Florence Lee ShemwellAge: 74 years1883–1957
- Name
- Florence Lee Shemwell
- Given names
- Florence Lee
- Surname
- Shemwell
- Married name
- Florence Lee McMillan
- Married name
- Florence Lee Welker
- Married name
- Florence Lee Bailey
 Birth | January 13, 1883 36 33 Note: See Notes. |
 Birth of a sister | Iva Beula “Ivie” Shemwell June 12, 1885 (Age 2 years) |
| Death of a father | Hiram Rice Shemwell August 11, 1885 (Age 2 years) |
| Death of a sister | Sarah Marie Shemwell September 10, 1885 (Age 2 years) |
 Immigration Passenger Lists/Records | Immigration September 14, 1887 (Age 4 years)Note: States she is 4 years old. |
| Death of a sister | Daisy Shemwell September 23, 1896 (Age 13 years) |
 Marriage | William Thomas “Willie” Welker — View this family April 1, 1897 (Age 14 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 15 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 |
 Census | June 23, 1900 (Age 17 years) |
| Death of a sister | Nellie A Shemwell January 21, 1910 (Age 27 years) |
| Census | May 4, 1910 (Age 27 years) |
| Marriage | T J Bailey — View this family March 21, 1914 (Age 31 years) |
| Marriage | John Paul McMillan — View this family January 15, 1916 (Age 33 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 32 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Birth of a son #1 | James Virgil McMillan July 17, 1917 (Age 34 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 33 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 34 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/ |
| Birth of a son #2 | Charles Rice “Carl” McMillan July 14, 1919 (Age 36 years) |
| Census | February 8, 1920 (Age 37 years) |
| Death of a mother | Isabell Adelle “Dellie” Rougemont July 31, 1924 (Age 41 years) Cause: Cancer of the womb |
| Death of a husband | William Thomas “Willie” Welker August 29, 1929 (Age 46 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 46 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 18, 1930 (Age 47 years) |
| Death of a brother | Charles Hiram “Charley” Shemwell June 7, 1936 (Age 53 years) |
| Burial of a brother | Charles Hiram “Charley” Shemwell June 8, 1936 (Age 53 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mountain View Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery Note: Death cert. says Mt. Vinson |
| Census | April 2, 1940 (Age 57 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Charles Rice “Carl” McMillan — Violet Verna Rising — View this family October 6, 1940 (Age 57 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 58 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 66 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 62 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 10, 1957 (Age 74 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: McMillan Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Hiram Rice Shemwell Birth: July 7, 1846 21 19 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: August 11, 1885 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Isabell Adelle “Dellie” Rougemont Birth: November 15, 1849 27 26 — Tennessee, United States Death: July 31, 1924 |
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Marriage: March 19, 1872 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years elder sister |
Nellie A Shemwell Birth: March 1874 27 24 — Tennessee, United States Death: January 21, 1910 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years elder sister |
Daisy Shemwell Birth: 1876 29 26 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: September 23, 1896 |
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3 years elder brother |
Charles Hiram “Charley” Shemwell Birth: January 10, 1879 32 29 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: June 7, 1936 — Fort Henry, Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years elder sister |
Sarah Marie Shemwell Birth: March 7, 1881 34 31 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: September 10, 1885 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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22 months herself |
Florence Lee Shemwell Birth: January 13, 1883 36 33 — Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: April 10, 1957 — Arlington, Houston, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Iva Beula “Ivie” Shemwell Birth: June 12, 1885 38 35 — Tennessee, United States Death: July 24, 1959 — Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
| Family with William Thomas “Willie” Welker |
| husband |
William Thomas “Willie” Welker Birth: March 3, 1876 — Kentucky, United States Death: August 29, 1929 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
| herself |
Florence Lee Shemwell Birth: January 13, 1883 36 33 — Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: April 10, 1957 — Arlington, Houston, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: April 1, 1897 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
| Family with T J Bailey |
| husband |
T J Bailey Birth: November 10, 1890 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: September 29, 1967 — Granite City, Madison, Illinois, United States |
| herself |
Florence Lee Shemwell Birth: January 13, 1883 36 33 — Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: April 10, 1957 — Arlington, Houston, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: March 21, 1914 — Calloway, Kentucky, United States |
| Family with John Paul McMillan |
| husband |
John Paul McMillan Birth: June 10, 1889 25 17 — Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: April 27, 1972 — Houston, Tennessee, United States |
| herself |
Florence Lee Shemwell Birth: January 13, 1883 36 33 — Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: April 10, 1957 — Arlington, Houston, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: January 15, 1916 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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18 months son |
James Virgil McMillan Birth: July 17, 1917 28 34 — Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: September 20, 1983 — Houston, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years son |
Charles Rice “Carl” McMillan Birth: July 14, 1919 30 36 — Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: December 24, 1977 — Lincoln Park, Wayne, Michigan, United States |
| John Paul McMillan + Private |
| husband |
John Paul McMillan Birth: June 10, 1889 25 17 — Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: April 27, 1972 — Houston, Tennessee, United States |
| husband’s wife |
Private |
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| Immigration Passenger Lists/Records | States she is 4 years old. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Adell D “Dellie” Rougemont - Household
Dover, Stewart, TN
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Ollie B Sikes - Household
Hickman Church Rd Stewart TN
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - John Paul McMillan - Household
Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - John Paul McMillan - Household
Houston, Tennessee
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| Note | Florence Lee Shemwell b.January 13, 1888
Rice (her father) died August 11, 1885 cit. Administrator bond issued Sept 7 1885 - Tombstone inscription 8-11-1885.
Husband -John Paul McMillan - b.June 10, 1889
In 1880 Census no Florence so... she was probably born between June 1880 (after census) and May 1886 (9mo after Rice's death)
She is out of the house by June 1900 (not in parents census) could have married no younger than 16? so at least b.1884. If her stated birth date was correct she would have been < 12. So birth between 1884 & May 1886
Willie Welker - Florence Shemwell Marriage 01 Apr 1897 Stewart, Tennessee, United States, if this is Florence again she could not have been born in 1888. Everything right for Florence... place name etc., if 14 born in at least 1883
In 1900 Census Florence & William Welker next door to Adell Shemwell (Florence's mother & family) - 27yo -b.Jan 1873 scratched over 1883
1910 Will -32 & Florence Wilker - 26 1st marriage for 12 years 0 children b.1884
4 doors down from mother who is living with Ollie & Bulah Sykes (daughter)
Paul Mcmillen - Florance Shomwell Marriage 15 Jan 1916 Stewart County, Tennessee
1920 Census- she's 34 b.1886 - 2 yrs older than John Paul 32 b.1888
1930 Census- she's 43 b.1887- 4 yrs older than John Paul 39 b.1891 she was married @ 29yo John Paul @ 25yo
1940 Census- she's 53 b.1887- 2 yrs younger than John Paul 55 b.1885
Death Cert.. b. Jan 12 1888 - 69 yo
John Paul's obit says he was born in June 10, 1891 (not likely... 11 in 1900 census) Draft says b. 10 Jun 1888
So... Best guess.. she really was born Jan. 13 1883. |