The Shemwell Family

Lena Rivers UnderwoodAge: 29 years18901919

Name
Lena Rivers Underwood
Given names
Lena Rivers
Surname
Underwood
Married name
Lena Rivers Arvin
Birth June 15, 1890 29 25
Birth of a sisterMaude Elizabeth Underwood
June 3, 1891 (Age 11 months)
Death of a paternal grandmotherElizabeth Cook
April 30, 1894 (Age 3 years)
Death of a fatherWilliam Benjamin Underwood
May 12, 1894 (Age 3 years)
Death of a motherNancy Ann Knight
May 31, 1897 (Age 6 years)

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 7 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
Death of a maternal grandmotherElizabeth Ann Chambers
before 1900 (Age 9 years)
MarriageLittle Berry Arvin Sr.View this family
June 8, 1906 (Age 15 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Little Berry Arvin Jr.
November 27, 1907 (Age 17 years)
Census April 20, 1910 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a son
#2
William Augustus “Gus” Arvin
August 20, 1910 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Mary Kaye Arvin
December 4, 1912 (Age 22 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherWilliam John Riley Knight
February 23, 1915 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a son
#4
Ernest Ray Arvin
March 28, 1915 (Age 24 years)
Death of a sisterMaude Elizabeth Underwood
October 29, 1916 (Age 26 years)
Burial of a sisterMaude Elizabeth Underwood
October 30, 1916 (Age 26 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Riverside Cemetery
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 25 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a daughter
#5
Minnie Imogene “Gene” Arvin
August 5, 1917 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 26 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 27 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 June 28, 1919 (Age 29 years)
Cause of death: Tuberculosis
Burial June 29, 1919 (1 day after death)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Riverside Cemtery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: October 10, 1883Christian, Kentucky, United States
2 years
elder brother
John Riley Underwood
Birth: September 27, 1885 24 20Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: June 25, 1948Los Angeles, California, United States
23 months
elder sister
Minnie Lee Underwood
Birth: September 12, 1887 26 22Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 13, 1967Christian, Kentucky, United States
3 years
herself
1 year
younger sister
Maude Elizabeth Underwood
Birth: June 3, 1891 30 26Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: October 29, 1916Christian, Kentucky, United States
Family with Little Berry Arvin Sr. - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: June 8, 1906Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
18 months
son
Little Berry Arvin Jr.
Birth: November 27, 1907 26 17Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 7, 1987Christian, Kentucky, United States
3 years
son
William Augustus “Gus” Arvin
Birth: August 20, 1910 29 20Kentucky, United States
Death: March 18, 1984Christian, Kentucky, United States
2 years
daughter
Mary Kaye Arvin
Birth: December 4, 1912 31 22Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 27, 1995Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States
2 years
son
Ernest Ray Arvin
Birth: March 28, 1915 33 24Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 28, 2003Christian, Kentucky, United States
2 years
daughter
Minnie Imogene “Gene” Arvin
Birth: August 5, 1917 36 27Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 26, 1988Christian, Kentucky, United States
Little Berry Arvin Sr. + Addie Harper - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Addie Harper
Birth: July 1882Kentucky, United States
Death: February 19, 1931Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
Marriage: September 17, 1925Christian, Kentucky, United States
Little Berry Arvin Sr. + Rose Belle Baker - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage: February 10, 1932Christian, Kentucky, United States
11 months
step-son
William Thomas Franklin Arvin
Birth: December 28, 1932 51 33Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 13, 2021Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States
2 years
step-son
Raymond Elliot Arvin
Birth: June 12, 1935 53 35Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: June 13, 2016Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
2 years
step-daughter
Helen Frances Arvin
Birth: July 6, 1937 55 37Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 25, 2002Christian, Kentucky, United States
Little Berry Arvin Sr. + Maude Lee Fuller - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage: May 4, 1955Christian, Kentucky, United States

Lena Rivers Underwood has 15 first cousins recorded

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Little Berry Arvin - Household

Christian, Kentucky, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Arvin, Little BerryheadMW28M3KYKYKYFarmGeneral FarmYYOFF
Arvin, Lena RwifeFW20M311KYKYKYNoneYY
Arvin, Little Berry JrsonMW2SKYKYKYNone
Underwood, Maudesister-in-lawFW18SKYKYKYNone