Rex ShemwellAge: 77 years1896–1973
- Name
- Rex Shemwell
- Given names
- Rex
- Surname
- Shemwell
 Birth | April 14, 1896 38 34 |
 Death of a paternal grandfather | Lovelace Wellington Shemwell March 8, 1897 (Age 10 months) |
| Birth of a sister | Ruth Shemwell July 3, 1898 (Age 2 years) |
| Death of a sister | Ruth Shemwell July 28, 1898 (Age 2 years) |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 23 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 |
| Birth of a sister | Jesse Shemwell July 27, 1899 (Age 3 years) |
 Census | June 1, 1900 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Elza Shemwell July 1, 1903 (Age 7 years) |
| Death of a brother | Elza Shemwell July 30, 1903 (Age 7 years) |
| Census | April 15, 1910 (Age 14 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 19 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 | James Lee “Jimmy” Shemwell March 22, 1918 (Age 21 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 20 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 21 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/ |
| Death of a brother | Lovelace Roscoe Shemwell January 23, 1919 (Age 22 years) Address: Camp McClellan Cause: Died in Flu epidemic of 1919 |
| Census | January 1, 1920 (Age 23 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Lura Kathlyn Shemwell February 12, 1921 (Age 24 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 33 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 1930 (Age 33 years) Address: Dist. 7 |
| Death of a mother | Martha Matilda Donelson March 3, 1931 (Age 34 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Martha Mae Shemwell February 13, 1934 (Age 37 years) |
| Census | April 12, 1940 (Age 43 years) |
| Marriage of a child | James Lee “Jimmy” Shemwell — Dorothy Elizabeth Downey — View this family June 21, 1941 (Age 45 years) |
 Military | WW2 Draft April 27, 1942 (Age 46 years) |
| Death of a father | William Elza “Bill” Shemwell March 2, 1944 (Age 47 years) Note: Home of Son of Carl on Estes Lane in Paducah, KY. Pa lived with my grandparents, Carl and Maude - Lenore55 |
 Residence | 1944 (Age 47 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 45 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 grandson #1 | John David Hearn November 1, 1946 (Age 50 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Ann Curtis Hearn December 1, 1947 (Age 51 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 53 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 |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Julie Jean Phillips 1955 (Age 58 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | Stephen Casey Phillips June 1, 1963 (Age 67 years) |
| Death of a brother | Carl McCoy Shemwell July 27, 1966 (Age 70 years) |
| Death of a brother | Henry Claude Shemwell February 21, 1967 (Age 70 years) |
| Death of a son | James Lee “Jimmy” Shemwell May 7, 1967 (Age 71 years) |
| Death of a sister | Ruby Shemwell August 13, 1968 (Age 72 years) |
| Death of a grandson | John David Hearn September 21, 1968 (Age 72 years) Cause: Respiratory failure - pneumonia |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 49 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 26, 1973 (Age 77 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Shemwell Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
William Elza “Bill” Shemwell Birth: February 20, 1858 35 33 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: March 2, 1944 — Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Martha Matilda Donelson Birth: October 14, 1861 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: March 3, 1931 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: about 1883 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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16 months elder brother |
Henry Claude Shemwell Birth: May 7, 1884 26 22 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: February 21, 1967 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years elder brother |
Lovelace Roscoe Shemwell Birth: July 31, 1886 28 24 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: January 23, 1919 — Calhoun, Alabama, United States |
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2 years elder sister |
Willie N Shemwell Birth: August 5, 1888 30 26 Death: October 29, 1889 |
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2 years elder brother |
Carl McCoy Shemwell Birth: November 27, 1890 32 29 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: July 27, 1966 — McCracken, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years elder sister |
Ruby Shemwell Birth: February 22, 1894 36 32 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: August 13, 1968 — Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States |
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2 years himself |
Rex Shemwell Birth: April 14, 1896 38 34 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: August 26, 1973 — Nokomis, Sarasota, Florida, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Ruth Shemwell Birth: July 3, 1898 40 36 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: July 28, 1898 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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13 months younger sister |
Jesse Shemwell Birth: July 27, 1899 41 37 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: September 8, 1989 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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4 years younger brother |
Elza Shemwell Birth: July 1, 1903 45 41 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: July 30, 1903 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
| Family with Mattie Lura Prior |
| himself |
Rex Shemwell Birth: April 14, 1896 38 34 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: August 26, 1973 — Nokomis, Sarasota, Florida, United States |
| wife |
Mattie Lura Prior Birth: October 24, 1898 — Kentucky, United States Death: September 4, 1997 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
| son |
James Lee “Jimmy” Shemwell Birth: March 22, 1918 21 19 — Boaz, Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: May 7, 1967 — Fayette, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Lura Kathlyn Shemwell Birth: February 12, 1921 24 22 — Folsomdale, Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: February 28, 2012 — Odessa, Lafayette, Missouri, United States |
| daughter |
Private |
| daughter |
Martha Mae Shemwell Birth: February 13, 1934 37 35 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: October 27, 2011 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
Rex Shemwell has 5 first cousins recorded
Father's family (5)
Parents Milous Green Shemwell + Emma Holmes
Parents Milous Green Shemwell + Mordecia “Decia” Thompson
Parents Charles Lee “Charlie” Shemwell + Alice Starks
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - William Elza Shemwell - Household
Oak Level, Marshall Ky.
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - William Elza Shemwell - Household
Dist. 4 Marshall Ky.
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Rex Shemwell - Household
Oak Level, Marshall, Ky.
Notes: Living next door to William, Greene & Martha Shemwell |