The Shemwell Family

Death of a paternal grandfather

John H Chadwick
July 4, 1897 (Age 9 years)

Death of a maternal grandmother

Emily Winifred Gross
April 30, 1898 (Age 10 years)

Historical Event

Spanish-American War

between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 10 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

Birth of a brother

Walter H Chadwick
calculated 1899 (Age 10 years)

Tennessee, United States

Marriage

Mamie Flora Shemwell — View this family
September 20, 1908 (Age 20 years)

Birth of a son
#1

Murray Freeman Chadwick
August 21, 1909 (Age 21 years)

Birth of a daughter
#2

Alberta Mildred Chadwick
January 10, 1911 (Age 22 years)

Note: or 04 FEB 1912

Birth of a son
#3

William Thomas “Bill” Chadwick Sr.
August 27, 1913 (Age 25 years)

Death of a paternal grandmother

Sarah A Fowler
1914 (Age 25 years)

Birth of a son
#4

Edward Eugene Chadwick
September 5, 1915 (Age 27 years)

Erin, Stewart, Tennessee, United States

Death of a maternal grandfather

Allen Levi Weaks
October 27, 1915 (Age 27 years)

Historical Event

Polio Epidemic

1916 (Age 27 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1

Military

WW1 Draft

January 5, 1917 (Age 28 years)

Birth of a daughter
#5

Imagene Bertha Chadwick
April 3, 1917 (Age 29 years)

Historical Event

World War I

between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 28 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 29 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

January 13, 1920 (Age 31 years)

Shared note: 1920 United States - Census transcript - Murry Levi Chadwick - Household

Birth of a son
#6

Otho Shemwell “Joe” Chadwick
February 16, 1927 (Age 39 years)

Marriage of a child

Sidney Ephraim Cullum — Alberta Mildred Chadwick — View this family
June 11, 1927 (Age 39 years)

Humboldt, Gibson, Tennessee, United States

Birth of a grandson
#1

Alton Buford Cullum
July 6, 1928 (Age 40 years)

Historical Event

The Great Depression

October 1929 (Age 41 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

Census

April 15, 1930 (Age 42 years)

Shared note: 1930 United States - Census transcript - Murry Levi Chadwick - Household

Birth of a granddaughter
#2

Elizabeth Jean “Betty” Cullum
September 16, 1930 (Age 42 years)

Danville, Houston, Tennessee, United States

Death of a son

Murray Freeman Chadwick
February 2, 1934 (Age 46 years)

Death of a wife

Mamie Flora Shemwell
September 6, 1935 (Age 47 years)

McKinnon, Houston, Tennessee, United States

Cause: Diabetic coma

Marriage of a child

Robert Wilson Weaks Jr. — Imagene Bertha Chadwick — View this family
calculated 1937 (Age 48 years)

Birth of a son
#7

Glen Levi Chadwick
February 4, 1938 (Age 50 years)

Birth of a granddaughter
#3

Patricia Ann Chadwick
February 16, 1938 (Age 50 years)

Birth of a granddaughter
#4

Beverly Joyce Weaks
February 28, 1938 (Age 50 years)

Birth of a granddaughter
#5

Connie Jean Chadwick
January 12, 1939 (Age 50 years)

Michigan, United States

Census

May 6, 1940 (Age 52 years)

Shared note: 1940 United States - Census transcript - Murray Levi Chadwick - Household

Birth of a grandson
#6

Bobbie Gene Weaks
July 22, 1940 (Age 52 years)

Twin: Billie Joe Weaks

Birth of a grandson
#7

Billie Joe Weaks
July 22, 1940 (Age 52 years)

Twin: Bobbie Gene Weaks

Death of a grandson

Bobbie Gene Weaks
July 29, 1940 (Age 52 years)

Death of a grandson

Billie Joe Weaks
August 6, 1940 (Age 52 years)

Birth of a son
#8

Ronnie Hamilton Chadwick
August 10, 1940 (Age 52 years)

Birth of a grandson
#8

William Thomas Chadwick Jr.
November 4, 1940 (Age 52 years)

Death of a daughter

Imagene Bertha Chadwick
October 21, 1941 (Age 53 years)

Cause: Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Death of a mother

Nancy Freedona Weaks
December 27, 1942 (Age 54 years)

Historical Event

World War II

between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 53 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 father

William Thomas Chadwick
August 19, 1949 (Age 61 years)

Robertson, Tennessee, United States

Historical Event

Korean War

between 1950 and 1953 (Age 61 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

Marriage

Effie Pearl Cathey — View this family
July 31, 1961 (Age 73 years)

Historical Event

Vietnam War

between 1946 and 1975 (Age 57 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

July 1968 (Age 80 years)