The Shemwell Family

Events of close relatives Historical facts
Birth	June 11, 1891 Kingman, Kansas, United States
Historical Event	Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 6 years) Cuba 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
Historical Event	Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 24 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 25 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 26 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/
Historical Event	The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 38 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
Historical Event	World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 50 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
Marriage	Ruth Valdenar Shemwell — View this family after 1950 (Age 58 years)
Historical Event	Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 58 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
Historical Event	Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 54 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	June 22, 1972 (Age 81 years) Syracuse, Hamilton, Kansas, United States
Burial	Syracuse Cemetery, Syracuse, Hamilton, Kansas, United States Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Syracuse Cemetery

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Family with Ruth Valdenar Shemwell - View this family

himself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Ruth Valdenar Shemwell Alfred Denest Payne Birth: June 11, 1891 — Kingman, Kansas, United States Death: June 22, 1972 — Syracuse, Hamilton, Kansas, United States
wife	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Thomas Jefferson Sims Thomas Jefferson Sims Jr. Mary Francis Sims Betty Sue Sims Family with spouse Alfred Denest Payne Family with spouse Henry Cornelius Helfrich Ruth Valdenar Shemwell Birth: May 18, 1894 25 25 — Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States Death: December 13, 1976 — Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, United States
	Marriage: after 1950 —

Thomas Jefferson Sims + Ruth Valdenar Shemwell - View this family

wife’s husband	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Ruth Valdenar Shemwell Thomas Jefferson Sims Jr. Mary Francis Sims Betty Sue Sims Thomas Jefferson Sims Birth: May 16, 1882 — Lamine, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: March 18, 1941 — Macon, Missouri, United States
wife	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Thomas Jefferson Sims Thomas Jefferson Sims Jr. Mary Francis Sims Betty Sue Sims Family with spouse Alfred Denest Payne Family with spouse Henry Cornelius Helfrich Ruth Valdenar Shemwell Birth: May 18, 1894 25 25 — Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States Death: December 13, 1976 — Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, United States
	Marriage: November 3, 1912 — Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States
15 months step-son	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Patricia Louise Myers Shirley Ann Sims Thomas Roger Sims Thomas Jefferson Sims Jr. Birth: February 12, 1914 31 19 — Missouri, United States Death: May 24, 1982 — McAlester, Pittsburg, Oklahoma, United States
11 years step-daughter	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Buddie Crow Mary Francis Sims Birth: January 13, 1925 42 30 — Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: January 5, 1993 — Denver, Denver, Colorado, United States
3 years step-daughter	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Ralph Adolph Eyer Ralph Thomas Eyer Betty Sue Sims Birth: July 8, 1927 45 33 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: September 18, 2002 — Syracuse, Hamilton, Kansas, United States

Henry Cornelius Helfrich + Ruth Valdenar Shemwell - View this family

wife’s husband	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Ruth Valdenar Shemwell Henry Cornelius Helfrich Birth: 1894 — Kansas, United States Death:
wife	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Thomas Jefferson Sims Thomas Jefferson Sims Jr. Mary Francis Sims Betty Sue Sims Family with spouse Alfred Denest Payne Family with spouse Henry Cornelius Helfrich Ruth Valdenar Shemwell Birth: May 18, 1894 25 25 — Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States Death: December 13, 1976 — Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, United States
	Marriage: —

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Family with Ruth Valdenar Shemwell
himself Parents (unknown)	Alfred Denest Payne 1891–1972
wife Parents William Standard Shemwell Penelope Thompson “Nellie” Bingham	Ruth Valdenar Shemwell 1894–1976
Thomas Jefferson Sims + Ruth Valdenar Shemwell
wife’s husband Parents (unknown)	Thomas Jefferson Sims 1882–1941
wife Parents William Standard Shemwell Penelope Thompson “Nellie” Bingham	Ruth Valdenar Shemwell 1894–1976
step-son Family Patricia Louise Myers Shirley Ann Sims Thomas Roger Sims Private Private	Thomas Jefferson Sims Jr. 1914–1982
step-daughter Family Buddie Crow Private Private Private	Mary Francis Sims 1925–1993
step-daughter Family Ralph Adolph Eyer Ralph Thomas Eyer	Betty Sue Sims 1927–2002
Henry Cornelius Helfrich + Ruth Valdenar Shemwell
wife’s husband Parents (unknown)	Henry Cornelius Helfrich 1894–
wife Parents William Standard Shemwell Penelope Thompson “Nellie” Bingham	Ruth Valdenar Shemwell 1894–1976