The Shemwell Family

Events of close relatives Historical facts
Birth	May 17, 1893 Louisiana, United States
Marriage	Walter Cornelius Jones — View this family unknown
Historical Event	Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 4 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 22 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 23 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 24 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/
Death	January 11, 1924 (Age 30 years) Richland, Louisiana, United States
Burial	Lone Cherry Baptist Church Cemetery, Mangham, Richland, Louisiana, United States Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Lone Cherry Baptist Church Cemetery

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Family with Walter Cornelius Jones - View this family

husband	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Lula Duncan Family with spouse Priscilla Elizabeth “Siller” Brown Walter Cornelius Jones Birth: July 3, 1882 33 29 — Richland, Louisiana, United States Death: September 6, 1952 — Richland, Louisiana, United States
herself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Walter Cornelius Jones Lula Duncan Birth: May 17, 1893 — Louisiana, United States Death: January 11, 1924 — Richland, Louisiana, United States
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Walter Cornelius Jones + Priscilla Elizabeth “Siller” Brown - View this family

husband	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Lula Duncan Family with spouse Priscilla Elizabeth “Siller” Brown Walter Cornelius Jones Birth: July 3, 1882 33 29 — Richland, Louisiana, United States Death: September 6, 1952 — Richland, Louisiana, United States
husband’s wife	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Walter Cornelius Jones Family with spouse John L Samworth Priscilla Elizabeth “Siller” Brown Birth: December 21, 1903 — Lasalle, Iberia, Louisiana, United States Death: August 29, 1992 — Ypsilanti, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States
	Marriage: —

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Family with Walter Cornelius Jones
husband Parents Robert Cornelius Jones Elizabeth Danalee “Bettie” Hammond	Walter Cornelius Jones 1882–1952
herself Parents (unknown)	Lula Duncan 1893–1924
Walter Cornelius Jones + Priscilla Elizabeth “Siller” Brown
husband Parents Robert Cornelius Jones Elizabeth Danalee “Bettie” Hammond	Walter Cornelius Jones 1882–1952
husband’s wife Parents (unknown)	Priscilla Elizabeth “Siller” Brown 1903–1992