The Shemwell Family

John Ervin ArantAge: 57 years18781936

Name
John Ervin Arant
Given names
John Ervin
Surname
Arant
Birth October 24, 1878
Note: find-a-grave says, Birth: 1879
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 19 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
MarriageEtta Adaline ShemwellView this family
January 20, 1907 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Alva May Arant
August 29, 1908 (Age 29 years)
Death of a wifeEtta Adaline Shemwell
March 19, 1910 (Age 31 years)
Cause: Consumption
Note: Find-a-grave says, Death: Sep. 7, 1908 - this date is incorrect.
Occupation
County Supervisor
1910 (Age 31 years)

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 37 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 38 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
Military
WWI Draft Registration
1918 (Age 39 years)

Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 39 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 50 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 May 7, 1936 (Age 57 years)
Note: find-a-grave says, Death: 1936
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Shemwell Cemetery
Family with Etta Adaline Shemwell - View this family
himself
John Ervin Arant
Birth: October 24, 1878Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 7, 1936Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
wife
Etta Adaline Shemwell
Birth: March 3, 1885 38 30Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death: March 19, 1910Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Marriage: January 20, 1907Graves, Kentucky, United States
19 months
daughter
Alva May Arant
Birth: August 29, 1908 29 23Kentucky, United States
Death: May 8, 1964Mayfield, Graves, Kentucky, United States

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Birth
find-a-grave says, Birth: 1879
Death
find-a-grave says, Death: 1936