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)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 7 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 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)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 19 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
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
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 27 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 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 23 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 sisterBeatrice P Shemwell
October 14, 1983 (Age 61 years)
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
15 months
elder sister
Beatrice P Shemwell
Birth: March 7, 1921 42 30Tennessee, United States
Death: October 14, 1983Glenview, Cook, Illinois, United States
14 months
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
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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
wife
son
daughter
Private

Benjamin Rice Shemwell has 4 first cousins recorded

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Charles Harmon “Charley” Shemwell - Household

Dover & Model Stewart TN

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Shemwell, CharlieheadNoYesMW52M21NoYesTNTNTNFarmerOwn land
Shemwell, BuenawifeFW37M27NoYesTNTNTN
Shemwell, CharlenedaughterFW10SYesYesTNTNTN
Shemwell, BeatricedaughterFW9SYesTNTNTN
Shemwell, Benjamin RsonMW7SYesTNTNTN
Shemwell, CliftonsonMW6SYesTNTNTN
Shemwell, MardissonMW4-2moSYesTNTNTN

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Beuna Eartha Stavely - Household

Benton, Tennessee

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Shemwell, BeunaheadFW48WdTNRStewartTNHousewifeKeeping House
Shemwell, BeatricedaughterFW19MTNRStewartTNStudentSchool
Shemwell, BenjaminsonMW17MTNRStewartTNStudentSchool
Shemwell, CliftonsonMW15STNRStewartTNStudentSchool
Shemwell, MardissonMW14MTNRStewartTNStudentSchool
Shemwell, ElmersonMW9STNRStewartTN
Shemwell, EldridgesonMW9STNRStewartTN
Shemwell, MarydaughterFW6MTNRStewartTN
Shemwell, CharliessonMW4MTNRStewartTN