The Shemwell Family

Lovie ShemwellAge: 94 years18931988

Name
Lovie Shemwell
Given names
Lovie
Surname
Shemwell
Married name
Lovie Smith
Birth October 24, 1893 33 26
Birth of a brotherJohn Daniel Shemwell
July 29, 1895 (Age 21 months)
Death of a paternal grandfatherLovelace Wellington Shemwell
March 8, 1897 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherMoses Wurth Shemwell
August 1897 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 4 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
Census June 1, 1900 (Age 6 years)
Census April 18, 1910 (Age 16 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 22 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 23 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 24 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/
MarriageClint Randle SmithView this family
November 3, 1919 (Age 26 years)
Census January 7, 1920 (Age 26 years)
Death of a fatherMilous Green Shemwell
December 7, 1921 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 35 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 15, 1930 (Age 36 years)
Death of a motherMordecia “Decia” Thompson
August 31, 1931 (Age 37 years)
Census April 30, 1940 (Age 46 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 48 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
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 56 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 brotherJohn Daniel Shemwell
March 17, 1957 (Age 63 years)
Death of a brotherMoses Wurth Shemwell
December 7, 1961 (Age 68 years)
Burial of a brotherMoses Wurth Shemwell
December 1961 (Age 68 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Symsonia Cemetery
Death of a husbandClint Randle Smith
November 8, 1966 (Age 73 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 52 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 half-brotherElzy Clifford Shemwell
January 1987 (Age 93 years)
Death February 22, 1988 (Age 94 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Benton Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: after 1891
3 years
herself
Lovie Shemwell
Birth: October 24, 1893 33 26Kentucky, United States
Death: February 22, 1988Marshall, Kentucky, United States
21 months
younger brother
John Daniel Shemwell
Birth: July 29, 1895 35 28Kentucky, United States
Death: March 17, 1957Marshall, Kentucky, United States
2 years
younger brother
Moses Wurth Shemwell
Birth: August 1897 37 30Kentucky, United States
Death: December 7, 1961Vanzora, Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Father’s family with Emma Holmes - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: January 23, 1889Marshall, Kentucky, United States
11 months
half-brother
Elzy Clifford Shemwell
Birth: December 27, 1889 29 19Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 1987Sun City, Maricopa, Arizona, United States
Family with Clint Randle Smith - View this family
husband
Clint Randle Smith
Birth: March 2, 1889 38 33Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death: November 8, 1966Marshall, Kentucky, United States
herself
Lovie Shemwell
Birth: October 24, 1893 33 26Kentucky, United States
Death: February 22, 1988Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Marriage: November 3, 1919Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States

Lovie Shemwell has 10 first cousins recorded

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Green Miles Shemwell - Household

Oak Level, Marshall Ky.

NameRelationRaceSexDOBAgeMCYrsMChBChLBPFBPMBPYUSYOIN/AOccupation
Green M ShemwellheadMJul 186039M8--KYNCTNFarmer
Maudie ThompsonwifeFFeb 186733M853KYNCKY
Clifford ShemwellsonMDec 188910S---KYKYKYAt School
Dovie ShemwelldaughterFOct 18936S---KYKYKY
John D. ShemwellsonMJul 18954S---KYKYKY
Moses W. ShemwellsonMAug 18972S---KYKYKY

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Milous Greene Shemwell - Household

Graves, Kentucky

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Shemwell, MilesheadMW49M221KYNCVAFarmerGeneral Farm
Shemwell, MaudwifeFW43M2153KYNCKY
Shemwell, LoriedaughterFW16SKYNCKY
Shemwell, John DsonMW14MKYNCKYLaborerHome farm
Shemwell, MosessonMW12MKYNCKY

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Clint Randle Smith - Household

Marshall, Kentucky, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Smith, Clint RheadMW30MKYKYKYfarmer
Smith, Lovie AwifeFW26MKYKYKY
Smith, IzoraauntFW69WKYKYKY

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Clint Randle Smith - Household

First Street South Benton, Marshall, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Smith, Clint RheadMW41M30KYKYKYCounty Court ClerkCounty Officer
Smith, LoviewifeFW35M24KYKYKY

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Clint Randle Smith - Household

Benton, Marshall, Kentucky

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Smith, Clint RheadMW51MKYSame placeMail CarrierRural
Smith, LoviewifeFW46MKYSame place