Pleasant Greenberry “Bee” ShemwellAge: 75 years1889–1965
- Name
- Pleasant Greenberry “Bee” Shemwell
- Given names
- Pleasant Greenberry
- Surname
- Shemwell
- Nickname
- Bee
 Birth | November 8, 1889 42 34 |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 8 years)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 18, 1900 (Age 10 years) |
 Death of a paternal grandfather | David Alexander Shemwell May 24, 1904 (Age 14 years) Cause: Heart Trouble |
| Death of a sister | Etta Adaline Shemwell March 19, 1910 (Age 20 years) Cause: Consumption |
| Census | April 28, 1910 (Age 20 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Kiziah Caroline “Kizzie” Ray January 11, 1916 (Age 26 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 26 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| 5th Co., Coast Artillery | WWI July 14, 1918 (Age 28 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 27 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 28 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 1, 1920 (Age 30 years) |
| Death of a mother | Martha Angeline Lyles December 2, 1923 (Age 34 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 39 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 40 years) |
| Census | April 6, 1940 (Age 50 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 52 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 60 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 | Almon Ray Hix Shemwell November 26, 1960 (Age 71 years) |
| Death of a brother | Oscar Turner Shemwell March 3, 1961 (Age 71 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 56 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 | May 14, 1965 (Age 75 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Shemwell Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Pleasant Greenberry Shemwell Birth: December 22, 1846 26 24 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: August 10, 1889 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Martha Angeline Lyles Birth: December 2, 1854 32 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: December 2, 1923 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: January 17, 1878 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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20 months elder brother |
Oscar Turner Shemwell Birth: September 29, 1879 32 24 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: March 3, 1961 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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20 months elder sister |
Bettie Emilou Shemwell Birth: May 20, 1881 34 26 — Kentucky, United States Death: February 1, 1966 — Oak Level, Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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21 months elder brother |
Almon Ray Hix Shemwell Birth: March 2, 1883 36 28 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: November 26, 1960 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years elder sister |
Etta Adaline Shemwell Birth: March 3, 1885 38 30 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: March 19, 1910 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years elder brother |
Jack Owen Shemwell Birth: May 30, 1887 40 32 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: November 19, 1968 — Kentucky, United States |
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2 years himself |
Pleasant Greenberry “Bee” Shemwell Birth: November 8, 1889 42 34 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: May 14, 1965 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
Pleasant Greenberry “Bee” Shemwell has 28 first cousins recorded
Father's family (27)
Parents Joseph Brooks “Boots” Lyles + Nancy Adeline Shemwell
Parents Dr. James Buchanan Shemwell + Luella Bell
Parents Alexander Lee Riley + Madora E “Dora” Shemwell
Parents Peter Pinkney Shemwell + Veronica Ann “Kittie” Nance
Parents Judge Robert Lee Shemwell + Wilhelmina Queen “Willie” Bourland
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Martha Angeline Lyles - Household
Oak Level, Marshall Ky.
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Martha Angeline Lyles - Household
Marshall, Ky
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Martha Angeline Lyles - Household
Oak Level, Marshall, Ky.
Notes: Living next door to William, Rex & Greene Shemwell - Alva May is the Daughter Etta Adaline(deceased) & John Arant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Almon Ray Hix Shemwell - Household
Civil District 4 Oak Level, Marshall Ky.
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Almon Ray Hix Shemwell - Household
Oak Level, Marshall, Ky
Bettie is sister not wife - Living next door to Nephew John |