Shannon Lee Shemwell Jr.Age: 46 years1915–1961
- Name
- Shannon Lee Shemwell Jr.
- Given names
- Shannon Lee
- Surname
- Shemwell
- Name suffix
- Jr.
- Also known as
- Shannon Lee Whitaker
 Birth | March 2, 1915 23 21 |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 9 months)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 21 months)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 2 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 11, 1920 (Age 4 years) |
 Birth of a brother | Smiley A Shemwell September 10, 1920 (Age 5 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Lovelace Lacewell Shemwell December 19, 1924 (Age 9 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 14 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 parent | Richard Whitaker — Anne Laurie Anderson — View this family about 1930 (Age 14 years) |
| Census | April 1, 1940 (Age 25 years) |
| Death of a father | Shannon Lee Shemwell November 4, 1940 (Age 25 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 26 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 |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Edna Blanche Cunningham October 29, 1950 (Age 35 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 34 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 30 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 |
| Adopted | Adopted Note: Name changed to Whitaker |
 Death | November 27, 1961 (Age 46 years) Cause of death: Exsanguination (Suicide) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Oaklawn Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Shannon Lee Shemwell Birth: March 17, 1891 21 17 — Pitman, Randolph, Arkansas, United States Death: November 4, 1940 — Arkansas, United States |
| mother |
Anne Laurie Anderson Birth: 1894 — Mississippi, United States Death: March 15, 1980 |
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Marriage: May 30, 1914 — Chicot, Arkansas, United States |
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9 months himself |
Shannon Lee Shemwell Jr. Birth: March 2, 1915 23 21 — Florida, United States Death: November 27, 1961 — Bloomington, Monroe, Indiana, United States |
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6 years younger brother |
Smiley A Shemwell Birth: September 10, 1920 29 26 — Mississippi, United States Death: June 24, 1975 |
| Mother’s family with Richard Whitaker |
| step-father |
Richard Whitaker Birth: January 20, 1891 — Mississippi, United States Death: January 24, 1966 |
| mother |
Anne Laurie Anderson Birth: 1894 — Mississippi, United States Death: March 15, 1980 |
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Marriage: about 1930 — |
| Family with Private |
| himself |
Shannon Lee Shemwell Jr. Birth: March 2, 1915 23 21 — Florida, United States Death: November 27, 1961 — Bloomington, Monroe, Indiana, United States |
| wife |
Private |
| daughter |
Private |
Shannon Lee Shemwell Jr. has 4 first cousins recorded
Father's family (4)
Parents Clyde David Shemwell + Trulla Vernus Hudson
Parents Benjamin Floyd “Shem” Shemwell + Bernice Hall
2Private–
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Shannon Lee Shemwell - Household
Willetts, Concordia, Louisiana
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| Adopted | Name changed to Whitaker |