Thomas Albin ShemwellAge: 89 years1906–1996
- Name
- Thomas Albin Shemwell
- Given names
- Thomas Albin
- Surname
- Shemwell
 Birth | July 9, 1906 44 37 |
 Census | April 19, 1910 (Age 3 years) |
 Birth of a sister | Eunice Lorraine Shemwell March 6, 1911 (Age 4 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Mary Jane Edwards March 30, 1911 (Age 4 years) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 9 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 10 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 11 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/ |
| Census | January 26, 1920 (Age 13 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 23 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 |
| Census | April 16, 1930 (Age 23 years) |
 Residence | 1931 (Age 24 years) |
| Census | April 1, 1940 (Age 33 years) |
| Death of a mother | Hettie Louise Hathcock July 28, 1941 (Age 35 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 35 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 father | Thomas Alonzo Shemwell April 15, 1947 (Age 40 years) |
| Death of a brother | Byron Shemwell February 21, 1952 (Age 45 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 43 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 sister | Verna Belle Shemwell August 30, 1955 (Age 49 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Randall Jay “Randy” Shipman July 6, 1960 (Age 53 years) |
| Death of a brother | Earl Shemwell June 10, 1975 (Age 68 years) |
| Death of a sister | Perna Shemwell August 28, 1975 (Age 69 years) |
| Death of a brother | Rollie Theron Shemwell November 8, 1975 (Age 69 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 39 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 of a brother | Isaac Reed Shemwell April 29, 1985 (Age 78 years) |
| Death of a grandson | Randall Jay “Randy” Shipman September 10, 1991 (Age 85 years) |
| Death of a sister | Idella Shemwell 1994 (Age 87 years) Address: Western Baptist Hospital |
| Death of a brother | Homer Acton Shemwell March 10, 1994 (Age 87 years) |
 Death | February 7, 1996 (Age 89 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Woodlawn Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Thomas Alonzo Shemwell Birth: February 6, 1862 43 33 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: April 15, 1947 — McCracken, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Hettie Louise Hathcock Birth: March 28, 1869 24 21 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: July 28, 1941 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: April 22, 1886 — |
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11 months elder sister |
Verna Belle Shemwell Birth: March 15, 1887 25 17 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: August 30, 1955 — McCracken, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years elder sister |
Perna Shemwell Birth: April 6, 1889 27 20 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: August 28, 1975 — San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States |
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21 months elder brother |
Earl Shemwell Birth: December 30, 1890 28 21 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: June 10, 1975 — Murray, Calloway, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years elder brother |
Byron Shemwell Birth: January 24, 1893 30 23 — Kentucky, United States Death: February 21, 1952 — Benton, Graves, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years elder brother |
Hoke Adley Shemwell Birth: February 1895 32 25 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: October 14, 1897 |
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2 years elder brother |
Rollie Theron Shemwell Birth: February 6, 1897 35 27 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: November 8, 1975 — St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
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2 years elder sister |
Idella Shemwell Birth: June 10, 1899 37 30 — Kentucky, United States Death: 1994 — Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years elder brother |
Isaac Reed Shemwell Birth: September 29, 1901 39 32 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: April 29, 1985 — Santa Clara, Santa Clara, California, United States |
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3 years elder brother |
Homer Acton Shemwell Birth: October 26, 1904 42 35 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: March 10, 1994 — McCracken, Kentucky, United States |
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20 months himself |
Thomas Albin Shemwell Birth: July 9, 1906 44 37 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: February 7, 1996 — Symsonia, Graves, Kentucky, United States |
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5 years younger sister |
Eunice Lorraine Shemwell Birth: March 6, 1911 49 41 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: July 16, 2000 — Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States |
| Family with Vergie Velda Farmer |
| himself |
Thomas Albin Shemwell Birth: July 9, 1906 44 37 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: February 7, 1996 — Symsonia, Graves, Kentucky, United States |
| wife |
Vergie Velda Farmer Birth: February 2, 1909 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: August 20, 2013 — Bentonville, Benton, Arkansas, United States |
| daughter |
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| son |
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Thomas Albin Shemwell has 23 first cousins recorded
Father's family (21)
Parents George Washington Shemwell + Mary Elizabeth Crowell
Parents Isaac Newton Shemwell + Nannie Bola Pryor
Parents Isaac Newton Shemwell + Florence Wood Wilkerson
Parents James Paschal Burnett + Susanna Melissa Elizabeth “Susie” Shemwell
Mother's family (2)
Parents James Alfred Hathcock + Josephine B Henderson
1Private–
Parents William Edward Hathcock + Eliza Ellen Crowell
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Alonzo Shemwell - Household
Farmington Rd. Graves, Kentucky
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Alonzo Shemwell - Household
Symsonia Graves KY
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