The Shemwell Family

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Birth	April 10, 1900 McDowell, North Carolina, United States
Historical Event	Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 15 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 16 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 17 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/
Marriage	Mae Bell McCurry — View this family July 15, 1926 (Age 26 years) Marion, McDowell, North Carolina, United States
Historical Event	The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 29 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
Birth of a son #1	Howard Duval Hoover Jr January 23, 1930 (Age 29 years) McDowell, North Carolina, United States
Death of a wife	Mae Bell McCurry July 1, 1938 (Age 38 years) Rutherfordton, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
Marriage	Alma Estelle Haney — View this family about 1939 (Age 38 years)
Census	April 1, 1940 (Age 39 years) Marion, McDowell, North Carolina, United States
Divorce	Alma Estelle Haney — View this family before 1941 (Age 40 years)
Historical Event	World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 41 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 49 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
Historical Event	Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 45 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	April 1965 (Age 64 years) Orange, Florida, United States

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Family with Alma Estelle Haney - View this family

himself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Alma Estelle Haney Family with spouse Mae Bell McCurry Howard Duval Hoover Jr Howard Duval Hoover Birth: April 10, 1900 — McDowell, North Carolina, United States Death: April 1965 — Orange, Florida, United States
ex-wife	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse William Luther Church Family with spouse Howard Duval Hoover Family with spouse Carl Garner Fisher Alma Estelle Haney Birth: July 27, 1917 41 — McDowell, North Carolina, United States Death: September 18, 2004 — Plano, Collin, Texas, United States
	Marriage: about 1939 —
	Divorce: before 1941 —

Family with Mae Bell McCurry - View this family

himself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Alma Estelle Haney Family with spouse Mae Bell McCurry Howard Duval Hoover Jr Howard Duval Hoover Birth: April 10, 1900 — McDowell, North Carolina, United States Death: April 1965 — Orange, Florida, United States
wife	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Howard Duval Hoover Howard Duval Hoover Jr Mae Bell McCurry Birth: February 1, 1897 — Marion, McDowell, North Carolina, United States Death: July 1, 1938 — Rutherfordton, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
	Marriage: July 15, 1926 — Marion, McDowell, North Carolina, United States
4 years son	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Howard Duval Hoover Jr Birth: January 23, 1930 29 32 — McDowell, North Carolina, United States Death: April 1983 — Orlando, Orange, Florida, United States

William Luther Church + Alma Estelle Haney - View this family

wife’s husband	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Alma Estelle Haney William Luther Church Birth: February 7, 1911 — Marion, McDowell, North Carolina, United States Death: June 27, 1937 — Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States
ex-wife	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse William Luther Church Family with spouse Howard Duval Hoover Family with spouse Carl Garner Fisher Alma Estelle Haney Birth: July 27, 1917 41 — McDowell, North Carolina, United States Death: September 18, 2004 — Plano, Collin, Texas, United States
step-daughter	Private

Carl Garner Fisher + Alma Estelle Haney - View this family

wife’s husband	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Alma Estelle Haney Carl Garner Fisher Birth: June 10, 1917 21 19 — Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: March 9, 1999 — Scottsdale, Maricopa, Arizona, United States
ex-wife	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse William Luther Church Family with spouse Howard Duval Hoover Family with spouse Carl Garner Fisher Alma Estelle Haney Birth: July 27, 1917 41 — McDowell, North Carolina, United States Death: September 18, 2004 — Plano, Collin, Texas, United States
step-son	Private

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Family with Alma Estelle Haney
himself Parents (unknown)	Howard Duval Hoover 1900–1965
ex-wife Parents Charles Haney	Alma Estelle Haney 1917–2004
Family with Mae Bell McCurry
himself Parents (unknown)	Howard Duval Hoover 1900–1965
wife Parents (unknown)	Mae Bell McCurry 1897–1938
son Family (none)	Howard Duval Hoover Jr 1930–1983
William Luther Church + Alma Estelle Haney
wife’s husband Parents (unknown)	William Luther Church 1911–1937
ex-wife Parents Charles Haney	Alma Estelle Haney 1917–2004
step-daughter Family (none)	Private
Carl Garner Fisher + Alma Estelle Haney
wife’s husband Parents Frederick Fisher Mary Dassa Rassman	Carl Garner Fisher 1917–1999
ex-wife Parents Charles Haney	Alma Estelle Haney 1917–2004
step-son Family (none)	Private