Delia P ShemwellAge: 85 years1890–1976
- Name
- Delia P Shemwell
- Given names
- Delia P
- Surname
- Shemwell
- Married name
- Delia P Slaughter
Note: Was Delia Cordelia and a sister Odele P. census record correction -B
 Birth | October 30, 1890 21 18 |
 Birth of a brother | Melvin M Shemwell February 8, 1893 (Age 2 years) |
| Death of a brother | Melvin M Shemwell March 3, 1893 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Mary Betty Shemwell February 8, 1896 (Age 5 years) |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 7 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 1, 1900 (Age 9 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Etta Mae Shemwell August 29, 1900 (Age 9 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Rose H “Rosie” Shemwell January 11, 1903 (Age 12 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Laurene Carrie Shemwell January 8, 1906 (Age 15 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Finis N Shemwell February 22, 1907 (Age 16 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Albert R Slaughter 1910 (Age 19 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | John Patrick Shemwell Jr. January 14, 1913 (Age 22 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 25 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 26 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 27 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 maternal grandfather | Finis Washington Sherrod April 30, 1919 (Age 28 years) |
| Census | January 1, 1920 (Age 29 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Mary Hester Sherrod January 7, 1922 (Age 31 years) Note: Muhlenberg, Kentucky, USA |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Elizabeth Jane “Bettie” Shemwell August 16, 1924 (Age 33 years) |
| Death of a sister | Etta Mae Shemwell May 20, 1928 (Age 37 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 38 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 |
| Death of a mother | Sarah Permelia Sherrod May 8, 1940 (Age 49 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 51 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 |
| Marriage of a parent | Wiley “Buck” Shemwell — Ollie Ann Hildabrand — View this family after 1948 (Age 57 years) |
| Death of a father | Wiley “Buck” Shemwell December 5, 1953 (Age 63 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 59 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 husband | Marcellus C “Cell” Slaughter 1963 (Age 72 years) |
| Death of a brother | Noble John Shemwell January 19, 1965 (Age 74 years) |
| Death of a sister | Mary Betty Shemwell November 12, 1969 (Age 79 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 55 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 | July 11, 1976 (Age 85 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Wiley “Buck” Shemwell Birth: October 5, 1869 32 21 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: December 5, 1953 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Sarah Permelia Sherrod Birth: November 19, 1871 28 24 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: May 8, 1940 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: January 31, 1888 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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18 months elder brother |
Noble John Shemwell Birth: August 3, 1889 19 17 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: January 19, 1965 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
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15 months herself |
Delia P Shemwell Birth: October 30, 1890 21 18 — Kentucky, United States Death: July 11, 1976 — Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
Melvin M Shemwell Birth: February 8, 1893 23 21 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: March 3, 1893 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Mary Betty Shemwell Birth: February 8, 1896 26 24 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: November 12, 1969 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
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5 years younger sister |
Etta Mae Shemwell Birth: August 29, 1900 30 28 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: May 20, 1928 |
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2 years younger sister |
Rose H “Rosie” Shemwell Birth: January 11, 1903 33 31 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: August 24, 1984 |
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3 years younger sister |
Laurene Carrie Shemwell Birth: January 8, 1906 36 34 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: May 7, 1980 — Warren, Kentucky, United States |
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13 months younger brother |
Finis N Shemwell Birth: February 22, 1907 37 35 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: February 2, 2004 — Kettering, Montgomery, Ohio, United States |
| Father’s family with Ollie Ann Hildabrand |
| father |
Wiley “Buck” Shemwell Birth: October 5, 1869 32 21 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: December 5, 1953 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
| step-mother |
Ollie Ann Hildabrand Birth: June 8, 1878 26 23 — Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: October 6, 1967 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: after 1948 — |
| Family with Marcellus C “Cell” Slaughter |
| husband |
Marcellus C “Cell” Slaughter Birth: 1883 39 36 Death: 1963 |
| herself |
Delia P Shemwell Birth: October 30, 1890 21 18 — Kentucky, United States Death: July 11, 1976 — Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan, United States |
| son |
Albert R Slaughter Birth: 1910 27 19 — Kentucky, United States Death: |
| daughter |
Private |
Delia P Shemwell has 26 first cousins recorded
Father's family (10)
Parents James Thomas Asher + Etta Bell Shemwell
Parents George Henry Shemwell + Lucinda “Lou” Stinson
Parents Samuel Christian Shemwell + Bird Clio “Birdie” Hinton
Parents Samuel Christian Shemwell + Missie Germ “Germie” Edwards
Mother's family (16)
Parents William Isom Tomerlin + Nannie H Sherrod
Parents James Samuel “Jim” Sherrod + Mattie Lou Eddings
Parents James Samuel “Jim” Sherrod + Minnie Pearl Richmond
Parents James Samuel “Jim” Sherrod + Maude Edomson “Maudie” Hall
Parents Horace Drake Sherrod + Cora Lee Foster
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Wiley Shemwell - Household
Sharon Grove, Todd, Ky.
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| Name | Was Delia Cordelia and a sister Odele P. census record correction -B |