Ray Edgar ShemwellAge: 41 years1897–1938
- Name
- Ray Edgar Shemwell
- Given names
- Ray Edgar
- Surname
- Shemwell
 Birth | June 25, 1897 22 21 |
 Occupation | Shemwell Cafe |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 9 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) |
 Birth of a brother | Arthur Luther Shemwell June 8, 1908 (Age 10 years) |
| Census | April 15, 1910 (Age 12 years) |
 Marriage | Mary Mattie Bomar — View this family September 7, 1915 (Age 18 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 |
| Birth of a son #1 | Robert Luther Shemwell January 15, 1917 (Age 19 years) |
| 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 |
| 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 5, 1920 (Age 22 years) |
| Occupation | Insurance agent 1920 (Age 22 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 1, 1930 (Age 32 years) |
| Death of a father | Luther Edgar Shemwell August 8, 1935 (Age 38 years) Note: Informant: Roy Shemwell Note: Luther died in Paris, TN in a room over the Shemwell Cafe/Restaurant. |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Robert Luther Shemwell Jr. August 28, 1935 (Age 38 years) |
 Death | December 7, 1938 (Age 41 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Maplewood Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Luther Edgar Shemwell Birth: September 24, 1874 25 21 — Tennessee, United States Death: August 8, 1935 — Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Sara Matilda “Saydie” Hilton Birth: April 11, 1876 21 — Brown, Indiana, United States Death: June 28, 1942 — Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: November 11, 1896 — Houston, Tennessee, United States |
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7 months himself |
Ray Edgar Shemwell Birth: June 25, 1897 22 21 — Tennessee, United States Death: December 7, 1938 — Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States |
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11 years younger brother |
Arthur Luther Shemwell Birth: June 8, 1908 33 32 — Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States Death: December 1, 1950 — Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States |
| Family with Mary Mattie Bomar |
| himself |
Ray Edgar Shemwell Birth: June 25, 1897 22 21 — Tennessee, United States Death: December 7, 1938 — Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States |
| wife |
Mary Mattie Bomar Birth: August 23, 1896 35 33 — Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States Death: April 30, 1983 — Idaho, United States |
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Marriage: September 7, 1915 — Henry, Tennessee, United States |
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16 months son |
Robert Luther Shemwell Birth: January 15, 1917 19 20 — Tennessee, United States Death: July 28, 1972 — Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
| William Washington Bell + Mary Mattie Bomar |
| wife’s husband |
William Washington Bell Birth: October 8, 1875 22 17 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: November 29, 1953 — Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky, United States |
| wife |
Mary Mattie Bomar Birth: August 23, 1896 35 33 — Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States Death: April 30, 1983 — Idaho, United States |
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Marriage: after 1931 — |
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Luther Edgar Shemwell - Household
13th Dist. Enum. Dist. 108 Wayne, Tennessee, USA
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Luther Edgar Shemwell - Household
Dist. 1 Enum. 109 Paris, Henry, Tennessee, USA
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Ray Edgar Shemwell - Household
Next door or in Farher in laws household. -b | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Luther Edgar Shemwell - Household
Dist. 1 Paris, Henry, Tennessee, USA
Notes: Owners Shemwell Cafe Paris Tn. Enum. by Arthur Luther Shemwell |