The Shemwell Family

Ida KerleyAge: 69 years19011971

Name
Ida Kerley
Given names
Ida
Surname
Kerley
Married name
Ida Brown
Birth November 12, 1901 23 25
Marriage of parentsWilliam Emmett KerleyArva Zena SelbyView this family
estimated 1901

Birth of a sisterLillie Kerley
April 28, 1903 (Age 17 months)
Birth of a brotherOscar Clyde Kerley
June 18, 1906 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a sisterPinah Kerley
May 22, 1908 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a sisterDora Kerley
October 23, 1909 (Age 7 years)
Census May 10, 1910 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a sisterMalinda Kerley
January 14, 1912 (Age 10 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJames Lloyd Selby
May 31, 1914 (Age 12 years)
Birth of a brotherWilliam Carl Kerley
September 2, 1914 (Age 12 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 14 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a brotherGeorge Paul Kerley
December 29, 1917 (Age 16 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 15 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 16 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/
Birth of a brotherTheodore “Ted” Kerley
January 4, 1920 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Sarah Brown
March 2, 1920 (Age 18 years)
Death of a daughterSarah Brown
March 2, 1920 (Age 18 years)
Cause: Still Birth
Birth of a daughter
#2
Dorthy Violet Brown
February 23, 1921 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Roy Evans Brown
March 30, 1923 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a son
#4
Arnold Wilburn Brown
January 12, 1925 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 27 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 daughter
#5
Pauline Marie Brown
December 30, 1929 (Age 28 years)
Census April 4, 1930 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a son
#6
Ernest Martin Brown
October 27, 1931 (Age 29 years)
Birth of a son
#7
Carl Lee Brown
November 28, 1933 (Age 32 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherSarah Elizabeth Hyder
January 31, 1934 (Age 32 years)
Birth of a daughter
#8
Vera Lois Brown
December 12, 1935 (Age 34 years)
Census May 14, 1940 (Age 38 years)
Birth of a son
#9
Glenn Eugene Brown
October 20, 1940 (Age 38 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 40 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 motherArva Zena Selby
June 23, 1946 (Age 44 years)
Marriage of a childEverett Lee FradyPauline Marie BrownView this family
October 14, 1950 (Age 48 years)
Death of a brotherOscar Clyde Kerley
January 27, 1951 (Age 49 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Wilma Joyce Frady
February 8, 1952 (Age 50 years)
Death of a granddaughterWilma Joyce Frady
February 8, 1952 (Age 50 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 48 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
Birth of a grandson
#2
Marvin Lee Frady
August 15, 1956 (Age 54 years)
Death of a grandsonMarvin Lee Frady
December 19, 1960 (Age 59 years)
Death of a fatherWilliam Emmett Kerley
September 30, 1961 (Age 59 years)
Death of a husbandWilburn Calvin Brown
May 8, 1969 (Age 67 years)
Death of a sisterTina Kerley
before 1970 (Age 68 years)

Death of a sisterPinah Kerley
May 29, 1970 (Age 68 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 44 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 March 12, 1971 (Age 69 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Big Lick Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: estimated 1901
10 months
herself
17 months
younger sister
Lillie Kerley
Birth: April 28, 1903 25 27Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 28, 1997Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
3 years
younger brother
Oscar Clyde Kerley
Birth: June 18, 1906 28 30Litton, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 27, 1951Big Lick, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
23 months
younger sister
Pinah Kerley
Birth: May 22, 1908 30 32Litton, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 29, 1970Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, United States
17 months
younger sister
Dora Kerley
Birth: October 23, 1909 31 33Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 27, 1999Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
2 years
younger sister
Malinda Kerley
Birth: January 14, 1912 33 35Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 26, 1985Oliver Springs, Morgan, Tennessee, United States
3 years
younger brother
William Carl Kerley
Birth: September 2, 1914 36 38Big Lick, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 26, 2004Duluth, Gwinnett, Georgia, United States
3 years
younger brother
George Paul Kerley
Birth: December 29, 1917 39 41Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 8, 2018Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
2 years
younger brother
Theodore “Ted” Kerley
Birth: January 4, 1920 41 43Tennessee, United States
Death: April 26, 1982Elyria, Lorain, Ohio, United States
sister
Family with Wilburn Calvin Brown - View this family
husband
herself
daughter
Sarah Brown
Birth: March 2, 1920 21 18Big Lick, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 2, 1920Big Lick, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
1 year
daughter
Dorthy Violet Brown
Birth: February 23, 1921 22 19Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 14, 2016Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
2 years
son
Roy Evans Brown
Birth: March 30, 1923 24 21Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 8, 1991
21 months
son
Arnold Wilburn Brown
Birth: January 12, 1925 26 23Big Lick, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 19, 2003Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
5 years
daughter
Pauline Marie Brown
Birth: December 30, 1929 31 28Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 17, 1988Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
22 months
son
Ernest Martin Brown
Birth: October 27, 1931 33 29Linary, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 29, 1990Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
2 years
son
Carl Lee Brown
Birth: November 28, 1933 35 32Linary, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 27, 2005Saint Cloud, Osceola, Florida, United States
2 years
daughter
Vera Lois Brown
Birth: December 12, 1935 37 34Linary, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 2, 1995Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
daughter
Private
son
Glenn Eugene Brown
Birth: October 20, 1940 42 38Linary, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 29, 1993Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
daughter
Private

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - William Emmett Kerley - Household

Cumberland, Tennessee

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Kerley, William EheadMW32M9TNTNTNFarmerGeneral Farm
Kerley, Arva ZwifeFW34M965TNTNTN
Kerley, IdadaughterFW8STNTNTN
Kerley, LilliedaughterFW7STNTNTN
Kerley, Oscar CsonMW5STNTNTN
Kerley, PinahdaughterFW1-11mSTNTNTN
Kerley, DoradaughterFW5mSTNTNTN

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Wilburn Calvin Brown - Household

Grassy Cove road Cumberland, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Brown, Wilburn CheadMW31M21TNTNTNLaborerGeneral Labor
Brown, IdawifeFW28M18TNTNTN
Brown, VioletdaughterFW9STNTNTN
Brown, RoysonMW7STNTNTN
Brown, ArnoldsonMW5STNTNTN
Brown, PaulinedaughterFW7mSTNTNTN