The Shemwell Family

Grooms HallAge: 78 years18871966

Name
Grooms Hall
Given names
Grooms
Surname
Hall
Birth June 4, 1887 22 21
Birth of a sisterGeneva Hall
December 15, 1891 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a sisterEula Blanche Hall
May 14, 1894 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a brotherBenjamin Corbett Hall
January 18, 1897 (Age 9 years)
Never Married
Never Married

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 10 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 19, 1900 (Age 13 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 28 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Military
WWI Draft Registration
June 5, 1917 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 29 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 30 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 42 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 2, 1930 (Age 42 years)
Death of a fatherBenjamin Hall
August 16, 1930 (Age 43 years)
Census April 25, 1940 (Age 52 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 54 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 motherEva Vick Christian
April 3, 1946 (Age 58 years)
Death of a brotherWarden Owens Hall
June 2, 1951 (Age 63 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 62 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 58 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 February 6, 1966 (Age 78 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Gant Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: November 5, 1884Kentucky, United States
11 months
elder brother
20 months
himself
Grooms Hall
Birth: June 4, 1887 22 21Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 6, 1966Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States
-5 months
elder brother
Warden Owens Hall
Birth: January 18, 1887 22 21Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: June 2, 1951Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
7 years
younger sister
3 years
younger brother
Benjamin Corbett Hall
Birth: January 18, 1897 32 31Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: June 8, 1985Hopkins, Kentucky, United States
-5 years
younger sister

Grooms Hall has 3 first cousins recorded

Father's family (0)

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Benjamin Hall - Household

Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Hall, BenjaminheadWMJuly186435M15KYVAKYfarmer
Hall, EviewifeWFNov186435M1566KYKYKY
Hall, Theron sonWMSep188514SKYKYKYfarm laborer
Hall, GroomssonWMJun188713SKYKYKYfarm laborer
Hall, WardensonWMJun188811SKYKYKYfarm laborer
Hall, Ular BdaughterWMMay18946SKYKYKY
Hall, Benjamin CsonWMJan18964SKYKYKY
Hall, GeneaneadaughterWFDec18999-5 monthsSKYKYKY

Geneva should be 1891 -b

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Grooms Hall - Household

Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Hall, GroomsboarderMW40SKYKYKYretail merchantgroceries

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Grooms Hall - Household

Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Hall, GroomslodgerMW50Smerchantretail grocery