Thomas A Shemwell1886–
- Name
- Thomas A Shemwell
- Given names
- Thomas A
- Surname
- Shemwell
 Birth | February 1886 26 19 |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 12 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 14 years) |
 Death of a father | Thomas A Shemwell April 1905 (Age 19 years) Cause: Typhoid pneumonia |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Eleanor Gravely October 23, 1905 (Age 19 years) |
| Marriage of a parent | Thomas Willis McCabe — Mary “Mollie” Donigan — View this family July 5, 1911 (Age 25 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 29 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 30 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 31 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 43 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 | Mary “Mollie” Donigan May 13, 1941 (Age 55 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 55 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 | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 63 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 59 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 | unknown |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Thomas A Shemwell Birth: 1860 32 21 Death: April 1905 — New York, New York, United States |
| mother |
Mary “Mollie” Donigan Birth: 1867 55 42 — Virginia, United States Death: May 13, 1941 — Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: September 15, 1885 — Winston, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States |
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5 months himself |
Thomas A Shemwell Birth: February 1886 26 19 — North Carolina, United States Death: |
| Mother’s family with Thomas Willis McCabe |
| step-father |
Thomas Willis McCabe Birth: 1855 Death: February 16, 1933 |
| mother |
Mary “Mollie” Donigan Birth: 1867 55 42 — Virginia, United States Death: May 13, 1941 — Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: July 5, 1911 — Forsyth, North Carolina, United States |
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - James Madison Jessup - Household
Spring Winston, Forsyth, North Carolina
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