The Shemwell Family

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Birth	December 6, 1890 16 Litton, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Historical Event	Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 7 years) 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
Historical Event	Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 25 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 26 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 27 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/
Census	February 13, 1920 (Age 29 years) Marion, Tennessee, United States
Historical Event	The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 38 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 wife	Mary T Dorton November 25, 1929 (Age 38 years) Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States Cause: Pulmonary tuberculosis
Death	June 3, 1940 (Age 49 years) Pleasant Hill, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Burial	Crossville City Cemetery, Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Crossville City Cemetery

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father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Floria Brown William Rainey Turner James Thomas “Tom” Turner Death:
mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse James Thomas “Tom” Turner William Rainey Turner Floria Brown Birth: about 1874 18 — Tennessee, United States Death:
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himself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Mary T Dorton William Rainey Turner Birth: December 6, 1890 16 — Litton, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: June 3, 1940 — Pleasant Hill, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States

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himself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Mary T Dorton William Rainey Turner Birth: December 6, 1890 16 — Litton, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: June 3, 1940 — Pleasant Hill, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
wife	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse William Rainey Turner Mary T Dorton Birth: October 18, 1890 37 34 — Tennessee, United States Death: November 25, 1929 — Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States
daughter	Private

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father Parents (unknown)	James Thomas “Tom” Turner –
mother Parents Harriet …	Floria Brown 1874–
himself Family Mary T Dorton Private	William Rainey Turner 1890–1940
Family with Mary T Dorton
himself Parents James Thomas “Tom” Turner Floria Brown	William Rainey Turner 1890–1940
wife Parents Joseph David Dorton Rebecca Ann Selby	Mary T Dorton 1890–1929
daughter Family (none)	Private