The Shemwell Family

Rachel Kibler ShemwellAge: 90 years19061997

Name
Rachel Kibler Shemwell
Given names
Rachel Kibler
Surname
Shemwell
Married name
Rachel Kibler Dickson
Birth August 29, 1906 37 38
Visiting relatives in Blackwater
News item
1909 (Age 2 years)
Census May 4, 1910 (Age 3 years)
Death of a brotherRalph Bingham Shemwell
February 4, 1913 (Age 6 years)
Cause: Tuberculosis
Death of a paternal grandfatherWilliam David Shemwell
August 26, 1913 (Age 6 years)
Address: Confederate Home
Cause: Cancer of the Liver
Death of a maternal grandmotherMinerva Valdenar
June 13, 1916 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 9 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 10 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 11 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/
Census January 1, 1920 (Age 13 years)
Death of a motherPenelope Thompson “Nellie” Bingham
November 3, 1925 (Age 19 years)
MarriageWilliam Arthur DicksonView this family
November 7, 1925 (Age 19 years)

Marriage of a parentWilliam Standard ShemwellLulu Olivia BlackView this family
1926 (Age 19 years)

Death of a paternal grandmotherLucy Elizabeth Platt
March 11, 1929 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 23 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 1, 1930 (Age 23 years)
Census April 11, 1940 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 35 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
Census April 18, 1950 (Age 43 years)
Death of a fatherWilliam Standard Shemwell
March 29, 1953 (Age 46 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 43 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 brotherWilliam Ray Shemwell
March 26, 1967 (Age 60 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 39 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 of a brotherCharles McClellan “Charlie” Shemwell
February 3, 1976 (Age 69 years)
Death of a sisterRuth Valdenar Shemwell
December 13, 1976 (Age 70 years)
Death of a husbandWilliam Arthur Dickson
June 8, 1986 (Age 79 years)
Death of a brotherHerbert Alexander Shemwell
September 14, 1995 (Age 89 years)
Cause: Died of smoke inilation House fire
Burial of a brotherHerbert Alexander Shemwell
September 17, 1995 (Age 89 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Old Lamine Cemetery
Death May 21, 1997 (Age 90 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Arrow Rock Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: November 5, 1890Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States
1 year
elder brother
Ralph Bingham Shemwell
Birth: October 22, 1891 23 23Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States
Death: February 4, 1913Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States
3 years
elder sister
4 years
elder brother
William Ray Shemwell
Birth: December 2, 1897 29 29Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States
Death: March 26, 1967Saline, Missouri, United States
2 years
elder brother
Charles McClellan “Charlie” Shemwell
Birth: February 22, 1900 31 31Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States
Death: February 3, 1976Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States
2 years
elder brother
4 years
herself
Rachel Kibler Shemwell
Birth: August 29, 1906 37 38Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States
Death: May 21, 1997Marshall, Saline, Missouri, United States
Father’s family with Lulu Olivia Black - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: 1926
Family with William Arthur Dickson - View this family
husband
William Arthur Dickson
Birth: March 22, 1903Saline, Missouri, United States
Death: June 8, 1986Marshall, Saline, Missouri, United States
herself
Rachel Kibler Shemwell
Birth: August 29, 1906 37 38Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States
Death: May 21, 1997Marshall, Saline, Missouri, United States
Marriage: November 7, 1925

Rachel Kibler Shemwell has 19 first cousins recorded

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - William Standard Shemwell - Household

Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri

NameRelationSexRaceAgeMCYrsMChBChLBPFBPMBPYOIN/AEngLOccupationIndustryEmployEmNWksUEduHomeVetInfirm
William S ShemwellheadMW41M19--MOKYMOCarpenterHouse Builder
Nellie T ShemwellwifeFW41M1966MOVAMD
Ralph B ShemwellsonMW18S---MOMOMO
Ruth V ShemwelldaughterFW15S---MOMOMO
William Ray ShemwellsonMW12S---MOMOMO
Charles M ShemwellsonMW10S---MOMOMO
Herbert A ShemwellsonMW7S---MOMOMO
Rachel K ShemwelldaughterFW3S---MOMOMO

Notes: Arrow Rock & Nelson

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - William Standard Shemwell - Household

Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri

NameRelationTenSexRaceAgeMCYOIN/AYONEduBPFBPMBPNLEng?OccupationIndustryEmploy
Will S ShemwellheadMW51MMOKYMOCarpenter
Nillie ShemwellwifeFW51MMOVAMD
Will R ShemwellsonMW22SMOMOMOHouse painter
Herbert A ShemwellsonMW17SMOMOMOFarm hand
Rachel K ShemwelldaughterFW13SMOMOMO

Notes: Van Buren St.

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - William Arthur Dickson - Household

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Dickson, WilliamheadMW27M22MOMOMOLaborerRiver Worker
Dickson, RachelwifeFW23M19MOMOMO

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - William Arthur Dickson - Household

Main Street Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri

NameInfoRelationInfoHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Dickson, William AheadMW37MMOsame placeProprietorGasoline station garage
Dickson, Rachel KXwifeFW33MMOsame place

Census1950 United States - Census transcript - William Arthur Dickson - Household

Marshall, Saline, Missouri, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Dickson, William AheadMW47MarMOshop foremangarage
Dickson, Rachel SwifeFW43MarMOsilver consuelorhome decorator