The Shemwell Family

Ollie Mae PenrodAge: 89 years19091998

Name
Ollie Mae Penrod
Given names
Ollie Mae
Surname
Penrod
Married name
Ollie Mae Shemwell
Birth March 31, 1909
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 6 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 7 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 8 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 20 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 4, 1930 (Age 21 years)
Census April 13, 1940 (Age 31 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Marion Kay Shemwell
January 13, 1944 (Age 34 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 32 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
Census April 17, 1950 (Age 41 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 40 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
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Cindy Lou Blaine
May 30, 1963 (Age 54 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
Jeffrey Dewayne Woodruff
July 19, 1965 (Age 56 years)

Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 36 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 grandsonJeffrey Dewayne Woodruff
May 25, 1982 (Age 73 years)

Death of a husbandMarcus D Shemwell
August 29, 1992 (Age 83 years)
Death April 1, 1998 (Age 89 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Wyatts Chapel Cemetery
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Ollie Mae Penrod
Birth: March 31, 1909Beech Creek, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: April 1, 1998Hopkins, Kentucky, United States
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husband
Marcus D Shemwell
Birth: August 22, 1910 26 24Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 29, 1992Drakesboro, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
herself
Ollie Mae Penrod
Birth: March 31, 1909Beech Creek, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: April 1, 1998Hopkins, Kentucky, United States
daughter
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daughter
Marion Kay Shemwell
Birth: January 13, 1944 33 34Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: April 28, 2022Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States

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Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Marcus D Shemwell - Household

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Shemwell, M DheadMW19M19KYKYKYLaborerCoal Mine
Shemwell, Ollie MwifeFW21M21KYKYKY