Rowland Leroy ShemwellAge: 70 years1889–1959
- Name
- Rowland Leroy Shemwell
- Given names
- Rowland Leroy
- Surname
- Shemwell
 Birth | June 29, 1889 41 36 |
 Birth of a brother | Wiley Bolinger Shemwell September 24, 1896 (Age 7 years) |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 8 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 1, 1900 (Age 10 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Benjamin Franklin Shemwell November 11, 1905 (Age 16 years) Cause: Pneumonia |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Mary Catherine Hall November 14, 1905 (Age 16 years) Cause: Pneumonia |
| Death of a sister | Rozena May Shemwell March 2, 1908 (Age 18 years) |
| Census | April 26, 1910 (Age 20 years) |
| Death of a mother | Sarah Ellen Roley February 21, 1912 (Age 22 years) |
 Marriage | Myrtle A Reid — View this family December 24, 1914 (Age 25 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 26 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
 Military | WW1 Draft June 5, 1917 (Age 27 years)Note: Infantry Replmnt Training Camp |
| Inducted | WWI July 18, 1918 (Age 29 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 27 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 28 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/ |
| Civil marriage | Ruby Lalah Handley — View this family February 7, 1921 (Age 31 years) |
| Death of a father | James Caswell Shemwell March 27, 1927 (Age 37 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 40 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 14, 1930 (Age 40 years) |
| Census | May 1, 1940 (Age 50 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 52 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 brother | William Roley Shemwell April 2, 1947 (Age 57 years) |
| Death of a brother | Wiley Bolinger Shemwell October 30, 1953 (Age 64 years) Cause: Coronary |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 60 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 56 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 | December 1, 1959 (Age 70 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: McGee Chapel Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
James Caswell Shemwell Birth: April 22, 1848 25 26 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: March 27, 1927 — Pettis, Missouri, United States |
| mother |
Sarah Ellen Roley Birth: May 15, 1853 — Indiana, United States Death: February 21, 1912 — Pettis, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: April 14, 1878 — Henry, Missouri, United States |
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18 months elder brother |
James Florence Shemwell Birth: October 27, 1879 31 26 — Missouri, United States Death: April 19, 1972 — Valley Falls, Jefferson, Kansas, United States |
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22 months elder sister |
Gertrude C “Girty” Shemwell Birth: August 30, 1881 33 28 — Pettis, Missouri, United States Death: August 15, 1970 — Moberly, Randolph, Missouri, United States |
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3 years elder sister |
Rozena May Shemwell Birth: May 27, 1884 36 31 — Pettis, Missouri, United States Death: March 2, 1908 — Pettis, Missouri, United States |
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22 months elder brother |
William Roley Shemwell Birth: April 11, 1886 37 32 — Benton, Missouri, United States Death: April 2, 1947 — Pettis, Missouri, United States |
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3 years himself |
Rowland Leroy Shemwell Birth: June 29, 1889 41 36 — Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States Death: December 1, 1959 — Fayetteville, Washington, Arkansas, United States |
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7 years younger brother |
Wiley Bolinger Shemwell Birth: September 24, 1896 48 43 — Pettis, Missouri, United States Death: October 30, 1953 — Smithton, Pettis, Missouri, United States |
| Family with Myrtle A Reid |
| himself |
Rowland Leroy Shemwell Birth: June 29, 1889 41 36 — Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States Death: December 1, 1959 — Fayetteville, Washington, Arkansas, United States |
| wife |
Myrtle A Reid Death: |
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Marriage: December 24, 1914 — Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States |
| Family with Ruby Lalah Handley |
| himself |
Rowland Leroy Shemwell Birth: June 29, 1889 41 36 — Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States Death: December 1, 1959 — Fayetteville, Washington, Arkansas, United States |
| wife |
Ruby Lalah Handley Birth: June 12, 1894 — Webb City, Jasper, Missouri, United States Death: |
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Marriage: February 7, 1921 — Carthage, Jasper, Missouri, United States |
| Thomas Herd + Ruby Lalah Handley |
| wife’s husband |
Thomas Herd Death: |
| wife |
Ruby Lalah Handley Birth: June 12, 1894 — Webb City, Jasper, Missouri, United States Death: |
| step-daughter |
Private |
Rowland Leroy Shemwell has 41 first cousins recorded
Father's family (41)
Parents William McKinley Shemwell + Sarah Permelia Shemwell
Parents Asa W Mallott + Mary Ann Shemwell
Parents Adam Houston Richardson + Almiranda J “Allie” Shemwell
Parents John Russell Rukes + Elphina Ella Shemwell
Parents Hiriam Breckenridge Richardson + Nancy Elizabeth Shemwell
Parents John Wilson Moorman + Rebecca Parallel “Becca” Shemwell
Parents Edward M Richardson + Virginia D “Jennie” Shemwell
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - James C Shemwell - Household
Washington, Pettis, Missouri
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - James C Shemwell - Household
Washington, Pettis, Missouri
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| Military | Infantry Replmnt Training Camp |