 Birth | October 30, 1887 31 30 |
 Birth of a brother | Harry Fountain Shemwell March 16, 1889 (Age 16 months) |
| Birth of a brother | Leonard Mason Shemwell March 8, 1891 (Age 3 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Albert Ennis Shemwell May 6, 1894 (Age 6 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Martha Jane “Mattie” Pidcock May 20, 1894 (Age 6 years) |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 10 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 11 years) Note: He is in June 1900 Census |
 Census | June 1, 1900 (Age 12 years) |
 Marriage | George Harrison Turnbull — View this family November 29, 1906 (Age 19 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | George Harrison Turnbull January 24, 1908 (Age 20 years) Associate: James Walter Turnbull
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| Birth of a son #2 | James Walter Turnbull January 24, 1908 (Age 20 years) Associate: George Harrison Turnbull
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| Death of a son | George Harrison Turnbull September 20, 1910 (Age 22 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Laura Nell Turnbull March 12, 1915 (Age 27 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 28 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 29 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 30 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 34 years) Cause: Chronic Interstitial Nephritis |
| Death of a sister | Ada May Shemwell April 8, 1925 (Age 37 years) |
| Death of a father | James Washington Shemwell September 26, 1926 (Age 38 years) |
| Death of a mother | Laura Lee Brinkley October 25, 1927 (Age 39 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 |
| Marriage of a child | James Walter Turnbull — Dorothy Marguerite Roll — View this family September 6, 1930 (Age 42 years) |
| Death of a sister | Minnie Beatrice Shemwell August 3, 1937 (Age 49 years) |
| Census | April 4, 1940 (Age 52 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 54 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 |
| Death of a husband | George Harrison Turnbull June 27, 1947 (Age 59 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 62 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 |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 58 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 3, 1950 (Age 62 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Miller Cemetery |