The Shemwell Family

Tulah Mae LewisAge: 90 years18881979

Name
Tulah Mae Lewis
Given names
Tulah Mae
Surname
Lewis
Married name
Tulah Mae Chapman
Married name
Tulah Mae Powell
Birth July 25, 1888 27 24
Death of a motherHenryetta Adaline Shemwell
July 25, 1890 (Age 2 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherHenry Cox Shemwell
January 16, 1893 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 9 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 22, 1900 (Age 11 years)
Note: Tula & Carson are Lewis not Shemwell. -b
MarriageDempsey Marvin PowellView this family
October 25, 1905 (Age 17 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherEliza Jane Reed
October 31, 1908 (Age 20 years)
Cause: Kicked by a mule
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 27 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 28 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 29 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/
MarriageTheron Charles ChapmanView this family
July 8, 1922 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 41 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 53 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 61 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 brotherHenry Carson Lewis
May 16, 1955 (Age 66 years)
Cause: Heart Failure
Death of a husbandTheron Charles Chapman
July 1972 (Age 83 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 57 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 23, 1979 (Age 90 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: February 7, 1886Randolph, Arkansas, United States
9 months
elder brother
21 months
herself
Tulah Mae Lewis
Birth: July 25, 1888 27 24Arkansas, United States
Death: April 23, 1979Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
Family with Theron Charles Chapman - View this family
husband
Theron Charles Chapman
Birth: February 1890Illinois, United States
Death: July 1972Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
herself
Tulah Mae Lewis
Birth: July 25, 1888 27 24Arkansas, United States
Death: April 23, 1979Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
Marriage: July 8, 1922Orange, California, United States
Family with Dempsey Marvin Powell - View this family
husband
herself
Tulah Mae Lewis
Birth: July 25, 1888 27 24Arkansas, United States
Death: April 23, 1979Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
Marriage: October 25, 1905Randolph, Arkansas, United States

Tulah Mae Lewis has 21 first cousins recorded

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Calvin R Shemwell - Household

Clay Arkansas

NameRelationRaceSexDOBAgeMCYrsMChBChLBPFBPMBPYUSYOIN/AOccupationMnsUEduEng?Home
Cal R ShemwellheadWMSep 186732M<1--ARNCKYFarmer
Cora E ShemwellwifeWFNov 187426M<100ILILIN
Jane ShemwellmotherWFAug 183663M4574KYKYUNK
Tula ShemwellnieceWFJul 188811S---AKAKAK
Carson ShemwellnephewWMOct 188613S---AKAKAK

Notes: His brothers children in household Tula-Carson?

Census
Tula & Carson are Lewis not Shemwell. -b