The Shemwell Family

Sara Belle MitchellAge: 87 years19081995

Name
Sara Belle Mitchell
Given names
Sara Belle
Surname
Mitchell
Married name
Sara Belle Vestal
Birth March 29, 1908 34 28
Birth of a sisterKatherine Rowena Mitchell
September 5, 1910 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherRobert Walter Mitchell Jr
October 14, 1913 (Age 5 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 7 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 8 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 9 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 11 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 21 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
Birth of a son
#1
Walter Willis Vestal
October 31, 1937 (Age 29 years)
Census April 1, 1940 (Age 32 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Odell Shemwell Vestal Jr.
July 18, 1941 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 33 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
Death of a fatherRobert Walter Mitchell
September 7, 1946 (Age 38 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 41 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 brotherRobert Luke Mitchell
January 25, 1973 (Age 64 years)
Death of a motherLillian Campbell Query
April 17, 1975 (Age 67 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 37 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 of a brotherRobert Walter Mitchell Jr
November 23, 1988 (Age 80 years)
Death December 24, 1995 (Age 87 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Elmwood Cemetery
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mother
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elder brother
Robert Luke Mitchell
Birth: February 12, 1906 31 26Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States
Death: January 25, 1973Littleton, Jefferson, Colorado, United States
2 years
herself
2 years
younger sister
Katherine Rowena Mitchell
Birth: September 5, 1910 36 30Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States
Death: January 31, 2001Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States
3 years
younger brother
Robert Walter Mitchell Jr
Birth: October 14, 1913 39 33Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States
Death: November 23, 1988Wilmington, New Hanover, North Carolina, United States
Family with Odell Shemwell Vestal Sr. - View this family
husband
Odell Shemwell Vestal Sr.
Birth: September 30, 1907 47 30Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: July 7, 1998Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States
herself
son
Walter Willis Vestal
Birth: October 31, 1937 30 29Catawba, North Carolina, United States
Death: June 2, 2006
4 years
son
Odell Shemwell Vestal Jr.
Birth: July 18, 1941 33 33Catawba, Catawba, North Carolina, United States
Death: June 26, 2009Ocean Isle Beach, Brunswick, North Carolina, United States
daughter
Private

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Census1920 United States - Census transcript - R Walter Mitchell - Household

Charolette NC

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Mitchell, R WheadMW46MNCNCNCWholesale MerchantGroceries
Mitchell, LillianwifeFW40MNCNCNC
Mitchell, Robert LsonMW13SNCNCNC
Mitchell, Sara BdaughterFW11SNCNCNC
Mitchell, KatherinedaughterFW9SNCNCNC
Mitchell, WaltersonMW6SNCNCNC
Willa BoylesboarderFW20SNCNCNC

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Dr. Odell Shemwell Vestal - Household

12th Ave Hickory Tnshp Catawba NC

NameRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchEdBPResFBPMBPFarmOccupationIndustryEmpWksIncVetWar
Odell S VestalheadMW32MNCManagerPotting Plant
Sara B VestalwifeFW32MNC
Walter W VestalsonMW2SNC