The Shemwell Family

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Birth	May 27, 1917 36 Roane, Tennessee, United States
Historical Event	World War I between 1917 and November 1918 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 7 months) 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 12 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 #1	Mary Louise Brown December 17, 1936 (Age 19 years)
Death of a daughter	Mary Louise Brown November 6, 1938 (Age 21 years)
Census	April 26, 1940 (Age 22 years) Roane, Tennessee, United States
Historical Event	World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 24 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 32 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
Historical Event	Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 28 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	December 2, 1978 (Age 61 years) Roane, Tennessee, United States
Burial	Orchard View Cemetery, Orchard View, Roane, Tennessee, United States Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Orchard View Cemetery

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father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Mary Jane Seivers Willie Brown Rev. E J Brown Rev. Eli L Brown Death:
mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Rev. Eli L Brown Willie Brown Rev. E J Brown Mary Jane Seivers Birth: about 1881 — Tennessee, United States Death:
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elder brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Willie Brown Birth: about 1899 18 — Tennessee, United States Death:
18 years himself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Malinda Kerley Mary Louise Brown Rev. E J Brown Birth: May 27, 1917 36 — Roane, Tennessee, United States Death: December 2, 1978 — Roane, Tennessee, United States

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himself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Malinda Kerley Mary Louise Brown Rev. E J Brown Birth: May 27, 1917 36 — Roane, Tennessee, United States Death: December 2, 1978 — Roane, Tennessee, United States
wife	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Rev. E J Brown Mary Louise Brown Malinda Kerley Birth: January 14, 1912 33 35 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: August 26, 1985 — Oliver Springs, Morgan, Tennessee, United States
daughter	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Mary Louise Brown Birth: December 17, 1936 19 24 Death: November 6, 1938
daughter	Private

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Family with parents
father Parents (unknown)	Rev. Eli L Brown –
mother Parents (unknown)	Mary Jane Seivers 1881–
elder brother Family (unknown) Private	Willie Brown 1899–
himself Family Malinda Kerley Mary Louise Brown Private	Rev. E J Brown 1917–1978
Family with Malinda Kerley
himself Parents Rev. Eli L Brown Mary Jane Seivers	Rev. E J Brown 1917–1978
wife Parents William Emmett Kerley Arva Zena Selby	Malinda Kerley 1912–1985
daughter Family (none)	Mary Louise Brown 1936–1938
daughter Family (none)	Private