The Shemwell Family

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Birth	October 28, 1911 51 30 Lilbourn, New Madrid, Missouri, United States
Marriage of a parent	William Trigg — Ida Lee Williams — View this family May 18, 1916 (Age 4 years) Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States
Historical Event	Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 4 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 5 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 6 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 1920 (Age 8 years) La Font, New Madrid, Missouri, United States Shared note: 1920 United States - Census transcript - William Trigg - Household 1920 United States - Census transcript - William Trigg - Household 1920 La Font New Madrid Missouri Name Relation Home Mort Sex Race Age Condition Imm Nat NatY School R W BP Lang FBP Father lang MBP Mother lang Eng Occupation Ind Emp Wm Trigg head M W 57 M TN KY TN Farmer Farm Ida Trigg wife F W 39 M TN TN TN Andrew Shemwell step son M W 16 S TN TN TN Emma Shemwell step daughter F W 14 S TN TN TN Gracey Godfrey step daughter F W 9 S MO TN TN
Historical Event	The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 17 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
Civil marriage	Virgil Martin DeBaun — View this family February 14, 1931 (Age 19 years) New Madrid, Missouri, United States
Historical Event	World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 30 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 38 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
Death of a mother	Ida Lee Williams June 19, 1963 (Age 51 years) Lilbourn, New Madrid, Missouri, United States
Death of a half-sister	Emma C Shemwell about February 26, 1974 (Age 62 years) Alamogordo, Otero, New Mexico, United States
Historical Event	Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 34 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 husband	Virgil Martin DeBaun December 30, 1980 (Age 69 years) Oklahoma, United States
Death of a half-brother	Andrew Jackson “A J” Shemwell June 10, 1996 (Age 84 years) Sikeston, Scott, Missouri, United States
Death	June 27, 2001 (Age 89 years) Thomas, Custer, Oklahoma, United States
Burial	2001 (Age 89 years) Watonga IOOF Cemetery, Watonga, Blaine, Oklahoma, United States Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Watonga IOOF Cemetery

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father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Mary Craig Family with spouse Victoria Forrest John Godfrey Mary Godfrey Burnie Godfrey Family with spouse Ida Lee Williams Grace Parlee “Gracie” Godfrey Family with spouse … … Burnie Godfrey John Godfrey Clinton DeWitt Godfrey Birth: December 1859 — Kentucky, United States Death:
mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Thomas Shemwell Andrew Jackson “A J” Shemwell Emma C Shemwell Family with spouse Clinton DeWitt Godfrey Grace Parlee “Gracie” Godfrey Family with spouse William Trigg Family with spouse Ida Lee Williams Birth: April 11, 1881 25 — Tennessee, United States Death: June 19, 1963 — Lilbourn, New Madrid, Missouri, United States
	Marriage: estimated December 1909 — New Madrid, Missouri, United States
23 months herself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Virgil Martin DeBaun Grace Parlee “Gracie” Godfrey Birth: October 28, 1911 51 30 — Lilbourn, New Madrid, Missouri, United States Death: June 27, 2001 — Thomas, Custer, Oklahoma, United States

Father’s family with Mary Craig - View this family

father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Mary Craig Family with spouse Victoria Forrest John Godfrey Mary Godfrey Burnie Godfrey Family with spouse Ida Lee Williams Grace Parlee “Gracie” Godfrey Family with spouse … … Burnie Godfrey John Godfrey Clinton DeWitt Godfrey Birth: December 1859 — Kentucky, United States Death:
step-mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Clinton DeWitt Godfrey Mary Craig Death:
	Marriage: February 13, 1889 — Pemiscot, Missouri, United States

Father’s family with Victoria Forrest - View this family

father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Mary Craig Family with spouse Victoria Forrest John Godfrey Mary Godfrey Burnie Godfrey Family with spouse Ida Lee Williams Grace Parlee “Gracie” Godfrey Family with spouse … … Burnie Godfrey John Godfrey Clinton DeWitt Godfrey Birth: December 1859 — Kentucky, United States Death:
step-mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Clinton DeWitt Godfrey John Godfrey Mary Godfrey Burnie Godfrey Victoria Forrest Birth: 1877 — Benton, Tennessee, United States Death: 1906 — New Madrid, Missouri, United States
	Marriage: July 22, 1893 — Lake, Tennessee, United States
-9 years half-brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree John Godfrey Birth: estimated 1884 — Missouri, United States Death:
12 years half-sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Mary Godfrey Birth: estimated 1895 35 18 — Missouri, United States Death:
12 years half-brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Burnie Godfrey Birth: estimated 1906 — Missouri, United States Death:

