The Shemwell Family

Events of close relatives Historical facts
Birth	March 16, 1874 26 40 Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Historical Event	Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 3 years) Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Death of a maternal grandfather	Deacon Solomon Greene December 24, 1888 (Age 14 years) Deep Gap, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Historical Event	Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 24 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
Death of a mother	Nancy Calista Greene October 17, 1900 (Age 26 years) Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Historical Event	Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 41 years) Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death of a half-brother	Richard Filmore Ragan April 19, 1918 (Age 44 years) Morganton, Burke, North Carolina, United States
Death of a half-brother	William Smith Ragan September 12, 1918 (Age 44 years) Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Historical Event	World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 42 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 43 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 of a sister	Mary S Winkler before 1920 (Age 45 years)
Historical Event	The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 55 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
Death of a father	Thomas Richard Calvin Winkler January 2, 1934 (Age 59 years) Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death of a half-brother	John Isaac Ragan April 14, 1934 (Age 60 years) Elizabethton, Carter, Tennessee, United States
Historical Event	World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 67 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	Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 71 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	February 4, 1949 (Age 74 years) Meat Camp, Watauga, North Carolina, United States

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father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Nancy Calista Greene Mary S Winkler George Washington Winkler Thomas Richard Calvin Winkler Birth: October 22, 1847 — Ashe, North Carolina, United States Death: January 2, 1934 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States
mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Larkin Ragan William Smith Ragan Richard Filmore Ragan Greenlee Ragan John Isaac Ragan Family with spouse Thomas Richard Calvin Winkler Mary S Winkler George Washington Winkler Nancy Calista Greene Birth: June 14, 1833 32 31 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: October 17, 1900 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States
	Marriage: about 1870 —
15 months elder sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Mary S Winkler Birth: March 1871 23 37 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: before 1920
3 years himself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree George Washington Winkler Birth: March 16, 1874 26 40 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: February 4, 1949 — Meat Camp, Watauga, North Carolina, United States

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step-father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Nancy Calista Greene William Smith Ragan Richard Filmore Ragan Greenlee Ragan John Isaac Ragan Larkin Ragan Birth: about 1833 — Ashe, North Carolina, United States Death: before 1870
mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Larkin Ragan William Smith Ragan Richard Filmore Ragan Greenlee Ragan John Isaac Ragan Family with spouse Thomas Richard Calvin Winkler Mary S Winkler George Washington Winkler Nancy Calista Greene Birth: June 14, 1833 32 31 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: October 17, 1900 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States
	Marriage: about 1854 —
15 months half-brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree William Smith Ragan Birth: March 20, 1855 22 21 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: September 12, 1918 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States
21 months half-brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Richard Filmore Ragan Birth: December 22, 1856 23 23 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: April 19, 1918 — Morganton, Burke, North Carolina, United States
2 years half-brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Greenlee Ragan Birth: about 1858 25 24 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: before 1870
4 years half-brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Hannah Adams Violet Lucinda Ragan Jasper Greenlee Ragan Coy Solomon Ragan Mary Caroline Ragan John Isaac Ragan Birth: June 16, 1862 29 29 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: April 14, 1934 — Elizabethton, Carter, Tennessee, United States

Family with parents
father Parents (unknown)	Thomas Richard Calvin Winkler 1847–1934
mother Parents Deacon Solomon Greene Nancy Mary Hodges	Nancy Calista Greene 1833–1900
elder sister Family (none)	Mary S Winkler 1871–1920
himself Family (none)	George Washington Winkler 1874–1949
Mother’s family with Larkin Ragan
step-father Parents (unknown)	Larkin Ragan 1833–1870
mother Parents Deacon Solomon Greene Nancy Mary Hodges	Nancy Calista Greene 1833–1900
half-brother Family (none)	William Smith Ragan 1855–1918
half-brother Family (none)	Richard Filmore Ragan 1856–1918
half-brother Family (none)	Greenlee Ragan 1858–1870
half-brother Family Hannah Adams Violet Lucinda Ragan Jasper Greenlee Ragan Coy Solomon Ragan Mary Caroline Ragan	John Isaac Ragan 1862–1934