The Shemwell Family

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Birth	April 13, 1898 27 21
Marriage	Mary Elizabeth Smith — View this family unknown
Historical Event	Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 Cuba 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
Birth of a brother	Homer Lyons September 15, 1900 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brother	Edgar T Lyons July 9, 1902 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a sister	Pearl Lyons 1904 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a sister	Mollie Lyons December 3, 1906 (Age 8 years)
Death of a sister	Pearl Lyons 1906 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a brother	Roscoe E Lyons April 29, 1909 (Age 11 years) Carlisle, Lonoke, Arkansas, United States
Birth of a sister	Myrtle Lyons June 29, 1911 (Age 13 years) Carlisle, Lonoke, Arkansas, United States
Death of a father	Andrew Thomas Lyons August 11, 1912 (Age 14 years) Lonoke, Arkansas, United States
Historical Event	Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 17 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 18 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 19 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 paternal grandfather	John Little Marion Lyons May 8, 1928 (Age 30 years) Arkansas, United States
Historical Event	The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 31 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 43 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 51 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
Death of a mother	Flora Epperson May 6, 1956 (Age 58 years)
Death of a wife	Mary Elizabeth Smith July 30, 1969 (Age 71 years)
Death of a brother	Edgar T Lyons October 12, 1969 (Age 71 years)
Historical Event	Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 47 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
Death of a brother	Roscoe E Lyons August 4, 1976 (Age 78 years) Dardanelle, Yell, Arkansas, United States
Death	April 17, 1981 (Age 83 years)
Burial	Brearley Cemetery, Dardanelle, Yell, Arkansas, United States Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Brearley Cemetery

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Family with parents - View this family

father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Flora Epperson Homer Lyons Roscoe E Lyons Densley E Lyons Mollie Lyons Pearl Lyons Edgar T Lyons Myrtle Lyons Andrew Thomas Lyons Birth: 1871 21 26 — Kentucky, United States Death: August 11, 1912 — Lonoke, Arkansas, United States
mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Andrew Thomas Lyons Homer Lyons Roscoe E Lyons Densley E Lyons Mollie Lyons Pearl Lyons Edgar T Lyons Myrtle Lyons Flora Epperson Birth: July 31, 1876 Death: May 6, 1956
	Marriage: —
younger brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Faye Hambright Charles Edward Lyons Bonnie Sue Lyons Homer Lyons Birth: September 15, 1900 29 24 Death: April 25, 1994
9 years younger brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Vernice Fink Bobby E Lyons George Burton Lyons Sr. Roscoe E Lyons Birth: April 29, 1909 38 32 — Carlisle, Lonoke, Arkansas, United States Death: August 4, 1976 — Dardanelle, Yell, Arkansas, United States
-11 years himself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Mary Elizabeth Smith Densley E Lyons Birth: April 13, 1898 27 21 Death: April 17, 1981
9 years younger sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Roy V Barger Mollie Lyons Birth: December 3, 1906 35 30 Death: July 23, 2008
-23 months younger sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Pearl Lyons Birth: 1904 33 27 Death: 1906
-18 months younger brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Geneva Basinger Ted Coleman Lyons Edgar T Lyons Birth: July 9, 1902 31 25 Death: October 12, 1969
9 years younger sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Ruel “Shorty” Crow Carolyn Crow Marion Joyce Crow Flora Frances Crow Thomas Ruel Crow James Hoyt Crow Myrtle Lyons Birth: June 29, 1911 40 34 — Carlisle, Lonoke, Arkansas, United States Death: November 13, 1998 — Dardanelle, Yell, Arkansas, United States

Family with Mary Elizabeth Smith - View this family

himself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Mary Elizabeth Smith Densley E Lyons Birth: April 13, 1898 27 21 Death: April 17, 1981
wife	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Densley E Lyons Mary Elizabeth Smith Birth: November 8, 1892 Death: July 30, 1969
	Marriage: —

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Family with parents
father Parents John Little Marion Lyons Mary Pertinia Nickell	Andrew Thomas Lyons 1871–1912
mother Parents (unknown)	Flora Epperson 1876–1956
younger brother Family Faye Hambright Charles Edward Lyons Bonnie Sue Lyons	Homer Lyons 1900–1994
younger brother Family Vernice Fink Bobby E Lyons George Burton Lyons Sr.	Roscoe E Lyons 1909–1976
himself Family Mary Elizabeth Smith	Densley E Lyons 1898–1981
younger sister Family Roy V Barger	Mollie Lyons 1906–2008
younger sister Family (none)	Pearl Lyons 1904–1906
younger brother Family Geneva Basinger Ted Coleman Lyons	Edgar T Lyons 1902–1969
younger sister Family Ruel “Shorty” Crow Carolyn Crow Marion Joyce Crow Flora Frances Crow Thomas Ruel Crow James Hoyt Crow	Myrtle Lyons 1911–1998
Family with Mary Elizabeth Smith
himself Parents Andrew Thomas Lyons Flora Epperson	Densley E Lyons 1898–1981
wife Parents (unknown)	Mary Elizabeth Smith 1892–1969