The Shemwell Family

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Birth	March 4, 1910
Marriage	Earline Louisa Shemwell — View this family unknown
Historical Event	Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 5 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 6 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 7 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/
Historical Event	The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 19 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
Historical Event	World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 31 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 39 years) South Korea 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
Historical Event	Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 35 years) Vietnam 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	October 12, 1990 (Age 80 years) Note: or October 12, 1992

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Family with Earline Louisa Shemwell - View this family

himself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Earline Louisa Shemwell Dennis Bernard Lawrence Birth: March 4, 1910 Death: October 12, 1990
wife	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse George Dewey Brown Morris Hayden Brown George Everett Brown James Rex Brown Jerry Dalton Brown Betty Joyce Brown Family with spouse Dennis Bernard Lawrence Earline Louisa Shemwell Birth: February 2, 1907 22 17 — Bumpus Mills, Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: December 15, 2002 — Christian, Kentucky, United States
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George Dewey Brown + Earline Louisa Shemwell - View this family

wife’s husband	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Earline Louisa Shemwell Morris Hayden Brown George Everett Brown James Rex Brown Jerry Dalton Brown Betty Joyce Brown George Dewey Brown Birth: May 7, 1899 46 39 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: April 16, 1958 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
wife	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse George Dewey Brown Morris Hayden Brown George Everett Brown James Rex Brown Jerry Dalton Brown Betty Joyce Brown Family with spouse Dennis Bernard Lawrence Earline Louisa Shemwell Birth: February 2, 1907 22 17 — Bumpus Mills, Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: December 15, 2002 — Christian, Kentucky, United States
	Marriage: September 18, 1928 — Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
5 months step-son	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Morris Hayden Brown Birth: February 5, 1929 29 22 — Monroe, Tennessee, United States Death: November 6, 2003 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
3 years step-son	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Stuart Reagan Brown David Dewey Brown George Everett Brown Birth: June 23, 1932 33 25 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: December 3, 1979 — Charleston, South Carolina, United States
7 years step-son	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree James Rex Brown Birth: February 16, 1939 39 32 — Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: April 3, 1996 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
3 years step-son	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Carolyn Anne Marquess Jerry Dalton Brown Birth: April 17, 1942 42 35 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: May 16, 2011 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
5 years step-daughter	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Betty Joyce Brown Birth: January 24, 1947 47 39 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: January 9, 2025 — Cadiz, Trigg, Kentucky, United States

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Death	or October 12, 1992

Family with Earline Louisa Shemwell
himself Parents (unknown)	Dennis Bernard Lawrence 1910–1990
wife Parents John Douglas “Johnnie” Shemwell Gracy Pearl “Grace” Stagner	Earline Louisa Shemwell 1907–2002
George Dewey Brown + Earline Louisa Shemwell
wife’s husband Parents James Felston Brown Elizabeth Ellen “Bettie” Mathis	George Dewey Brown 1899–1958
wife Parents John Douglas “Johnnie” Shemwell Gracy Pearl “Grace” Stagner	Earline Louisa Shemwell 1907–2002
step-son Family (none)	Morris Hayden Brown 1929–2003
step-son Family Private Private Private Stuart Reagan Brown David Dewey Brown	George Everett Brown 1932–1979
step-son Family (none)	James Rex Brown 1939–1996
step-son Family Carolyn Anne Marquess Private Private	Jerry Dalton Brown 1942–2011
step-daughter Family Private Private Private	Betty Joyce Brown 1947–2025