Sarah Catherine “Kitty” SpenceAge: 92 years1892–1985
- Name
- Sarah Catherine “Kitty” Spence
- Given names
- Sarah Catherine
- Surname
- Spence
- Married name
- Sarah Catherine Shemwell
- Nickname
- Kitty
 Birth | June 11, 1892 |
 Marriage | Fountain Murl Shemwell — View this family unknown |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 5 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 |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Iola Muriel Shemwell January 19, 1914 (Age 21 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Lucy Anna Shemwell January 8, 1916 (Age 23 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 23 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 24 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 25 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 23, 1920 (Age 27 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 37 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 1, 1930 (Age 37 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Alfred Wilson Sitz — Lucy Anna Shemwell — View this family estimated 1936 (Age 43 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Sheradine Sitz January 2, 1937 (Age 44 years) |
| Death of a grandson | Sheradine Sitz January 2, 1937 (Age 44 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | James Stewart Tatum Jr. April 23, 1937 (Age 44 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | David Dale Sitz July 28, 1943 (Age 51 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 49 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 daughter | Lucy Anna Shemwell October 20, 1952 (Age 60 years) Cause: Hodgkins Disease |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 57 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 |
| Death of a husband | Fountain Murl Shemwell March 28, 1967 (Age 74 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 53 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 |
| Religion | Baptist before 1985 (Age 92 years) |
 Death | April 5, 1985 (Age 92 years) |
 Burial | April 1985 (Age 92 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Rose Hill Cemetery |
| Family with Fountain Murl Shemwell |
| husband |
Fountain Murl Shemwell Birth: September 21, 1890 29 32 — Drakesboro, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: March 28, 1967 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
| herself |
Sarah Catherine “Kitty” Spence Birth: June 11, 1892 — McLean, Kentucky, United States Death: April 5, 1985 — Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: — |
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| daughter |
Lucy Anna Shemwell Birth: January 8, 1916 25 23 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: October 20, 1952 — Kenton, Kentucky, United States |
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-2 years daughter |
Iola Muriel Shemwell Birth: January 19, 1914 23 21 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: April 19, 1995 — Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States |
No family available
| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Fountain Murl Shemwell - Household
Skilesville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Fountain Murl Shemwell - Household
Dist. 2, Broadway St. Drakesboro, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
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