The Shemwell Family

Events of close relatives Historical facts
Birth	August 29, 1897 20 17 Grainger, Tennessee, United States
Marriage	Walter Brown Mendenhall — View this family unknown
Historical Event	Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 7 months) Cuba 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
Birth of a sister	Ada Acuff 1901 (Age 3 years) Grainger, Tennessee, United States
Birth of a sister	Vada Acuff 1902 (Age 4 years) Grainger, Tennessee, United States
Historical Event	Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 18 years) Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Historical Event	World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 19 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 20 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 32 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
Death of a paternal grandfather	Samuel L Acuff December 17, 1932 (Age 35 years) Grainger, Tennessee, United States
Death of a father	John Rankin Acuff February 5, 1937 (Age 39 years) Grainger, Tennessee, United States Cause: Gun shot wounds Note: Death certificate says mother was Mary Gordon. -b
Death of a mother	Julia E McGinnis February 5, 1943 (Age 45 years) Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States
Historical Event	World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 44 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
Historical Event	Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 52 years) South Korea 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 husband	Walter Brown Mendenhall January 3, 1967 (Age 69 years)
Historical Event	Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 48 years) Vietnam 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	September 15, 1983 (Age 86 years) Corryton, Knox, Tennessee, United States

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father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Julia E McGinnis Bessie Acuff Ada Acuff Vada Acuff John Rankin Acuff Birth: January 30, 1877 27 22 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: February 5, 1937 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States
mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse John Rankin Acuff Bessie Acuff Ada Acuff Vada Acuff Julia E McGinnis Birth: May 13, 1880 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: February 5, 1943 — Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States
	Marriage: April 2, 1896 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States
17 months herself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Walter Brown Mendenhall Bessie Acuff Birth: August 29, 1897 20 17 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: September 15, 1983 — Corryton, Knox, Tennessee, United States
4 years younger sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Ada Acuff Birth: 1901 23 20 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death:
2 years younger sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Thomas Floyd Acuff Floyd Sherman Acuff Glen Charles Acuff John Williams Acuff Carter Herbert Acuff Rankin Wesley Acuff Vada Acuff Birth: 1902 24 21 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: December 1984 — Blaine, Grainger, Tennessee, United States

Family with Walter Brown Mendenhall - View this family

husband	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Bessie Acuff Walter Brown Mendenhall Birth: May 2, 1893 Death: January 3, 1967
herself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Walter Brown Mendenhall Bessie Acuff Birth: August 29, 1897 20 17 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: September 15, 1983 — Corryton, Knox, Tennessee, United States
	Marriage: —

Family with parents
father Parents Samuel L Acuff Hannah McGinnis	John Rankin Acuff 1877–1937
mother Parents (unknown)	Julia E McGinnis 1880–1943
herself Family Walter Brown Mendenhall	Bessie Acuff 1897–1983
younger sister Family (none)	Ada Acuff 1901–
younger sister Family Thomas Floyd Acuff Floyd Sherman Acuff Glen Charles Acuff John Williams Acuff Carter Herbert Acuff Rankin Wesley Acuff	Vada Acuff 1902–1984
Family with Walter Brown Mendenhall
husband Parents (unknown)	Walter Brown Mendenhall 1893–1967
herself Parents John Rankin Acuff Julia E McGinnis	Bessie Acuff 1897–1983