Don Carlos ShemwellAge: 63 years1883–1947
- Name
- Don Carlos Shemwell
- Given names
- Don Carlos
- Surname
- Shemwell
 Birth | December 6, 1883 22 25 |
 Birth of a brother | Fountain Murl Shemwell September 21, 1890 (Age 6 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Lillian Birtie Shemwell April 17, 1895 (Age 11 years) |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 14 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 8, 1900 (Age 16 years) |
| Death of a father | Redic Young Shemwell 1904 (Age 20 years) |
| Census | April 15, 1910 (Age 26 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Eliza Ann “Lizia” Latham April 18, 1912 (Age 28 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 32 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 33 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 34 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 | James Lewis Shemwell January 21, 1926 (Age 42 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 45 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 10, 1930 (Age 46 years) |
| Death of a mother | Alice Eliza “Anna” Griffith April 22, 1930 (Age 46 years) Cause: Chronic Interstitial Nephritis |
| Census | April 3, 1940 (Age 56 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 57 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 | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 62 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 | August 26, 1947 (Age 63 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Rose Hill Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Redic Young Shemwell Birth: September 1861 21 19 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: 1904 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Alice Eliza “Anna” Griffith Birth: January 7, 1858 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: April 22, 1930 — Drakesboro, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: July 28, 1881 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years himself |
Don Carlos Shemwell Birth: December 6, 1883 22 25 — Kentucky, United States Death: August 26, 1947 — Drakesboro, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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7 years younger brother |
Fountain Murl Shemwell Birth: September 21, 1890 29 32 — Drakesboro, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: March 28, 1967 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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5 years younger sister |
Lillian Birtie Shemwell Birth: April 17, 1895 33 37 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: January 23, 1967 |
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Redic Y Shemwell - Household
Central City, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Anna Eliza Griffith - Household
Drakesboro, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Don Carlos Shemwell - Household
Main Street Drakesboro, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Don Carlos Shemwell - Household
House facing Main Street North Drakesboro, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
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