The Shemwell Family

Grace M BrownAge: 66 years18931960

Name
Grace M Brown
Given names
Grace M
Surname
Brown
Married name
Grace M Gregory
Birth September 1893 40 41
Death of a maternal grandmotherMartha Jane “Mattie” Pidcock
May 20, 1894 (Age 8 months)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 4 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
MarriageMelvin McClellan GregoryView this family
June 30, 1909 (Age 15 years)
Census April 15, 1910 (Age 16 years)
Birth of a son
#1
John Rodney Gregory
June 4, 1910 (Age 16 years)
Death of a fatherSylvester Millard Brown
December 16, 1912 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Alma Brown Gregory
May 5, 1914 (Age 20 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 22 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 23 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 24 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 maternal grandfatherSamuel Black Shemwell
December 22, 1921 (Age 28 years)
Cause: Chronic Interstitial Nephritis
Note: Name: S. B. Shemwell
Death of a motherDrusilla F Shemwell
March 8, 1924 (Age 30 years)
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
Marriage of a childCharles Richard RaleyAlma Brown GregoryView this family
August 1932 (Age 38 years)

Death of a husbandMelvin McClellan Gregory
September 21, 1939 (Age 46 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 48 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 56 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 52 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 1960 (Age 66 years)

Family with parents - View this family
father
Sylvester Millard Brown
Birth: November 28, 1852Ohio, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 16, 1912Cleaton, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
mother
Drusilla F Shemwell
Birth: May 3, 1852 19 28Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: March 8, 1924Cleaton, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Marriage: about 1892
21 months
herself
Family with Melvin McClellan Gregory - View this family
husband
Melvin McClellan Gregory
Birth: June 15, 1891Kentucky, United States
Death: September 21, 1939Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
herself
Marriage: June 30, 1909Kentucky, United States
11 months
son
John Rodney Gregory
Birth: June 4, 1910 18 16Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death:
4 years
daughter
Alma Brown Gregory
Birth: May 5, 1914 22 20Cleaton, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: October 13, 2002Atlanta, DeKalb, Georgia, United States

Grace M Brown has 14 first cousins recorded

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Sylvester M Brown - Household

Bevier, Muhlenberg, Kentucky

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Brown, S MheadMW57M218KYKYKYCarpenterHouse
Brown, D FwifeFW56M11811KYKYKY
Gregory, GracedaughterFW16M1000KYKYKY
Gregory, Melvinson in lawMW18M10KYKYKYLaborerCoal Mine