The Shemwell Family

Paul Sheridan MitchellAge: 73 years19101984

Name
Paul Sheridan Mitchell
Given names
Paul Sheridan
Surname
Mitchell
Birth June 14, 1910 49 42
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 5 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 6 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 7 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 6, 1920 (Age 9 years)
Death of a fatherAugustus Ebin “Gus” Mitchell
April 21, 1920 (Age 9 years)
Cause: Lukemia
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 19 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 2, 1930 (Age 19 years)
Note: Lodger - Plays in an orchestra
Death of a motherMay Eugenia Burns
February 2, 1936 (Age 25 years)
Census April 25, 1940 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 31 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 39 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 35 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 April 16, 1984 (Age 73 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Maple Park Cemetery
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father
Augustus Ebin “Gus” Mitchell
Birth: December 3, 1860 42 34Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: April 21, 1920Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States
mother
May Eugenia Burns
Birth: October 25, 1867Nashville, Washington, Illinois, United States
Death: February 2, 1936Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States
Marriage: October 6, 1901Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky, United States
9 years
himself
Paul Sheridan Mitchell
Birth: June 14, 1910 49 42Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States
Death: April 16, 1984Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States
Mother’s family with Whitehead - View this family
step-father
mother
May Eugenia Burns
Birth: October 25, 1867Nashville, Washington, Illinois, United States
Death: February 2, 1936Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States
Family with Geneva Anne Stonestreet - View this family
himself
Paul Sheridan Mitchell
Birth: June 14, 1910 49 42Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States
Death: April 16, 1984Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States
wife
Geneva Anne Stonestreet
Birth: June 29, 1914Missouri, United States
Death: January 7, 2008Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States
daughter
Private

Paul Sheridan Mitchell has 11 first cousins recorded

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Augustus Ebin “Gus” Mitchell - Household

2022 Barringer Avenue Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Mitchell, AugustusheadMW56MKYTNTN? TreasurerTobacco Co.
Mitchell, MaywifeFW51MILTNTN
Mitchell, MabelnieceFW20STNKYUSStenographerLaw Office
Mitchell, PaulsonMW9SKYKYIL
Dunlap, LouisboarderMW33SKYKYVAClerkReal Estate

Census
Lodger - Plays in an orchestra