The Shemwell Family

Ulysses Simpson GrovesAge: 72 years19061979

Name
Ulysses Simpson Groves
Given names
Ulysses Simpson
Surname
Groves
Birth November 22, 1906 43 31
Death of a maternal grandmotherPenelope Phillips Lyon
April 6, 1907 (Age 4 months)
Birth of a sisterVernie L Groves
1908 (Age 13 months)
Death of a sisterVernie L Groves
1908 (Age 13 months)
Death of a half-sisterIda E Groves
March 25, 1908 (Age 16 months)

Census April 30, 1910 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a sisterOna Marie Groves
May 2, 1910 (Age 3 years)
Death of a sisterOra Pearl Groves
June 19, 1910 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a sisterNina Groves
September 12, 1912 (Age 5 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 9 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 10 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 11 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 14, 1920 (Age 13 years)
MarriageDona Lee HallView this family
calculated 1929 (Age 22 years)

Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 22 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 7, 1930 (Age 23 years)
Death of a fatherJacob Alexander “Jake” Groves
July 12, 1942 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 35 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 43 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 motherMartha Ellen “Mattie” Carneal
July 16, 1961 (Age 54 years)
Death of a half-sisterAda Groves
February 24, 1963 (Age 56 years)

Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 39 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 sisterNina Groves
July 22, 1977 (Age 70 years)

Death August 6, 1979 (Age 72 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Cedar Grove Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: December 28, 1890Todd, Kentucky, United States
1 year
elder sister
Vadie Groves
Birth: about 1891 28 15Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: about 1892Todd, Kentucky, United States
3 years
elder sister
Ora Pearl Groves
Birth: March 31, 1894 31 19Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: June 19, 1910Kentucky, United States
3 years
elder brother
2 years
elder sister
3 years
elder sister
Ermine Esther Groves
Birth: February 28, 1902 39 27Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 21, 1994Palmyra, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
5 years
himself
Ulysses Simpson Groves
Birth: November 22, 1906 43 31Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 6, 1979Warren, Kentucky, United States
2 years
younger sister
Vernie L Groves
Birth: 1908 45 32Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: 1908Todd, Kentucky, United States
2 years
younger sister
2 years
younger sister
Father’s family with Angemima J Blake - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: about 1882
21 months
half-sister
Ida E Groves
Birth: September 29, 1883 20Kentucky, United States
Death: March 25, 1908
2 years
half-sister
Ada Groves
Birth: December 2, 1885 22Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 24, 1963
Family with Dona Lee Hall - View this family
himself
Ulysses Simpson Groves
Birth: November 22, 1906 43 31Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 6, 1979Warren, Kentucky, United States
wife
Dona Lee Hall
Birth: September 13, 1908 25 18Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 8, 1980Logan, Kentucky, United States
Marriage: calculated 1929

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Jacob Alexander “Jake” Groves - Household

Clifty, Todd, Kentucky

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Groves, JakeheadMW44M28KYKYKYFarmerGeneral Farm
Groves, Mattie EwifeFW44M2875KYKYKY
Groves, Ora PdaughterFW16SKYKYKY
Groves, Charlie CsonMW13SKYKYKY
Groves, Elva GdaughterFW11SKYKYKY
Groves, Ermine EdaughterFW8SKYKYKY
Groves, Opuliss SsonMW3SKYKYKY

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Jacob Alexander “Jake” Groves - Household

Kirkmansville, Todd, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Groves, JacobheadMW57MKYKYKYFarmerGeneral Farm
Groves, Mattie EwifeFW45MKYKYKY
Groves, Charlie CsonMW23SKYKYKYFarm LaborerHome Farm
Groves, Ermine EdaughterFW17SKYKYKY
Groves, Ellis SsonMW13SKYKYKY
Groves, Onie MdaughterFW9SKYKYKY
Groves, NinadaughterFW7SKYKYKY

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Ulysses S Groves - Household

Dunnor Rd Kirkmansville, Todd, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Groves, Ulysses SheadMW23M21KYKYKYFarmerGeneral farm
Hall, Dona LwifeFW21M20KYKYKY