The Shemwell Family

Noah Monroe OwensAge: 87 years18721960

Name
Noah Monroe Owens
Given names
Noah Monroe
Surname
Owens
Birth March 25, 1872 36 36
Death of a fatherBenjamin Owens
November 1872 (Age 7 months)

Note: Death date taken from a Family Tree listed in Ancestry.
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 5 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 maternal grandmotherNancy Shemwell
February 22, 1879 (Age 6 years)
Note: Newspaper Abstracts of Graves County, Kentucky
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 26 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
MarriageAda StyresView this family
1910 (Age 37 years)
Census April 22, 1910 (Age 38 years)
Death of a brotherCharles W Owens
July 17, 1913 (Age 41 years)
Cause: Tuberculosis
Note: Has his middle initial as "W" on death certificate and on headstone, but clearly a "B…
Burial of a brotherCharles W Owens
July 17, 1913 (Age 41 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Old Sand Hill Cemetery
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 43 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 44 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 45 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 motherRebecca Ann Reed
February 14, 1919 (Age 46 years)
Cause: Influenza
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 57 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 brotherNelson Owens
February 5, 1940 (Age 67 years)
Burial of a brotherNelson Owens
February 6, 1940 (Age 67 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Pleasant Grove Cemetery
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 69 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 brotherBenjamin Owens
November 28, 1945 (Age 73 years)

Death of a brotherRobert Edward Owens
December 31, 1948 (Age 76 years)
Burial of a brotherRobert Edward Owens
January 1, 1949 (Age 76 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Pleasant Grove Cemetery
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 77 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 73 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 January 28, 1960 (Age 87 years)
Burial January 31, 1960 (3 days after death)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Clarks River Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: November 19, 1857Marshall, Kentucky, United States
2 years
elder sister
3 years
elder brother
Charles W Owens
Birth: 1861 25 24Kentucky, United States
Death: July 17, 1913Harvey, Marshall, Kentucky, United States
2 years
elder brother
2 years
elder brother
Robert Edward Owens
Birth: May 9, 1864 28 28Kentucky, United States
Death: December 31, 1948Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States
3 years
elder brother
Nelson Owens
Birth: September 10, 1867 31 31Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 5, 1940Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States
2 years
elder brother
2 years
himself
Noah Monroe Owens
Birth: March 25, 1872 36 36Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 28, 1960Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States
Family with Ada Styres - View this family
himself
Noah Monroe Owens
Birth: March 25, 1872 36 36Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 28, 1960Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States
wife
Marriage: 1910Massac, Illinois, United States

Noah Monroe Owens has 15 first cousins recorded

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Rebecca Ann Reed - Household

Graves, Kentucky

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Rebecca Ann OwensMotherFW74W5277KYNCNC
Noah Monroe OwensHeadMW38WKYKYKY