Nancy Laura “Nannie” ShemwellAge: 97 years1901–1999
- Name
- Nancy Laura “Nannie” Shemwell
- Given names
- Nancy Laura
- Surname
- Shemwell
- Married name
- Nancy Laura Dyer
- Nickname
- Nannie
 Birth | August 18, 1901 42 29 |
 Marriage | Omega Brandon Dyer — View this family unknown |
 Birth of a brother | Clyde V Shemwell November 27, 1903 (Age 2 years) |
| Death of a mother | Nannie Bola Pryor January 27, 1904 (Age 2 years) |
| Death of a brother | Clyde V Shemwell February 17, 1904 (Age 2 years) |
 Census | April 15, 1910 (Age 8 years) |
| Marriage of a parent | Isaac Newton Shemwell — Florence Wood Wilkerson — View this family Type: Religious marriage March 27, 1912 (Age 10 years) |
| Birth of a half-sister | Ruby Mae Shemwell June 30, 1913 (Age 11 years) |
| Birth of a half-brother | Henry George Shemwell December 23, 1914 (Age 13 years) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 14 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 15 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 16 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 | March 9, 1920 (Age 18 years) |
| Birth of a half-sister | Bettie Bola Shemwell November 18, 1920 (Age 19 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Nancy Ellen “Nannie” Puryear July 6, 1922 (Age 20 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | William Elbert Pryor May 30, 1927 (Age 25 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 28 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 |
| Death of a father | Isaac Newton Shemwell January 24, 1936 (Age 34 years) |
| Census | May 2, 1940 (Age 38 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 40 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 48 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 | William Isaac “Bill” Shemwell December 5, 1969 (Age 68 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 44 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 half-sister | Bettie Bola Shemwell June 22, 1978 (Age 76 years) |
| Death of a brother | John Pryor Shemwell November 26, 1986 (Age 85 years) |
| Death of a husband | Omega Brandon Dyer May 29, 1987 (Age 85 years) |
 Death | January 22, 1999 (Age 97 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: East End Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Isaac Newton Shemwell Birth: June 6, 1859 40 30 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: January 24, 1936 — Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Nannie Bola Pryor Birth: November 20, 1871 24 22 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: January 27, 1904 — Graves, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: September 27, 1894 — Mayfield, Graves, Kentucky, United States |
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10 months elder sister |
Mary Jeanne Shemwell Birth: August 10, 1895 36 23 Death: July 23, 1898 |
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2 years elder brother |
William Isaac “Bill” Shemwell Birth: October 31, 1897 38 25 — Mayfield, Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: December 5, 1969 — Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States |
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2 years elder brother |
John Pryor Shemwell Birth: October 30, 1899 40 27 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: November 26, 1986 — Gulf Breeze, Santa Rosa, Florida, United States |
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22 months herself |
Nancy Laura “Nannie” Shemwell Birth: August 18, 1901 42 29 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: January 22, 1999 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
Clyde V Shemwell Birth: November 27, 1903 44 32 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: February 17, 1904 — Graves, Kentucky, United States |
| Father’s family with Florence Wood Wilkerson |
| father |
Isaac Newton Shemwell Birth: June 6, 1859 40 30 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: January 24, 1936 — Kentucky, United States |
| step-mother |
Florence Wood Wilkerson Birth: August 31, 1880 31 28 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: August 20, 1967 — Mayfield, Graves, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: March 27, 1912 — Graves, Kentucky, United States |
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15 months half-sister |
Ruby Mae Shemwell Birth: June 30, 1913 54 32 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: August 9, 2004 — St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
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18 months half-brother |
Henry George Shemwell Birth: December 23, 1914 55 34 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: January 15, 2007 — Graves, Kentucky, United States |
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6 years half-sister |
Bettie Bola Shemwell Birth: November 18, 1920 61 40 Death: June 22, 1978 |
| Family with Omega Brandon Dyer |
| husband |
Omega Brandon Dyer Birth: February 20, 1902 55 36 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States Death: May 29, 1987 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States |
| herself |
Nancy Laura “Nannie” Shemwell Birth: August 18, 1901 42 29 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: January 22, 1999 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: — |
Nancy Laura “Nannie” Shemwell has 24 first cousins recorded
Father's family (24)
Parents George Washington Shemwell + Mary Elizabeth Crowell
Parents Thomas Alonzo Shemwell + Hettie Louise Hathcock
Parents James Paschal Burnett + Susanna Melissa Elizabeth “Susie” Shemwell
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - William Elbert Pryor - Household
Dist. 7 Graves,Kentucky, USA
Notes: Children of Isaac & Mattie Shemwell living with G-parents | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Nancy Laura “Nannie” Shemwell - Household
Graves, Kentucky, United States
Living in W E Pryor household | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Omega Brandon Dyer - Household
Portsmouth, Norfolk, Virginia, United States
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