The Shemwell Family

Dona Lee HallAge: 71 years19081980

Name
Dona Lee Hall
Given names
Dona Lee
Surname
Hall
Married name
Dona Lee Groves
Birth September 13, 1908 25 18
Census May 10, 1910 (Age 19 months)
Birth of a sisterDelia May Hall
April 14, 1911 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a sisterLois Belle Hall
October 30, 1913 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a brotherMelvin D Hall
January 10, 1916 (Age 7 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 7 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 brotherThomas H Hall
May 13, 1918 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 8 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 9 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 5, 1920 (Age 11 years)
Birth of a sisterMary Frances Hall
February 17, 1921 (Age 12 years)
Birth of a brotherJames Norris Hall
July 10, 1923 (Age 14 years)
Birth of a sisterVerdene “Verde” Hall
January 18, 1926 (Age 17 years)
MarriageUlysses Simpson GrovesView this family
calculated 1929 (Age 20 years)

Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 21 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 brotherThomas H Hall
February 12, 1930 (Age 21 years)
Census April 7, 1930 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a brotherJewel Denzel Hall
January 4, 1931 (Age 22 years)
Death of a brotherJewel Denzel Hall
February 4, 1931 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a sisterDorothy Ann Hall
April 26, 1932 (Age 23 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherSarah Frances “Ma Sissie” Scott
May 17, 1941 (Age 32 years)
Death of a brotherJames Norris Hall
June 2, 1944 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 33 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 fatherHerman S Hall
January 15, 1952 (Age 43 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 41 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 brotherMelvin D Hall
December 30, 1962 (Age 54 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 37 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 sisterLois Belle Hall
April 11, 1976 (Age 67 years)
Death of a motherSue Belle Shemwell
November 13, 1978 (Age 70 years)
Death of a husbandUlysses Simpson Groves
August 6, 1979 (Age 70 years)
Death January 8, 1980 (Age 71 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
elder brother
22 months
herself
Dona Lee Hall
Birth: September 13, 1908 25 18Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 8, 1980Logan, Kentucky, United States
3 years
younger sister
Delia May Hall
Birth: April 14, 1911 28 20Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 17, 2004Russellville, Logan, Kentucky, United States
3 years
younger sister
Lois Belle Hall
Birth: October 30, 1913 30 23Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: April 11, 1976Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States
2 years
younger brother
Melvin D Hall
Birth: January 10, 1916 33 25Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 30, 1962Franklin, Simpson, Kentucky, United States
2 years
younger brother
Thomas H Hall
Birth: May 13, 1918 35 27Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 12, 1930Todd, Kentucky, United States
3 years
younger sister
Mary Frances Hall
Birth: February 17, 1921 38 30Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: September 16, 1999Urbana, Champaign, Illinois, United States
2 years
younger brother
James Norris Hall
Birth: July 10, 1923 40 32Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: June 2, 1944Todd, Kentucky, United States
3 years
younger sister
Verdene “Verde” Hall
Birth: January 18, 1926 43 35Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: March 19, 2014Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
sister
Private
younger brother
Jewel Denzel Hall
Birth: January 4, 1931 48 40Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 4, 1931Todd, Kentucky, United States
16 months
younger sister
Dorothy Ann Hall
Birth: April 26, 1932 49 41Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: October 11, 2015Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
Family with Ulysses Simpson Groves - View this family
husband
Ulysses Simpson Groves
Birth: November 22, 1906 43 31Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 6, 1979Warren, Kentucky, United States
herself
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 - Herman S Hall - Household

Sharon Grove, Todd, KY

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Hall, HermanheadMW27M4KYKYKYFarmerGen farming
Hall, Sue BwifeFW19M422KYKYKY
Hall, EarlsonMW3SKYKYKY
Hall, Donie LdaughterFW1MKYKYKY

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Herman S Hall - Household

Kirkmansville, Todd, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Hall, HermanheadMW38MKYKYKYFarmerGen farming
Hall, Sue BwifeFW29MKYKYKY
Hall, Earl SsonMW13SKYKYKY
Hall, Dona LdaughterFW11SKYKYKY
Hall, Dealy MdaughterFW9SKYKYKY
Hall, Lois BdaughterFW6SKYKYKY
Hall, Melvin DsonMW3-11mSKYKYKY
Hall, Thomas HsonMW1-2mSKYKYKY

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

Dunnor Rd Kirkmansville, Todd, Kentucky

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