Margaret Ophenia CrewsAge: 91 years1888–1979
- Name
- Margaret Ophenia Crews
- Given names
- Margaret Ophenia
- Surname
- Crews
- Married name
- Margaret Ophenia Shemwell
 Birth | March 31, 1888 44 38 |
 Birth of a brother | Walter Washington Crews December 28, 1891 (Age 3 years) |
| Death of a sister | Minerva Brown Crews May 4, 1896 (Age 8 years) |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 10 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 |
 Marriage | Samuel Allen Shemwell — View this family April 23, 1909 (Age 21 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Frances Elizabeth Shemwell November 28, 1909 (Age 21 years) |
 Census | April 18, 1910 (Age 22 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | James Allen “Pat” Shemwell April 3, 1912 (Age 24 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | Joseph Cooper “Mike” Shemwell August 19, 1916 (Age 28 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 |
| 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 | March 3, 1920 (Age 31 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 4, 1930 (Age 42 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Robert Lewis Smith — Frances Elizabeth Shemwell — View this family 1934 (Age 45 years) |
| Census | May 3, 1940 (Age 52 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 |
| Marriage of a child | James Allen “Pat” Shemwell — Dorothy Thompson Lowry — View this family September 7, 1945 (Age 57 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Joseph Cooper “Mike” Shemwell — Eva Clark Rogers — View this family between 1940 and 1950 (Age 51 years) |
| Death of a husband | Samuel Allen Shemwell July 9, 1948 (Age 60 years) |
| Census | April 19, 1950 (Age 62 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 61 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 brother | Perry G Crews March 14, 1954 (Age 65 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Frances Elizabeth Shemwell August 24, 1973 (Age 85 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 57 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 23, 1979 (Age 91 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Powell Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
William Washington Crews Birth: January 26, 1844 — Lafayette, Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: |
| mother |
Henrietta Orphenia Rives Birth: May 14, 1849 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
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Marriage: December 4, 1866 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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11 months elder sister |
Minerva Brown Crews Birth: November 4, 1867 23 18 — Lafayette, Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: May 4, 1896 |
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3 years elder brother |
John Roberts Crews Birth: May 29, 1870 26 21 — Lafayette, Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: February 4, 1871 |
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5 years elder sister |
Beulah Crews Birth: February 4, 1875 31 25 — Lafayette, Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: |
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4 years elder brother |
William Crenshaw Crews Birth: September 1, 1878 34 29 — Lafayette, Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: |
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3 years elder brother |
James Coleman Crews Birth: April 3, 1881 37 31 — Lafayette, Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: |
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6 months elder brother |
Perry G Crews Birth: October 6, 1881 37 32 — Lafayette, Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: March 14, 1954 |
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7 years herself |
Margaret Ophenia Crews Birth: March 31, 1888 44 38 — Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: April 23, 1979 — Covington's Convalescent Center, LaFayette, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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4 years younger brother |
Walter Washington Crews Birth: December 28, 1891 47 42 — Lafayette, Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: |
| Family with Samuel Allen Shemwell |
| husband |
Samuel Allen Shemwell Birth: December 9, 1874 30 28 — Tennessee, United States Death: July 9, 1948 — Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States |
| herself |
Margaret Ophenia Crews Birth: March 31, 1888 44 38 — Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: April 23, 1979 — Covington's Convalescent Center, LaFayette, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: April 23, 1909 — Montgomery, Tennessee, United States |
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7 months daughter |
Frances Elizabeth Shemwell Birth: November 28, 1909 34 21 — Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: August 24, 1973 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years son |
James Allen “Pat” Shemwell Birth: April 3, 1912 37 24 — Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: August 30, 1983 — Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States |
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4 years son |
Joseph Cooper “Mike” Shemwell Birth: August 19, 1916 41 28 — Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: January 20, 1997 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Samuel Allen Shemwell - Household
Main Street Christian, Kentucky
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Henrietta Orphenia Rives - Household
Kempsville Road Lafayette, Christian, KY
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Samuel Allen Shemwell - Household
Lafayette, Christian, KY
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Samuel Allen Shemwell - Household
Rural Christian, Kentucky
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| Census | 1950 United States - Census transcript - Joseph Cooper “Mike” Shemwell - Household
111 Fowler Ave Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky
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