The Shemwell Family

Lovelace Roscoe ShemwellAge: 32 years18861919

Name
Lovelace Roscoe Shemwell
Given names
Lovelace Roscoe
Surname
Shemwell
Birth July 31, 1886 28 24
Birth of a sisterWillie N Shemwell
August 5, 1888 (Age 2 years)

Death of a sisterWillie N Shemwell
October 29, 1889 (Age 3 years)

Birth of a brotherCarl McCoy Shemwell
November 27, 1890 (Age 4 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherLuvenia “Vena” Roach
October 12, 1892 (Age 6 years)

Birth of a sisterRuby Shemwell
February 22, 1894 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a brotherRex Shemwell
April 14, 1896 (Age 9 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherLovelace Wellington Shemwell
March 8, 1897 (Age 10 years)
Birth of a sisterRuth Shemwell
July 3, 1898 (Age 11 years)
Death of a sisterRuth Shemwell
July 28, 1898 (Age 11 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 11 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 sisterJesse Shemwell
July 27, 1899 (Age 12 years)
Census June 1, 1900 (Age 13 years)
Birth of a brotherElza Shemwell
July 1, 1903 (Age 16 years)
Death of a brotherElza Shemwell
July 30, 1903 (Age 16 years)
Census April 15, 1910 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 29 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
MarriageLallah ReevesView this family
June 5, 1917 (Age 30 years)
Occupation
Farmer
1917 (Age 30 years)

Birth of a daughter
#1
Sammie Lougene Shemwell
May 14, 1918 (Age 31 years)
Inducted
Inducted
July 21, 1918 (Age 31 years)

Note: 51st County, 13th Batt., 159th Depot Brig.
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 30 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 31 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/
Military service
WWI
between August 1918 and January 1919 (Age 32 years)

Note: Co. F, 9th Ammo Train, Camp McClellan, Alabama
Death January 23, 1919 (Age 32 years)
Address: Camp McClellan
Cause of death: Died in Flu epidemic of 1919
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Shemwell Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: about 1883Marshall, Kentucky, United States
16 months
elder brother
2 years
himself
Lovelace Roscoe Shemwell
Birth: July 31, 1886 28 24Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 23, 1919Calhoun, Alabama, United States
2 years
younger sister
2 years
younger brother
3 years
younger sister
Ruby Shemwell
Birth: February 22, 1894 36 32Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 13, 1968Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States
2 years
younger brother
Rex Shemwell
Birth: April 14, 1896 38 34Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 26, 1973Nokomis, Sarasota, Florida, United States
2 years
younger sister
Ruth Shemwell
Birth: July 3, 1898 40 36Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 28, 1898Marshall, Kentucky, United States
13 months
younger sister
Jesse Shemwell
Birth: July 27, 1899 41 37Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death: September 8, 1989Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States
4 years
younger brother
Elza Shemwell
Birth: July 1, 1903 45 41Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 30, 1903Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Family with Lallah Reeves - View this family
himself
Lovelace Roscoe Shemwell
Birth: July 31, 1886 28 24Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 23, 1919Calhoun, Alabama, United States
wife
Lallah Reeves
Birth: May 11, 1895 41 21Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 20, 1976Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Marriage: June 5, 1917Oak Level, Marshall, Kentucky, United States
11 months
daughter
Sammie Lougene Shemwell
Birth: May 14, 1918 31 23Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 23, 1982Calvert City, Marshall, Kentucky, United States

Lovelace Roscoe Shemwell has 5 first cousins recorded

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - William Elza Shemwell - Household

Oak Level, Marshall Ky.

NameRelationRaceSexDOBAgeMCYrsMChBChLBPFBPMBPYUSYOIN/AOccupation
William Elza ShemwellheadMFeb 185842M17--KYNCTNFarmer
Martha Matilda DonelsonwifeFOct 186138M1786KYTNTN
H. Claud. ShemwellsonMMay 188416S---KYKYKYAt School
Roscoe Green ShemwellsonMJul 188613S---KYKYKYAt School
Carl McCoy ShemwellsonMNov 18909S---KYKYKY
Ruby ShemwelldaughterFFeb 18946S---KYKYKY
Rex ShemwellsonMApr 18964S---KYKYKY
James J ShemwellsonMJul 189910mS---KYKYKY

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - William Elza Shemwell - Household

Dist. 4 Marshall Ky.

NameRelationSexRaceAgeMCYrsMChBChLBPFBPMBPYOIN/AEngLOccupationIndustry
William Elza ShemwellheadMW52S27--KYNCTNFarmerGeneral Farm
Martha Matilda DonelsonwifeFW48S2796KYTNTN
Lovelace Roscoe ShemwellsonMW23S---KYKYKYFarm LaborerHome Farm
Carl McCoy ShemwellsonMW19S---KYKYKYFarm LaborerHome Farm
Ruby ShemwelldaughterFW16S---KYKYKY
Rex ShemwellsonMW14S---KYKYKYFarm LaborerHome Farm
Jesse ShemwelldaughterF10S---KYKYKY

Inducted
51st County, 13th Batt., 159th Depot Brig.
Military service
Co. F, 9th Ammo Train, Camp McClellan, Alabama