The Shemwell Family

Events of close relatives Historical facts
Birth	August 15, 1905 Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
Historical Event	Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 10 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 11 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 12 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 24 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 36 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 44 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 40 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
Marriage	Bessie Ruth Shemwell — View this family about 1985 (Age 79 years)
Death of a wife	Bessie Ruth Shemwell December 3, 1986 (Age 81 years) Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
Death	August 22, 1992 (Age 87 years) Palmyra, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
Burial	Riverview Cemetery, Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Riverview Cemetery

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Family with Bessie Ruth Shemwell - View this family

himself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Bessie Ruth Shemwell Lee Waters Birth: August 15, 1905 — Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States Death: August 22, 1992 — Palmyra, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
wife	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Gillis Monty Brown Gillis Monty Brown Jr John Douglas Brown Billy Gene Brown Family with spouse Lee Waters Bessie Ruth Shemwell Birth: March 8, 1909 24 19 — Bumpus Mills, Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: December 3, 1986 — Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
	Marriage: about 1985 —

Gillis Monty Brown + Bessie Ruth Shemwell - View this family

wife’s husband	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Bessie Ruth Shemwell Gillis Monty Brown Jr John Douglas Brown Billy Gene Brown Gillis Monty Brown Birth: February 9, 1907 23 21 — Bumpus Mills, Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: February 1984 — Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
wife	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Gillis Monty Brown Gillis Monty Brown Jr John Douglas Brown Billy Gene Brown Family with spouse Lee Waters Bessie Ruth Shemwell Birth: March 8, 1909 24 19 — Bumpus Mills, Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: December 3, 1986 — Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
	Marriage: October 13, 1926 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States
10 months step-son	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Terry Zane Brown Danny Wayne Brown Gillis Monty Brown Jr Birth: August 3, 1927 20 18 — Bumpus Mills, Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: August 5, 2006 — Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
2 years step-son	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Steven Keith Brown Family with spouse John Douglas Brown Birth: October 15, 1929 22 20 — Montgomery, Tennessee, United States Death: March 29, 2019 — Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States
3 years step-son	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Amy Jo Dunn Billy Gene Brown Birth: May 30, 1932 25 23 — Montgomery, Tennessee, United States Death: March 25, 1994 — Montgomery, Tennessee, United States

Family with Bessie Ruth Shemwell
himself Parents (unknown)	Lee Waters 1905–1992
wife Parents John Douglas “Johnnie” Shemwell Gracy Pearl “Grace” Stagner	Bessie Ruth Shemwell 1909–1986
Gillis Monty Brown + Bessie Ruth Shemwell
wife’s husband Parents Newman Nathaniel Brown Maggie B Morgan	Gillis Monty Brown 1907–1984
wife Parents John Douglas “Johnnie” Shemwell Gracy Pearl “Grace” Stagner	Bessie Ruth Shemwell 1909–1986
step-son Family Private Terry Zane Brown Private Private Private Private Danny Wayne Brown Private	Gillis Monty Brown Jr 1927–2006
step-son Family Private Steven Keith Brown Private Private	John Douglas Brown 1929–2019
step-son Family Amy Jo Dunn Private Private	Billy Gene Brown 1932–1994