The Shemwell Family

Events of close relatives Historical facts
Birth	1914 43 30
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
Birth of a brother	Hubert Rufus Edwards September 17, 1917 (Age 3 years)
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/
Birth of a sister	Vella Ione Edwards March 15, 1920 (Age 6 years)
Death of a paternal grandfather	William Harrison Edwards July 7, 1926 (Age 12 years) Clifty, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death of a paternal grandmother	Martha Jane Bivin June 24, 1927 (Age 13 years) Clifty, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Historical Event	The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 15 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 of a half-sister	Missie Germ “Germie” Edwards June 30, 1932 (Age 18 years) Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States Cause: Cancer
Death of a sister	Vella Ione Edwards 1935 (Age 21 years)
Death of a sister	Stella Louise Edwards October 23, 1939 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event	World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 27 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) South Korea 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 father	John Jackson Edwards August 16, 1954 (Age 40 years) Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death of a half-sister	Marie Edwards July 26, 1971 (Age 57 years) Central City, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death of a mother	Myrtie Cleveland Bolton February 27, 1974 (Age 60 years) Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Historical Event	Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 32 years) Vietnam 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 brother	Samuel Harlan Edwards May 30, 1984 (Age 70 years) Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death of a brother	Hubert Rufus Edwards June 28, 1985 (Age 71 years) Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death	unknown

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father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Susie “Sue” Powell Marie Edwards Missie Germ “Germie” Edwards Family with spouse Myrtie Cleveland Bolton Lela Edwards Stella Louise Edwards Samuel Harlan Edwards Johnny Wilson Edwards Thelma Edwards Hubert Rufus Edwards Vella Ione Edwards John Jackson Edwards Birth: August 15, 1870 22 23 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: August 16, 1954 — Todd, Kentucky, United States
mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse John Jackson Edwards Lela Edwards Stella Louise Edwards Samuel Harlan Edwards Johnny Wilson Edwards Thelma Edwards Hubert Rufus Edwards Vella Ione Edwards Myrtie Cleveland Bolton Birth: 1884 Death: February 27, 1974 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
elder sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Lela Edwards Birth: 1906 35 22 Death:
3 years elder sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Stella Louise Edwards Birth: October 23, 1908 38 24 Death: October 23, 1939
2 years elder brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Samuel Harlan Edwards Birth: October 10, 1910 40 26 Death: May 30, 1984 — Todd, Kentucky, United States
2 years elder brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Johnny Wilson Edwards Birth: November 28, 1912 42 28 Death:
2 years herself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Thelma Edwards Birth: 1914 43 30 Death:
4 years younger brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Hubert Rufus Edwards Birth: September 17, 1917 47 33 Death: June 28, 1985 — Todd, Kentucky, United States
3 years younger sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Vella Ione Edwards Birth: March 15, 1920 49 36 Death: 1935
sister	Private
sister	Private

Father’s family with Susie “Sue” Powell - View this family

father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Susie “Sue” Powell Marie Edwards Missie Germ “Germie” Edwards Family with spouse Myrtie Cleveland Bolton Lela Edwards Stella Louise Edwards Samuel Harlan Edwards Johnny Wilson Edwards Thelma Edwards Hubert Rufus Edwards Vella Ione Edwards John Jackson Edwards Birth: August 15, 1870 22 23 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: August 16, 1954 — Todd, Kentucky, United States
step-mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse John Jackson Edwards Marie Edwards Missie Germ “Germie” Edwards Family with spouse Luther Jessup Mable Jessup Nellie Myrtle Jessup William Henry “Bill” Jessup Susie “Sue” Powell Death:
	Marriage: about 1893 —
5 years half-sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Wash Harper Marie Edwards Birth: August 22, 1897 27 Death: July 26, 1971 — Central City, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
16 months half-sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Samuel Christian Shemwell John Patrick “J P” Shemwell Lilburn “Blackie” Shemwell Evelyn Shemwell Missie Germ “Germie” Edwards Birth: December 31, 1898 28 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: June 30, 1932 — Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States

Family with parents
father Parents William Harrison Edwards Martha Jane Bivin	John Jackson Edwards 1870–1954
mother Parents (unknown)	Myrtie Cleveland Bolton 1884–1974
elder sister Family (none)	Lela Edwards 1906–
elder sister Family (none)	Stella Louise Edwards 1908–1939
elder brother Family (none)	Samuel Harlan Edwards 1910–1984
elder brother Family (none)	Johnny Wilson Edwards 1912–
herself Family (none)	Thelma Edwards 1914–
younger brother Family (none)	Hubert Rufus Edwards 1917–1985
younger sister Family (none)	Vella Ione Edwards 1920–1935
sister Family (none)	Private
sister Family (none)	Private
Father’s family with Susie “Sue” Powell
father Parents William Harrison Edwards Martha Jane Bivin	John Jackson Edwards 1870–1954
step-mother Parents (unknown)	Susie “Sue” Powell –
half-sister Family Wash Harper Private	Marie Edwards 1897–1971
half-sister Family Samuel Christian Shemwell John Patrick “J P” Shemwell Lilburn “Blackie” Shemwell Evelyn Shemwell	Missie Germ “Germie” Edwards 1898–1932