The Shemwell Family

Benjamin Rice ShemwellAge: 76 years19221998

Name
Benjamin Rice Shemwell
Given names
Benjamin Rice
Surname
Shemwell
Birth May 3, 1922 43 31
Birth of a brotherClifton Harmon Shemwell
January 9, 1924 (Age 20 months)
Death of a paternal grandmotherIsabell Adelle “Dellie” Rougemont
July 31, 1924 (Age 2 years)

Cause: Cancer of the womb
Birth of a brotherMardis Calvin Shemwell
February 20, 1926 (Age 3 years)
Census April 1930 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a brotherThomas Elmer Shemwell
October 3, 1930 (Age 8 years)
twin: James Eldridge Shemwell Sr.
Birth of a brotherJames Eldridge Shemwell Sr.
October 3, 1930 (Age 8 years)
twin: Thomas Elmer Shemwell
Birth of a sisterMary F Shemwell
December 17, 1932 (Age 10 years)
Death of a fatherCharles Hiram “Charley” Shemwell
June 7, 1936 (Age 14 years)
Birth of a brotherCharles Joe “Charley” Shemwell
October 26, 1936 (Age 14 years)
Census April 8, 1940 (Age 17 years)
Military
WWII Veteran Wounded-Europe, US Army TEC 5 Res: Saint Charles MO
December 19, 1942 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a son
#1
James Alvin “Jim” Shemwell
July 28, 1946 (Age 24 years)

Death of a brotherThomas Elmer Shemwell
October 1952 (Age 30 years)
Cause: M.I.A. - Korea
Death of a brotherClifton Harmon Shemwell
June 4, 1956 (Age 34 years)
Death of a motherBeuna Eartha Stavely
August 21, 1956 (Age 34 years)
Death of a half-brotherWilliam Harm “Willie” Shemwell
1965 (Age 42 years)

Death of a brotherMardis Calvin Shemwell
December 22, 1969 (Age 47 years)
Cause: Killed in car wreck going to work
Death of a half-brotherClarence Franklin Shemwell
March 5, 1994 (Age 71 years)
Death of a brotherCharles Joe “Charley” Shemwell
June 5, 1994 (Age 72 years)
Death of a half-brotherJames Dallas Shemwell
December 10, 1994 (Age 72 years)
Death July 29, 1998 (Age 76 years)
Burial July 31, 1998 (2 days after death)
Address: Plot: Plot: C 0 97
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mound City National Cemetery
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father
mother
elder sister
Charlene Elizabeth “Betty” Shemwell
Birth: November 27, 1919 40 28Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 8, 2008Kenosha, Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States
sister
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himself
Benjamin Rice Shemwell
Birth: May 3, 1922 43 31Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 29, 1998Logan, Franklin, Illinois, United States
20 months
younger brother
Clifton Harmon Shemwell
Birth: January 9, 1924 44 33Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 4, 1956Granite City, Madison, Illinois, United States
2 years
younger brother
Mardis Calvin Shemwell
Birth: February 20, 1926 47 35Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 22, 1969Festus, Jefferson, Missouri, United States
brother
Private
younger brother
Thomas Elmer Shemwell
Birth: October 3, 1930 51 39Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 1952Korea
younger brother
James Eldridge Shemwell Sr.
Birth: October 3, 1930 51 39Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 26, 2014Granite City, Madison, Illinois, United States
2 years
younger sister
Mary F Shemwell
Birth: December 17, 1932 53 41Dover, Hamblen, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 3, 2021Tomahawk, Lincoln, Wisconsin, United States
4 years
younger brother
Charles Joe “Charley” Shemwell
Birth: October 26, 1936 57 45Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 5, 1994Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
Father’s family with Kate “Katie” Everett - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: July 27, 1902Marshall, Kentucky, United States
11 months
half-brother
13 months
half-brother
William Harm “Willie” Shemwell
Birth: August 5, 1904 25 22Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: 1965
3 years
half-brother
5 years
half-sister
6 years
half-sister
Shemwell
Birth: May 13, 1918 39 36Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 13, 1918Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Family with Clara S “Gramster” Petner - View this family
himself
Benjamin Rice Shemwell
Birth: May 3, 1922 43 31Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 29, 1998Logan, Franklin, Illinois, United States
wife
son
daughter
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Benjamin Rice Shemwell has 4 first cousins recorded