The Shemwell Family

Rachel Naomi BouldinAge: 74 years19181992

Name
Rachel Naomi Bouldin
Given names
Rachel Naomi
Surname
Bouldin
Married name
Rachel Naomi Shemwell
Married name
Rachel Naomi Matlock
Birth 1918
MarriageOlestus Lee “O L” MatlockView this family
unknown

Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918

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 11 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
Birth of a son
#1
Robert Luther Shemwell Jr.
August 28, 1935 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Nancy Jane Shemwell
May 30, 1939 (Age 21 years)
Census April 9, 1940 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 23 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 6, 1950 (Age 32 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 32 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 husbandRobert Luther Shemwell
July 28, 1972 (Age 54 years)
Address: VA Hospital,
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 28 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 sonRobert Luther Shemwell Jr.
July 12, 1978 (Age 60 years)
Death of a husbandOlestus Lee “O L” Matlock
December 25, 1991 (Age 73 years)

Death March 26, 1992 (Age 74 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mount Olivet Cemetery
Family with Robert Luther Shemwell - View this family
husband
Robert Luther Shemwell
Birth: January 15, 1917 19 20Tennessee, United States
Death: July 28, 1972Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
herself
son
Robert Luther Shemwell Jr.
Birth: August 28, 1935 18 17Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 12, 1978Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
daughter
Private
daughter
Nancy Jane Shemwell
Birth: May 30, 1939 22 21Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 6, 1999Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States
Family with Olestus Lee “O L” Matlock - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: