Ruby Mae ShemwellAge: 91 years1913–2004
- Name
- Ruby Mae Shemwell
- Given names
- Ruby Mae
- Surname
- Shemwell
- Married name
- Ruby Mae Herron
 Birth | June 30, 1913 54 32 |
 Birth of a brother | Henry George Shemwell December 23, 1914 (Age 17 months) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 2 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 3 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 4 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 26, 1920 (Age 6 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Lewis Cass Wilkerson June 12, 1920 (Age 6 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Bettie Bola Shemwell November 18, 1920 (Age 7 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Eoline Hamlet Puryear June 28, 1923 (Age 9 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 16 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 1, 1930 (Age 16 years) |
| Death of a father | Isaac Newton Shemwell January 24, 1936 (Age 22 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 28 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 36 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 | Florence Wood Wilkerson August 20, 1967 (Age 54 years) |
| Death of a half-brother | William Isaac “Bill” Shemwell December 5, 1969 (Age 56 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 32 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 of a sister | Bettie Bola Shemwell June 22, 1978 (Age 64 years) |
| Death of a half-brother | John Pryor Shemwell November 26, 1986 (Age 73 years) |
| Death of a half-sister | Nancy Laura “Nannie” Shemwell January 22, 1999 (Age 85 years) |
| Death of a husband | Alonzo Stinson Herron January 13, 2003 (Age 89 years) |
 Death | August 9, 2004 (Age 91 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Isaac Newton Shemwell Birth: June 6, 1859 40 30 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: January 24, 1936 — Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Florence Wood Wilkerson Birth: August 31, 1880 31 28 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: August 20, 1967 — Mayfield, Graves, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: March 27, 1912 — Graves, Kentucky, United States |
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15 months herself |
Ruby Mae Shemwell Birth: June 30, 1913 54 32 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: August 9, 2004 — St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
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18 months younger brother |
Henry George Shemwell Birth: December 23, 1914 55 34 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: January 15, 2007 — Graves, Kentucky, United States |
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6 years younger sister |
Bettie Bola Shemwell Birth: November 18, 1920 61 40 Death: June 22, 1978 |
| Father’s family with Nannie Bola Pryor |
| father |
Isaac Newton Shemwell Birth: June 6, 1859 40 30 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: January 24, 1936 — Kentucky, United States |
| step-mother |
Nannie Bola Pryor Birth: November 20, 1871 24 22 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: January 27, 1904 — Graves, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: September 27, 1894 — Mayfield, Graves, Kentucky, United States |
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10 months half-sister |
Mary Jeanne Shemwell Birth: August 10, 1895 36 23 Death: July 23, 1898 |
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2 years half-brother |
William Isaac “Bill” Shemwell Birth: October 31, 1897 38 25 — Mayfield, Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: December 5, 1969 — Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States |
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2 years half-brother |
John Pryor Shemwell Birth: October 30, 1899 40 27 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: November 26, 1986 — Gulf Breeze, Santa Rosa, Florida, United States |
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22 months half-sister |
Nancy Laura “Nannie” Shemwell Birth: August 18, 1901 42 29 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: January 22, 1999 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years half-brother |
Clyde V Shemwell Birth: November 27, 1903 44 32 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: February 17, 1904 — Graves, Kentucky, United States |
| Family with Alonzo Stinson Herron |
| husband |
Alonzo Stinson Herron Birth: January 24, 1913 — Sharpe, Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: January 13, 2003 — St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
| herself |
Ruby Mae Shemwell Birth: June 30, 1913 54 32 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: August 9, 2004 — St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
| son |
Private |
| son |
Private |
Ruby Mae Shemwell has 24 first cousins recorded
Father's family (24)
Parents George Washington Shemwell + Mary Elizabeth Crowell
Parents Thomas Alonzo Shemwell + Hettie Louise Hathcock
Parents James Paschal Burnett + Susanna Melissa Elizabeth “Susie” Shemwell
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Isaac Newton Shemwell - Household
Symsonia Graves KY
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Isaac Newton Shemwell - Household
Graves, Kentucky
Notes: Benton Rd. |