Mildred Drue ShemwellAge: 88 years1907–1996
- Name
- Mildred Drue Shemwell
- Given names
- Mildred Drue
- Surname
- Shemwell
- Married name
- Mildred Drue Fitzhugh
 Birth | December 4, 1907 36 33 Note: memorial says 26 APR 1906 |
 Census | April 23, 1910 (Age 2 years) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 8 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
 Death of a sister | Hazel O Shemwell September 11, 1918 (Age 10 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 9 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 10 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 13, 1920 (Age 12 years) |
 Marriage | Broadus Lehmon Fitzhugh — View this family September 20, 1927 (Age 19 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Doyle Morris Fitzhugh May 23, 1928 (Age 20 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 21 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 11, 1930 (Age 22 years) |
| Death of a sister | Grace Gertrude Shemwell August 13, 1945 (Age 37 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 33 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 42 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 mother | Mary Elizabeth Blackwell January 14, 1954 (Age 46 years) |
| Death of a father | Samuel Anderson Shemwell January 4, 1958 (Age 50 years) Cause: Coronary Thrombosis |
| Death of a husband | Broadus Lehmon Fitzhugh November 10, 1975 (Age 67 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 38 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 of a sister | Clarice D Shemwell August 19, 1981 (Age 73 years) |
 Death | May 4, 1996 (Age 88 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Woodland Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Samuel Anderson Shemwell Birth: May 5, 1871 40 38 — Kentucky, United States Death: January 4, 1958 — Drakesboro, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Mary Elizabeth Blackwell Birth: September 14, 1874 — Kentucky, United States Death: January 14, 1954 — Beech Creek, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: November 1, 1898 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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10 months elder sister |
Clarice D Shemwell Birth: September 6, 1899 28 24 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: August 19, 1981 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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4 years elder sister |
Grace Gertrude Shemwell Birth: November 11, 1903 32 29 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: August 13, 1945 — Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years elder sister |
Hazel O Shemwell Birth: calculated 1905 33 30 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: September 11, 1918 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years herself |
Mildred Drue Shemwell Birth: December 4, 1907 36 33 — Kentucky, United States Death: May 4, 1996 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
| Family with Broadus Lehmon Fitzhugh |
| husband |
Broadus Lehmon Fitzhugh Birth: April 7, 1906 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: November 10, 1975 — Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
| herself |
Mildred Drue Shemwell Birth: December 4, 1907 36 33 — Kentucky, United States Death: May 4, 1996 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: September 20, 1927 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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8 months son |
Doyle Morris Fitzhugh Birth: May 23, 1928 22 20 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: July 17, 2003 — Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
| Birth | memorial says 26 APR 1906 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Samuel Anderson Shemwell - Household
Muhlenberg, KY
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Samuel A Shemwell - Household
Muhlenberg, KY
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Broadus Fitzhugh - Household
Elkton Road Muhlenberg, KY
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