 Birth | May 5, 1880 23 22 |
 Census | June 1, 1880 (Age 27 days) |
 Birth of a brother | William Joseph “Will” Shemwell August 17, 1882 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Ada May Shemwell July 9, 1884 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Ethel Alice Shemwell October 30, 1887 (Age 7 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Harry Fountain Shemwell March 16, 1889 (Age 8 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Leonard Mason Shemwell March 8, 1891 (Age 10 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Albert Ennis Shemwell May 6, 1894 (Age 14 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Martha Jane “Mattie” Pidcock May 20, 1894 (Age 14 years) |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 17 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 |
| Birth of a brother | Charles Howard Shemwell August 17, 1899 (Age 19 years) Note: He is in June 1900 Census |
| Census | June 1, 1900 (Age 20 years) |
 Marriage | Otis Lewis — View this family April 23, 1904 (Age 23 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Maude Lewis June 5, 1904 (Age 24 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | James Aubrey Lewis 1906 (Age 25 years) |
| Death of a husband | Otis Lewis February 1, 1909 (Age 28 years) |
| Census | April 15, 1910 (Age 29 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 35 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 36 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 37 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/ |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Samuel Black Shemwell December 22, 1921 (Age 41 years) Cause: Chronic Interstitial Nephritis |
| Death of a sister | Ada May Shemwell April 8, 1925 (Age 44 years) |
| Death of a father | James Washington Shemwell September 26, 1926 (Age 46 years) |
| Death of a mother | Laura Lee Brinkley October 25, 1927 (Age 47 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 49 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 5, 1930 (Age 49 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Martin Luke Miller — Maude Lewis — View this family calculated 1931 (Age 50 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Robert Martin “Robbie” Miller December 31, 1931 (Age 51 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | James Aubrey Miller November 13, 1933 (Age 53 years) |
| Marriage of a child | James Aubrey Lewis — Matilda Crucitt — View this family August 15, 1934 (Age 54 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Maude Ann Lewis November 3, 1935 (Age 55 years) |
 Death | August 3, 1937 (Age 57 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Miller Cemetery |