The Shemwell Family

Name
Mary Alice Connell
Given names
Mary Alice
Surname
Connell
Married name
Mary Alice McMillan
Birth July 10, 1871 22 20
Birth of a brotherConnell
about 1874 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a sisterGeorgia Florence Connell
September 9, 1875 (Age 4 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherWilliam Alexander Shemwell
between 1870 and 1875

Death of a brotherConnell
February 1877 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a brotherJames Merton “Jim” Connell
October 8, 1877 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 6 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Death of a maternal grandmotherMary Demarious Gray
before 1880 (Age 8 years)

Census June 14, 1880 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a sisterLillian Izora “Lillie” Connell
March 29, 1882 (Age 10 years)
Birth of a brotherThomas Frederick Connell
July 16, 1884 (Age 13 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherGeorge W Connell
about 1884 (Age 12 years)
Birth of a sisterNettie Pansy Connell
July 24, 1886 (Age 15 years)
MarriageJames Lawrence “Jim” McMillanView this family
May 24, 1888 (Age 16 years)
Birth of a son
#1
John Paul McMillan
June 10, 1889 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Annie Alice McMillan
December 1891 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a son
#3
James Leo Frank McMillan
January 1, 1893 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4
Eula Lurlene “Dink” McMillan
February 1896 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 26 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 son
#5
Charles Merton “Charlie” McMillan
February 4, 1900 (Age 28 years)
Census June 29, 1900 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a daughter
#6
Lois Darling McMillan
June 9, 1903 (Age 31 years)
Birth of a daughter
#7
Sallie Irene McMillan
September 8, 1907 (Age 36 years)
Census April 15, 1910 (Age 38 years)
Address: Arlington Rd.
Birth of a son
#8
Harry Vernon McMillan
April 25, 1911 (Age 39 years)
Marriage of a childJulian Earl SatterwhiteAnnie Alice McMillanView this family
December 20, 1912 (Age 41 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Louise Satterwhite
October 3, 1913 (Age 42 years)
Birth of a son
#9
Randle Maurice McMillan
August 20, 1914 (Age 43 years)
Birth of a daughter
#10
Ruth Mineola “Dot” McMillan
August 20, 1914 (Age 43 years)
Marriage of a childJohn Paul McMillanFlorence Lee ShemwellView this family
January 15, 1916 (Age 44 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 44 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 grandson
#2
James Virgil McMillan
July 17, 1917 (Age 46 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 45 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 46 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/
Birth of a grandson
#3
Charles Rice “Carl” McMillan
July 14, 1919 (Age 48 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#4
Mary Margaret Satterwhite
1919 (Age 47 years)
Marriage of a childJames Leo Frank McMillanFlorence Minnie KingsmillView this family
November 11, 1919 (Age 48 years)
Census January 1, 1920 (Age 48 years)
Birth of a grandson
#5
Donald Bernard McMillan
April 16, 1921 (Age 49 years)
Marriage of a childSammie Franklin AllisonLois Darling McMillanView this family
December 19, 1921 (Age 50 years)
Death of a daughterAnnie Alice McMillan
1923 (Age 51 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#6
Betty Evelyn McMillan
February 16, 1924 (Age 52 years)
Birth of a grandson
#7
Laurence Merton McMillan
January 18, 1925 (Age 53 years)
Death of a fatherGeorge Franklin Connell
August 14, 1925 (Age 54 years)

Death of a sisterLillian Izora “Lillie” Connell
April 13, 1926 (Age 54 years)
Birth of a grandson
#8
Arthur Franklin McMillan
May 24, 1926 (Age 54 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#9
Enid Bernice McMillan
October 18, 1927 (Age 56 years)
Death of a sonHarry Vernon McMillan
December 20, 1927 (Age 56 years)
Cause: Pneumonia - Typhoid Fever
Death of a daughterSallie Irene McMillan
March 4, 1928 (Age 56 years)
Birth of a grandson
#10
Alexander Bruce McMillan
February 10, 1929 (Age 57 years)
Death of a granddaughterLouise Satterwhite
May 3, 1929 (Age 57 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#11
Mary Sue Allison
July 11, 1929 (Age 58 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 58 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 18, 1930 (Age 58 years)
Birth of a grandson
#12
Hugh Vernon McMillan
July 10, 1930 (Age 59 years)
Death of a sonJames Leo Frank McMillan
July 10, 1930 (Age 59 years)
Cause: Auto accident
Death of a grandsonHugh Vernon McMillan
July 21, 1930 (Age 59 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#13
Kathryn Ann McMillan
August 16, 1931 (Age 60 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#14
Patsy Bell McMillan
August 26, 1932 (Age 61 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#15
Mary Lou McMillan
March 29, 1934 (Age 62 years)
Census April 2, 1940 (Age 68 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#16
Nelda Joyce Allison
February 10, 1941 (Age 69 years)
Death of a brotherJames Merton “Jim” Connell
September 7, 1942 (Age 71 years)
Marriage of a childJohn Robert “Buster” ClarkRuth Mineola “Dot” McMillanView this family
December 11, 1942 (Age 71 years)
Death of a granddaughterMary Sue Allison
December 20, 1942 (Age 71 years)
Cause: Train - Auto Wreck
Birth of a grandson
#17
John Douglas “Jack” McMillan
May 20, 1943 (Age 71 years)
Death of a husbandJames Lawrence “Jim” McMillan
November 20, 1943 (Age 72 years)
Burial of a husbandJames Lawrence “Jim” McMillan
November 23, 1943 (Age 72 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: McMillan Cemetery
Note: Birth date on tombstone is wrong
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 70 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
Birth of a granddaughter
#18
Glenda Paulette Clark
September 5, 1946 (Age 75 years)
Death of a daughterRuth Mineola “Dot” McMillan
September 3, 1948 (Age 77 years)
Death of a motherNancy Ann Shemwell
November 19, 1951 (Age 80 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 78 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 sisterGeorgia Florence Connell
October 27, 1954 (Age 83 years)
Death of a sisterNettie Pansy Connell
April 5, 1955 (Age 83 years)
Burial of a sisterNettie Pansy Connell
April 8, 1955 (Age 83 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: McMillan Cemetery
Note: Death cert. says 1955
Death of a brotherThomas Frederick Connell
October 31, 1958 (Age 87 years)
Death of a daughterEula Lurlene “Dink” McMillan
1959 (Age 87 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 74 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
Will October 28, 1959 (Age 88 years)
Death November 30, 1959 (Age 88 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: McMillan Cemetery
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