Kit Karson “KK” ShemwellAge: 86 years1880–1966
- Name
- Kit Karson “KK” Shemwell
- Given names
- Kit Karson
- Surname
- Shemwell
- Nickname
- KK
 Birth | January 3, 1880 24 19 |
 Census | June 18, 1880 (Age 5 months) |
 Birth of a sister | Tommie Golden Shemwell March 21, 1890 (Age 10 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Henry Cox Shemwell January 16, 1893 (Age 13 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Henry Redman Shemwell February 23, 1894 (Age 14 years) |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 18 years)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 |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Dr. Redman Renn Ruff September 21, 1898 (Age 18 years) Address: Pitman's Ferry |
| Census | June 15, 1900 (Age 20 years) |
| Death of a brother | Henry Redman Shemwell March 24, 1902 (Age 22 years) |
 Residence | July 1903 (Age 23 years) |
 Occupation | Cashier November 1903 (Age 23 years)Employer: T. L. Wright private bank |
 Religious marriage | Lula Jane Hopkins — View this family April 2, 1905 (Age 25 years) |
| Established | Shemwell's Insurance 1906 (Age 25 years)Note: Shemwell's Insurance in Doniphan |
| Birth of a son #1 | Ruff Hopkins Shemwell April 11, 1907 (Age 27 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Eliza Jane Reed October 31, 1908 (Age 28 years) Cause: Kicked by a mule |
| Census | April 19, 1910 (Age 30 years) |
| Death of a sister | Iva Nora Shemwell June 22, 1912 (Age 32 years) |
| Death of a father | James Pascal Shemwell April 20, 1916 (Age 36 years) Cause: Arteriosclerosis |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 35 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 36 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 37 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 son #2 | Max Oliver Shemwell April 11, 1919 (Age 39 years) |
| Census | January 5, 1920 (Age 40 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 49 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 16, 1930 (Age 50 years) |
| Census | April 5, 1940 (Age 60 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Jack David Shemwell April 16, 1942 (Age 62 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 61 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 mother | Leota Gardola “Pluggie” Ruff March 31, 1947 (Age 67 years) |
| Census | April 14, 1950 (Age 70 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 69 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 | Max Oliver Shemwell Jr. March 25, 1958 (Age 78 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 65 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 | April 3, 1966 (Age 86 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Doniphan Oak Ridge Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
James Pascal Shemwell Birth: August 17, 1855 26 19 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: April 20, 1916 — Current River, Ripley, Missouri, United States |
| mother |
Leota Gardola “Pluggie” Ruff Birth: June 1860 29 — Hollow Rock, Carroll, Tennessee, United States Death: March 31, 1947 — Batesville, Independence, Arkansas, United States |
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Marriage: September 6, 1877 — Randolph, Arkansas, United States |
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9 months elder sister |
Iva Nora Shemwell Birth: June 8, 1878 22 18 — Pitman, Arkansas, United States Death: June 22, 1912 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States |
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19 months himself |
Kit Karson “KK” Shemwell Birth: January 3, 1880 24 19 — Arkansas, United States Death: April 3, 1966 — Doniphan, Ripley, Missouri, United States |
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10 years younger sister |
Tommie Golden Shemwell Birth: March 21, 1890 34 29 — Arkansas, United States Death: November 22, 1983 — Batesville, Independence, Arkansas, United States |
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4 years younger brother |
Henry Redman Shemwell Birth: February 23, 1894 38 33 — Arkansas, United States Death: March 24, 1902 — Arkansas, United States |
| Family with Lula Jane Hopkins |
| himself |
Kit Karson “KK” Shemwell Birth: January 3, 1880 24 19 — Arkansas, United States Death: April 3, 1966 — Doniphan, Ripley, Missouri, United States |
| wife |
Lula Jane Hopkins Birth: 1883 — Missouri, United States Death: February 21, 1971 — Doniphan, Ripley, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: April 2, 1905 — Ganes Ferry, Ripley, Missouri, United States |
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2 years son |
Ruff Hopkins Shemwell Birth: April 11, 1907 27 24 — Missouri, United States Death: September 26, 1987 — Texas, United States |
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12 years son |
Max Oliver Shemwell Birth: April 11, 1919 39 36 — Ripley, Missouri, United States Death: May 14, 2005 — Doniphan, Ripley, Missouri, United States |
Kit Karson “KK” Shemwell has 19 first cousins recorded
Father's family (19)
Parents Milous Greene “Miles” Shemwell + Louisa Ann “Anna” Legate
Parents Paul A Lewis + Henryetta Adaline Shemwell
Parents Calvin R Shemwell + Cora Elizabeth Huntsinger
Parents Lovelace Lacewell Shemwell + Edna Blanche Cunningham
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - James Pascal Shemwell - Household
Little Black, Randolph, Arkansas
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - James Pascal Shemwell - Household
enumerated by Kit K Shemwell Little Black, Randolph, Arkansas
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| Established | Shemwell's Insurance in Doniphan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Kit Karson Shemwell - Household
Doniphan, Ripley, Missouri, United States
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Kit Karson Shemwell - Household
Young St. Doniphan, Ripley, Missouri
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Kit Karson Shemwell - Household
West Doniphan Doniphan, Ripley, Missouri
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Kit Karson “KK” Shemwell - Household
Doniphan, Ripley, Missouri
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| Census | 1950 United States - Census transcript - Kit Karson “KK” Shemwell - Household
105 Jackson Doniphan, Ripley, Missouri
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