1897 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 24 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
Marriage of a parentRobert Hamilton PenlandJessie B NicholsonView this family
November 21, 1904 (Age 31 years)
Death of a brotherSamuel P Penland
March 26, 1913 (Age 39 years)
Death of a half-sisterMinnie Marion Young
June 25, 1913 (Age 40 years)

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 42 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 43 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 44 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 fatherRobert Hamilton Penland
September 12, 1925 (Age 52 years)
Death of a half-brotherRaymond Herbert Penland
March 10, 1928 (Age 54 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 56 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 half-brotherGay Harvey Penland
August 3, 1930 (Age 57 years)
Death of a brotherJohn Robert Penland
July 18, 1931 (Age 58 years)
Death of a sisterMartha Adeline “Addie” Penland
February 7, 1935 (Age 61 years)
Death of a brotherAlbert Aston Penland
January 1, 1939 (Age 65 years)
Death of a half-brotherCharles Wesley Penland
January 23, 1945 (Age 71 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 68 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 76 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 half-sisterNina Lesley Penland
about 1968 (Age 94 years)

Death of a sisterMary Emma Penland
January 10, 1970 (Age 96 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 72 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
Deathunknown

Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: November 10, 1866Buncombe, North Carolina, United States
7 months
elder brother
Albert Aston Penland
Birth: June 4, 1867 21 21Swannanoa, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States
Death: January 1, 1939Leicester, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States
3 years
elder sister
Martha Adeline “Addie” Penland
Birth: June 24, 1870 24 24Swannanoa, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States
Death: February 7, 1935Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States
3 years
herself
Caroline “Carrie” Penland
Birth: June 1873 27 27Buncombe, North Carolina, United States
Death:
19 months
younger brother
John Robert Penland
Birth: about 1874 28 28North Carolina, United States
Death: July 18, 1931Columbia, Richland, South Carolina, United States
6 years
younger brother
Samuel P Penland
Birth: October 5, 1879 33 34Leicester, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States
Death: March 26, 1913Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States
5 years
younger sister
Father’s family with Martha E “Mattie” Moore - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: March 4, 1886Pigeon Township, Haywood, North Carolina, United States
2 years
half-brother
Raymond Herbert Penland
Birth: June 28, 1888 42 24Cherokee, North Carolina, United States
Death: March 10, 1928Jefferson, Kentucky, United States
2 years
half-sister
Bonnie E Penland
Birth: October 1890 44 27Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States
Death:
18 months
half-sister
Nina Lesley Penland
Birth: March 1892 46 28Buncombe, North Carolina, United States
Death: about 1968
3 years
half-brother
Gay Harvey Penland
Birth: March 22, 1895 49 31Buncombe, North Carolina, United States
Death: August 3, 1930Jefferson, Kentucky, United States
3 years
half-brother
Charles Wesley Penland
Birth: October 5, 1897 51 34Buncombe, North Carolina, United States
Death: January 23, 1945Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States
Father’s family with Jessie B Nicholson - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: November 21, 1904Yadkinville, Yadkin, North Carolina, United States
Mother’s family with S M Young - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage: December 1, 1859Buncombe, North Carolina, United States
4 years
half-sister
Minnie Marion Young
Birth: September 1, 1863 18North Carolina, United States
Death: June 25, 1913