The Shemwell Family

Morris Hayden BrownAge: 74 years19292003

Name
Morris Hayden Brown
Given names
Morris Hayden
Surname
Brown
Birth February 5, 1929 29 22
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 7 months)

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
Birth of a brotherGeorge Everett Brown
June 23, 1932 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherJames Rex Brown
February 16, 1939 (Age 10 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherJames Felston Brown
August 3, 1939 (Age 10 years)
Census May 2, 1940 (Age 11 years)
Birth of a brotherJerry Dalton Brown
April 17, 1942 (Age 13 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherElizabeth Ellen “Bettie” Mathis
May 3, 1944 (Age 15 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 12 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
Birth of a sisterBetty Joyce Brown
January 24, 1947 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 20 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 maternal grandfatherJohn Douglas “Johnnie” Shemwell
August 1, 1956 (Age 27 years)
Death of a fatherGeorge Dewey Brown
April 16, 1958 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 16 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 of a brotherGeorge Everett Brown
December 3, 1979 (Age 50 years)
Death of a brotherJames Rex Brown
April 3, 1996 (Age 67 years)
Death of a motherEarline Louisa Shemwell
December 15, 2002 (Age 73 years)
Death November 6, 2003 (Age 74 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Flat Lick Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: September 18, 1928Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
5 months
himself
Morris Hayden Brown
Birth: February 5, 1929 29 22Monroe, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 6, 2003Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
3 years
younger brother
George Everett Brown
Birth: June 23, 1932 33 25Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 3, 1979Charleston, South Carolina, United States
7 years
younger brother
James Rex Brown
Birth: February 16, 1939 39 32Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: April 3, 1996Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
3 years
younger brother
Jerry Dalton Brown
Birth: April 17, 1942 42 35Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 16, 2011Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
5 years
younger sister
Betty Joyce Brown
Birth: January 24, 1947 47 39Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 9, 2025Cadiz, Trigg, Kentucky, United States
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step-father
mother
Marriage:

Morris Hayden Brown has 31 first cousins recorded

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - George Dewey Brown - Household

405 East 23rd Street Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Brown, George DheadMW40MTNSame townRight of way cutterLight Company
Brown, Earline SXwifeFW32MTNSame town
Brown, Morris HsonMW11SKYSame town
Brown, George EsonMW8SKYSame town
Brown, James RsonMW1SKY
Brown, BettymotherFW80WdKYSame town