Rexford Lee ShemwellAge: 80 years1892–1973
- Name
- Rexford Lee Shemwell
- Given names
- Rexford Lee
- Surname
- Shemwell
 Birth | October 4, 1892 31 27 |
 Birth of a brother | Vincent Bryan Shemwell July 2, 1898 (Age 5 years) |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 5 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 1, 1900 (Age 7 years) |
| Death of a brother | Luke B Shemwell October 10, 1900 (Age 8 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Barrett Talmadge Shemwell January 6, 1901 (Age 8 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Sarah E Williamson September 10, 1913 (Age 20 years) Cause: Old Age |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 23 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 24 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 25 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 31, 1920 (Age 27 years) |
| Death of a father | James Love Shemwell March 25, 1925 (Age 32 years) Cause: Tetanus - Infection caused by mashed fingers |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 36 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 9, 1930 (Age 37 years) |
| Census | April 23, 1940 (Age 47 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 49 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 |
| Death of a brother | Bland James “B J” Shemwell November 16, 1947 (Age 55 years) Address: Near Cause: Auto Accident |
| Auto Accident | Auto Accident April 19, 1951 (Age 58 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 57 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 mother | Rosa Lee “Rosie” Hodges June 30, 1955 (Age 62 years) Cause: Hypostatic Pneumonia |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 53 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 | February 13, 1973 (Age 80 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Competition Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
James Love Shemwell Birth: January 10, 1861 35 22 — Marshalltown, Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: March 25, 1925 — Lebanon, Laclede, Missouri, United States |
| mother |
Rosa Lee “Rosie” Hodges Birth: October 27, 1864 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: June 30, 1955 — Lebanon, Laclede, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: April 20, 1888 — Laclede, Missouri, United States |
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2 months elder brother |
Luke B Shemwell Birth: June 20, 1888 27 23 — Missouri, United States Death: October 10, 1900 — Laclede, Missouri, United States |
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14 months elder sister |
Jessie Frances Shemwell Birth: September 2, 1889 28 24 — Missouri, United States Death: February 13, 1983 — Columbia, Boone, Missouri, United States |
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23 months elder brother |
Bland James “B J” Shemwell Birth: August 15, 1891 30 26 — Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States Death: November 16, 1947 — Grand Island, Hall, Nebraska, United States |
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14 months himself |
Rexford Lee Shemwell Birth: October 4, 1892 31 27 — Missouri, United States Death: February 13, 1973 |
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6 years younger brother |
Vincent Bryan Shemwell Birth: July 2, 1898 37 33 — Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States Death: February 24, 1989 — Columbia, Boone, Missouri, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Barrett Talmadge Shemwell Birth: January 6, 1901 39 36 — Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States Death: November 12, 1977 — Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States |
Rexford Lee Shemwell has 9 first cousins recorded
Father's family (9)
Parents Lynn Boyd Shemwell + Margaret M “Maggie” Reid
Parents William Ferel Collie + Ella N Shemwell
Parents George Washington Shemwell + Minnie J Carlile
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - James Love Shemwell - Household
Franklin, Laclede, Missouri
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - James Love Shemwell - Household
Franklin, Laclede, Missouri
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Rosa Lee “Rosie” Hodges - Household
Roads Leading To Competition Franklin, Laclede, Missouri
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| Auto Accident | April 19, 1951 - Wright County, MO
NELSON VAN BUREN SHAMEL, about 66, from near Competition was fatally injured and his two companions hospitalized in Lebanon late Tuesday evening after their car went out of control and plunged off Highway 5 just south of the Grove Spring junction. He died in the Wallace hospital shortly after he was admitted for treatment of a crushed chest and multiple lacerations. A passenger in the car was 77 year old Sam Hickman. He is receiving treatment for a possible skull fracture and shock. His condition was termed as serious. Also injured was Rexford Lee Shemwell about 58 who was driving the car. He was hospitalized with a fracture of the jaw and was the least injured of the three. Apparently the trio were driving south from Grove Spring and on the sweeping curve the car went out of control, left the road, went through a high wire fence, flipped several times and came to rest in an upright position several feet from the roadway.
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