The Shemwell Family

Lillie Irene EzellAge: 87 years19031991

Name
Lillie Irene Ezell
Given names
Lillie Irene
Surname
Ezell
Married name
Lillie Irene Morgan
Married name
Lillie Irene Shemwell
Birth October 15, 1903
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 12 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 13 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 14 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/
MarriageJohn Lewis MorganView this family
April 23, 1919 (Age 15 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Elmer Holland Morgan
May 17, 1920 (Age 16 years)

Death of a sonElmer Holland Morgan
March 4, 1927 (Age 23 years)

Cause: Influenza
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 25 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 38 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
Death of a husbandJohn Lewis Morgan
July 18, 1950 (Age 46 years)

MarriageThomas Marion “Pappa Tom” ShemwellView this family
October 16, 1950 (Age 47 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 46 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 husbandThomas Marion “Pappa Tom” Shemwell
March 6, 1966 (Age 62 years)
Burial of a husbandThomas Marion “Pappa Tom” Shemwell
March 7, 1966 (Age 62 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Bilbrey Cemetery
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 42 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 3, 1991 (Age 87 years)

Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Ezell Cemetery
Family with John Lewis Morgan - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: April 23, 1919Stewart, Tennessee, United States
13 months
son
Family with Thomas Marion “Pappa Tom” Shemwell - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: October 16, 1950Christian, Kentucky, United States
Thomas Marion “Pappa Tom” Shemwell + Louisa Suddarth - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage: February 12, 1906Stewart, Tennessee, United States
2 years
step-son
John Douglas Wilton Shemwell
Birth: June 30, 1908 20 20Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 6, 1908Stewart, Tennessee, United States
4 years
step-son
Elam Shemwell
Birth: June 15, 1912 24 24Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 15, 1912Stewart, Tennessee, United States
5 years
step-daughter
Mary Shemwell
Birth: March 19, 1917 29 28Bumpus Mills, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 6, 1998Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
3 years
step-son
Smith Suddarth Shemwell
Birth: September 9, 1919 31 31Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 10, 1996Bumpus Mills, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
2 years
step-son
William Thomas Shemwell
Birth: January 8, 1922 34 33Bumpus Mills, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 1, 1983Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
3 years
step-daughter
Infant Girl Shemwell
Birth: May 1, 1925 37 37Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 1, 1925Stewart, Tennessee, United States
16 months
step-son
Samuel Grace Shemwell
Birth: September 15, 1926 38 38Bumpus Mills, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 1, 2013Moore, Cleveland, Oklahoma, United States
5 years
step-son
Wade Lucian “Lou” Shemwell
Birth: September 1, 1931 43 43Bumpus Mills, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 5, 1999Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States