The Shemwell Family

LTC Everard Baxter ShemwellAge: 79 years19111991

Name
LTC Everard Baxter Shemwell
Name prefix
LTC
Given names
Everard Baxter
Surname
Shemwell
Birth November 22, 1911 53 35
Death of a paternal grandmotherSarah Elizabeth “Sally” Thompson
February 21, 1916 (Age 4 years)
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)
Death of a motherSusannah Fitzhugh “Susan” Battaile
February 17, 1924 (Age 12 years)
Cause: Cancer
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
Census April 1930 (Age 18 years)
Education
College
1931 (Age 19 years)
School or college: University of N.C.
Death of a fatherBaxter Shemwell
May 31, 1932 (Age 20 years)
Cause: Gun shot wound to abdomen
Military
U.S. World War II Army Enlistment
April 6, 1942 (Age 30 years)
MarriageLucien Trigg DavisView this family
August 23, 1943 (Age 31 years)
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)
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-brotherDermot Shemwell
January 11, 1966 (Age 54 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 34 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 March 19, 1991 (Age 79 years)
Burial
Address: Plot: FAUST
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Odd Fellows Rest Cemetery
Note: The Stone says Lucian D Shemwell.
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: May 1906St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
6 years
himself
LTC Everard Baxter Shemwell
Birth: November 22, 1911 53 35Georgia, United States
Death: March 19, 1991Alachua, Alachua, Florida, United States
Father’s family with Laura E Bernheim - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: June 8, 1882Davidson, North Carolina, United States
2 years
half-brother
9 years
half-sister
Irma Loraine Shemwell
Birth: December 31, 1892 34 29North Carolina, United States
Death: July 1, 1908Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Mother’s family with Edwin Heath Harman - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage:
half-brother
4 years
half-sister
Family with Lucien Trigg Davis - View this family
himself
LTC Everard Baxter Shemwell
Birth: November 22, 1911 53 35Georgia, United States
Death: March 19, 1991Alachua, Alachua, Florida, United States
wife
Lucien Trigg Davis
Birth: March 25, 1919 25 22Louisiana, United States
Death: April 22, 2008Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, United States
Marriage: August 23, 1943Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana, United States

LTC Everard Baxter Shemwell has 13 first cousins recorded

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Everard Baxter Shemwell - Household

Lexington, Davidson, NC.

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Baxter ShemwellheadMW61WNCNCNCManufacturerCalculating Machines
Susan ShemwellwifeFW42WTXVAVA
Everard B ShemwellsonMW8SGANCNC

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Everard Baxter Shemwell - Household

Merrimon Rd. Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Baxter S Shemwellhead90411511MW72WNCNCNC
Everard B ShemwellsonMW18SGANCTX

Burial
The Stone says Lucian D Shemwell.