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father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Mary Craig Family with spouse Victoria Forrest John Godfrey Mary Godfrey Burnie Godfrey Family with spouse Ida Lee Williams Grace Parlee “Gracie” Godfrey Family with spouse … … Burnie Godfrey John Godfrey Clinton DeWitt Godfrey Birth: December 1859 — Kentucky, United States Death:
step-mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Clinton DeWitt Godfrey Burnie Godfrey John Godfrey … … Death:
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half-brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Burnie Godfrey Birth: estimated 1906 — Missouri, United States Death:
-21 years half-brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree John Godfrey Birth: estimated 1884 — Missouri, United States Death:

Mother’s family with Thomas Shemwell - View this family

step-father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Ida Lee Williams Andrew Jackson “A J” Shemwell Emma C Shemwell Thomas Shemwell Birth: 1869 54 34 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death:
mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Thomas Shemwell Andrew Jackson “A J” Shemwell Emma C Shemwell Family with spouse Clinton DeWitt Godfrey Grace Parlee “Gracie” Godfrey Family with spouse William Trigg Family with spouse Ida Lee Williams Birth: April 11, 1881 25 — Tennessee, United States Death: June 19, 1963 — Lilbourn, New Madrid, Missouri, United States
	Marriage: April 27, 1901 — Humphreys, Tennessee, United States
3 years half-brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Cinda Lucille Raines Madge Christine Shemwell Vera Margaret Shemwell Andrew Jackson “A J” Shemwell Birth: July 22, 1904 35 23 — Humphreys, Tennessee, United States Death: June 10, 1996 — Sikeston, Scott, Missouri, United States
2 years half-sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Frank Ward Frank Lafayette Ward Emma C Shemwell Birth: July 24, 1906 37 25 — Tennessee, United States Death: about February 26, 1974 — Alamogordo, Otero, New Mexico, United States

Mother’s family with William Trigg - View this family

step-father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Ida Lee Williams William Trigg Birth: estimated 1863 — Tennessee, United States Death:
mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Thomas Shemwell Andrew Jackson “A J” Shemwell Emma C Shemwell Family with spouse Clinton DeWitt Godfrey Grace Parlee “Gracie” Godfrey Family with spouse William Trigg Family with spouse Ida Lee Williams Birth: April 11, 1881 25 — Tennessee, United States Death: June 19, 1963 — Lilbourn, New Madrid, Missouri, United States
	Marriage: May 18, 1916 — Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States

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Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Thomas Shemwell Andrew Jackson “A J” Shemwell Emma C Shemwell Family with spouse Clinton DeWitt Godfrey Grace Parlee “Gracie” Godfrey Family with spouse William Trigg Family with spouse Ida Lee Williams Birth: April 11, 1881 25 — Tennessee, United States Death: June 19, 1963 — Lilbourn, New Madrid, Missouri, United States

Family with Virgil Martin DeBaun - View this family

husband	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Grace Parlee “Gracie” Godfrey Virgil Martin DeBaun Birth: March 22, 1905 — East Prairie, Mississippi, Missouri, United States Death: December 30, 1980 — Oklahoma, United States
herself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Virgil Martin DeBaun Grace Parlee “Gracie” Godfrey Birth: October 28, 1911 51 30 — Lilbourn, New Madrid, Missouri, United States Death: June 27, 2001 — Thomas, Custer, Oklahoma, United States
	Marriage: February 14, 1931 — New Madrid, Missouri, United States

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1920 United States - Census transcript - William Trigg - Household 1920 La Font New Madrid Missouri Name Relation Home Mort Sex Race Age Condition Imm Nat NatY School R W BP Lang FBP Father lang MBP Mother lang Eng Occupation Ind Emp Wm Trigg head M W 57 M TN KY TN Farmer Farm Ida Trigg wife F W 39 M TN TN TN Andrew Shemwell step son M W 16 S TN TN TN Emma Shemwell step daughter F W 14 S TN TN TN Gracey Godfrey step daughter F W 9 S MO TN TN