Moses Wurth ShemwellAge: 64 years1897–1961
- Name
- Moses Wurth Shemwell
- Given names
- Moses Wurth
- Surname
- Shemwell
 Birth | August 1897 37 30 |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 8 months)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 |
 Census | June 1, 1900 (Age 2 years) |
| Census | April 18, 1910 (Age 12 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 18 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 19 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 |
 Marriage | Lela May Reed — View this family 1918 (Age 20 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 20 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 6, 1920 (Age 22 years) |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Edna Earl Shemwell November 23, 1920 (Age 23 years) |
| Death of a father | Milous Green Shemwell December 7, 1921 (Age 24 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 32 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 10, 1930 (Age 32 years) |
| Death of a mother | Mordecia “Decia” Thompson August 31, 1931 (Age 34 years) |
| Census | April 5, 1940 (Age 42 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Clarence Barton Reid — Edna Earl Shemwell — View this family April 13, 1940 (Age 42 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 44 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 52 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 brother | John Daniel Shemwell March 17, 1957 (Age 59 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 48 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 | December 7, 1961 (Age 64 years) |
 Burial | December 1961 (Age 64 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Symsonia Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Milous Green Shemwell Birth: July 1860 37 35 — Kentucky, United States Death: December 7, 1921 — Oak Level, Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Mordecia “Decia” Thompson Birth: February 1867 — Kentucky, United States Death: August 31, 1931 — Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: after 1891 — |
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3 years elder sister |
Lovie Shemwell Birth: October 24, 1893 33 26 — Kentucky, United States Death: February 22, 1988 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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21 months elder brother |
John Daniel Shemwell Birth: July 29, 1895 35 28 — Kentucky, United States Death: March 17, 1957 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years himself |
Moses Wurth Shemwell Birth: August 1897 37 30 — Kentucky, United States Death: December 7, 1961 — Vanzora, Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
| Father’s family with Emma Holmes |
| father |
Milous Green Shemwell Birth: July 1860 37 35 — Kentucky, United States Death: December 7, 1921 — Oak Level, Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
| step-mother |
Emma Holmes Birth: 1870 Death: 1891 |
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Marriage: January 23, 1889 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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11 months half-brother |
Elzy Clifford Shemwell Birth: December 27, 1889 29 19 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: January 1987 — Sun City, Maricopa, Arizona, United States |
| Family with Lela May Reed |
| himself |
Moses Wurth Shemwell Birth: August 1897 37 30 — Kentucky, United States Death: December 7, 1961 — Vanzora, Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
| wife |
Lela May Reed Birth: July 30, 1898 — Kentucky, United States Death: October 13, 1978 — Gilbertsville, Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: 1918 — Massac, Illinois, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Edna Earl Shemwell Birth: November 23, 1920 23 22 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: April 8, 1996 — Gilbertsvlle, Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
Moses Wurth Shemwell has 10 first cousins recorded
Father's family (10)
Parents William Elza “Bill” Shemwell + Martha Matilda Donelson
Parents Charles Lee “Charlie” Shemwell + Alice Starks
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Green Miles Shemwell - Household
Oak Level, Marshall Ky.
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Milous Greene Shemwell - Household
Graves, Kentucky
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Moses Wurth Shemwell - Household
Mayfield & Benton Road Symsonia, Graves, Kentucky
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Moses W Shemwell - Household
Benton Rd. Graves, Kentucky
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Moses Wurth Shemwell - Household
Benton Road Graves, Kentucky
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