Smiley A ShemwellAge: 54 years1920–1975
- Name
- Smiley A Shemwell
- Given names
- Smiley A
- Surname
- Shemwell
- Also known as
- Smiley A Whitaker
 Birth | September 10, 1920 29 26 |
 Death of a paternal grandfather | Lovelace Lacewell Shemwell December 19, 1924 (Age 4 years) |
 Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 9 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 9 years) |
 Census | April 11, 1940 (Age 19 years) |
| Death of a father | Shannon Lee Shemwell November 4, 1940 (Age 20 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 21 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 30 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 29 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 brother | Shannon Lee Shemwell Jr. November 27, 1961 (Age 41 years) Cause: Exsanguination (Suicide) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 25 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 | June 24, 1975 (Age 54 years) |
 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 elder brother |
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 himself |
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 — |
Smiley A Shemwell 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 | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Richard Whitaker - Household
Wilkinson, Mississippi
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| Adopted | Name changed to Whitaker |