The Shemwell Family

Callie Emaline MorrisAge: 81 years18821964

Name
Callie Emaline Morris
Given names
Callie Emaline
Surname
Morris
Married name
Callie Emaline Shemwell
Birth August 4, 1882 18
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 15 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
Civil marriageWilliam Santford ShemwellView this family
December 23, 1900 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Ivy Myrtle Shemwell
July 16, 1902 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Ray Ervin Shemwell Sr.
March 13, 1904 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a son
#3
William Ewing Shemwell
April 23, 1907 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a son
#4
Delmar Lloyd Shemwell
March 6, 1910 (Age 27 years)
Census April 21, 1910 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a son
#5
Lester Morris Shemwell
September 4, 1914 (Age 32 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherRebecca Susan Whitehurst
December 1, 1915 (Age 33 years)
Address: Center Point Com.
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 33 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 34 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 35 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/
Death of a maternal grandfatherLittleberry “Berry” Wallace
February 8, 1920 (Age 37 years)
Cause: Influenza
Census March 10, 1920 (Age 37 years)
Marriage of a childRichard Garnett GreenIvy Myrtle ShemwellView this family
December 9, 1921 (Age 39 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Volna Imogene “Gene” Greene
January 22, 1923 (Age 40 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Marjorie Geraldine “Jeri” Greene
April 30, 1926 (Age 43 years)
Marriage of a childWilliam Ewing ShemwellPearline AllisonView this family
before 1928 (Age 45 years)

Birth of a granddaughter
#3
Anna Joyce Shemwell
April 1, 1929 (Age 46 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 47 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
Birth of a grandson
#4
Ray Ervin “Junior” Shemwell Jr.
November 3, 1929 (Age 47 years)
Census April 21, 1930 (Age 47 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#5
Anna Christine Shemwell
January 31, 1932 (Age 49 years)
Death of a granddaughterAnna Christine Shemwell
January 31, 1932 (Age 49 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#6
Wanda Larue Shemwell
February 15, 1933 (Age 50 years)
Death of a motherElizabeth “Bessie” Wallace
November 3, 1933 (Age 51 years)
Birth of a grandson
#7
Larry Donald “Don” Shemwell
December 10, 1938 (Age 56 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#8
Betty Jean Shemwell
January 1, 1939 (Age 56 years)
Census April 1, 1940 (Age 57 years)
Birth of a grandson
#9
James Rudell “Rudy” Shemwell
May 27, 1944 (Age 61 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 59 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 67 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 husbandWilliam Santford Shemwell
December 21, 1958 (Age 76 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 63 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
Religion
Baptist
before 1964 (Age 81 years)

Death July 10, 1964 (Age 81 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Union Hill Cemetery
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Marriage:
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Marriage: December 23, 1900Stewart, Tennessee, United States
19 months
daughter
20 months
son
3 years
son
William Ewing Shemwell
Birth: April 23, 1907 33 24Kentucky, United States
Death: February 27, 1983Anderson, Madison, Indiana, United States
3 years
son
Delmar Lloyd Shemwell
Birth: March 6, 1910 36 27Trigg, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 8, 1998Cadiz, Trigg, Kentucky, United States
5 years
son

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

Trigg, Kentucky

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Shemwell, William SheadMW36M8KYKYKYFarmerGeneral farm
Shemwell, Callie EwifeFW27M844KYKYKY
Shemwell, Ivy MdaughterFW7SKYKYKY
Shemwell, Ray EsonMW6SKYKYKY
Shemwell, William EsonMW3SKYKYKY
Shemwell, Henry JsonMW2mSKYKYKY

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - William Sanford Shemwell - Household

Long Hollow, Trigg, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Shemwell, ShermanheadMW46MKYKYKYFarmerGeneral farm
Shemwell, CalliewifeFW37MKYTNTN
Shemwell, MyrtledaughterFW17SKYKYKY
Shemwell, ErvinsonMW15SKYKYKYLabor farmHome farm
Shemwell, EwingsonMW12SKYKYKYLabor farmHome farm
Shemwell, LoydsonMW10SKYKYKY
Shemwell, LestersonMW5SKYKYKY

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - William Sanford Shemwell - Household

Canton & Lafayette Road Trigg, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Shemwell, SanfordheadMW57M27KYKYKYFarmerGeneral Farm
Shemwell, Callie EwifeFW47M17KYKYKY
Shemwell, Mattie IdaughterFW27Wd19KYKYKY
Shemwell, Lester MsonMW15SKYKYKY

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - William Sanford Shemwell - Household

Magisterial District 6 Linton, Trigg, Ky.

NameRelationSexRaceAgeBPOccupationIndustry
William S. ShemwellheadMW67KYFarmerFarm
Callie E.wifeFW57KY
Volna O.granddaughterFW17KY
Margie G.granddaughterFW13KY
Lester M.sonMW25KYLaborerFarm
Ruby P.duaghter-in-lawFW21KY
Larry D.grandsonMW1KY