The Shemwell Family

Mamie McMahan1879

Name
Mamie McMahan
Given names
Mamie
Surname
McMahan
Birth about 1879 31 19
Census June 6, 1880 (Age 17 months)
Birth of a sisterElzira “Ella” McMahan
September 10, 1882 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherCharles Nicholas “Charlie” McMahan
February 28, 1885 (Age 6 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherLouisa M Lee
October 28, 1886 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a sisterAnnie McMahan
October 17, 1891 (Age 12 years)
Birth of a sisterBessie Marguerite McMahan
November 14, 1894 (Age 15 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 19 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
Death of a sisterAnnie McMahan
before 1900 (Age 21 years)
Death of a fatherWilliam Nicholas McMahan
April 19, 1902 (Age 23 years)
Marriage of a parentGreenberry “Doc” TurnerAnna Elizabeth “Annie” ShemwellView this family
August 1902 (Age 23 years)

Death of a maternal grandfatherGeorge Morton Shemwell
July 29, 1904 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 37 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 38 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 39 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 50 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 motherAnna Elizabeth “Annie” Shemwell
October 22, 1934 (Age 55 years)
Death of a sisterElzira “Ella” McMahan
April 27, 1943 (Age 64 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 62 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 brotherCharles Nicholas “Charlie” McMahan
April 12, 1948 (Age 69 years)
Cause: Heart
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 71 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 sisterBessie Marguerite McMahan
June 4, 1954 (Age 75 years)
Cause: Lung cancer
Burial of a sisterBessie Marguerite McMahan
June 5, 1954 (Age 75 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Barnett Cemetery
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 67 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
Deathunknown

Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: March 31, 1878Cooper, Missouri, United States
21 months
herself
Mamie McMahan
Birth: about 1879 31 19Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death:
4 years
younger sister
Elzira “Ella” McMahan
Birth: September 10, 1882 35 23Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: April 27, 1943West Plains, Howell, Missouri, United States
3 years
younger brother
7 years
younger sister
Annie McMahan
Birth: October 17, 1891 44 32Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: before 1900Missouri, United States
3 years
younger sister
Mother’s family with Greenberry “Doc” Turner - View this family
step-father
Greenberry “Doc” Turner
Birth: September 24, 1852Cherokee, Georgia, United States
Death: October 1, 1943Pomona, Howell, Missouri, United States
mother
Marriage: August 1902

Mamie McMahan has 36 first cousins recorded

Father's family (0)

Mother's family (36)

Parents William David Shemwell + Lucy Elizabeth Platt
2Ida Mae Shemwell18691959
10Infant Shemwell18871887
Parents Alexander Taylor Shemwell + Melvina Pamelia Thompson
1Gertrude Shemwell18901908
2Alta M Shemwell18921996
4Ruth Shemwell18961969
Parents John William Shemwell + Madora Cramer
Parents Sylvester Penic Shemwell + Eva Ann Cramer
2Ella J Shemwell18811964
Parents Ishamel Higdon Whitlow + Sarah M “Sallie” Shemwell
1Flora Dell Whitlow18801959
2Nellie Whitlow18821902
5Nettie Whitlow18891927
6Orpha Whitlow18921901
7Henry Clay Whitlow18941972
8John Whitlow18981983
Parents James Finley Burris + Mary Louisa Shemwell
1Burris1883
2Dorval Burris18851963
3Ora Raymond Burris18871954
4Etta Lee Burris18911979
Parents George William Brady + Louella “Lula” Carrie Shemwell
3Andrew Louis Brady18951942
Census1880 United States - Census transcript - William Nicholas McMahan - Household

Lamine, Cooper, Missouri

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
MacMahan, W NWM32headMFarmerMOKYMO
MacMahan, Anna LWF20wifeMKeeping houseMOKYKY
MacMahan, MamieWM1daughterSMOMOMO