The Shemwell Family

Rosa M “Rosie” CarnealAge: 78 years18761955

Name
Rosa M “Rosie” Carneal
Given names
Rosa M
Nickname
Rosie
Surname
Carneal
Married name
Rosa M Taylor
Birth September 3, 1876 31 25
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 15 months)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Birth of a brotherCharles Richard “Charlie” Carneal
October 10, 1879 (Age 3 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherBarbary Ann Hall
1880 (Age 3 years)
Census June 18, 1880 (Age 3 years)
Death of a fatherRichard M Carneal
January 9, 1881 (Age 4 years)
Marriage of a parentJohn Brown BivinPenelope Phillips LyonView this family
November 23, 1882 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 21 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
Birth of a daughter
#1
Mattie Mae Taylor
January 10, 1901 (Age 24 years)

Death of a sisterVirginia Ann Carneal
January 13, 1901 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Gertrude Taylor
December 8, 1902 (Age 26 years)

Birth of a son
#3
Richard L Taylor
January 25, 1904 (Age 27 years)

Birth of a daughter
#4
Jennie Lee Taylor
November 1906 (Age 30 years)

Death of a motherPenelope Phillips Lyon
April 6, 1907 (Age 30 years)
Death of a daughterGertrude Taylor
June 24, 1907 (Age 30 years)

Birth of a son
#5
T Holbert Taylor
August 14, 1907 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 39 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 40 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 41 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 53 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 brotherCharles Richard “Charlie” Carneal
March 25, 1935 (Age 58 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 65 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 73 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 69 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 August 30, 1955 (Age 78 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: November 28, 1872Todd, Kentucky, United States
10 months
elder sister
Virginia Ann Carneal
Birth: October 13, 1873 28 22Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 13, 1901Todd, Kentucky, United States
15 months
elder sister
20 months
herself
3 years
younger brother
Mother’s family with John Brown Bivin - View this family
step-father
John Brown Bivin
Birth: December 2, 1828Kentucky, United States
Death: August 10, 1907Todd, Kentucky, United States
mother
Marriage: November 23, 1882Kentucky, United States
Family with Thomas F Taylor - View this family
husband
herself
daughter
23 months
daughter
14 months
son
3 years
daughter
9 months
son
daughter
Private

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Richard M Carneal - Household

Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Richard M CarnealWM34headMFarmerConsumptionKYKYKY
Penelope P CarnealWF29wifeM
Virginia A CarnealWF6daughterKYKY
Martha E CarnealWF5daughterKYKY
Rosie CarnealWF3daughterKYKY
Charles CarnealWM7mOctsonKYKY
Barbary A CarnealWF59motherWdKYNCNC
Francis CarnealWF68AuntSKY
Ann CarnealWF60AuntSKY

Richard has Consumption