The Shemwell Family

Eva Beatrice KemmerAge: 96 years19162012

Name
Eva Beatrice Kemmer
Given names
Eva Beatrice
Surname
Kemmer
Married name
Eva Beatrice Winningham
Married name
Eva Beatrice Knox
Birth June 20, 1916 45 42
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916

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 6 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 18 months)

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/
Death of a maternal grandfatherWilliam Johnson Parham
June 7, 1919 (Age 2 years)
Census January 6, 1920 (Age 3 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMary Elizabeth Ford
March 17, 1927 (Age 10 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 13 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 13 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Cosby Edward Winningham
November 16, 1936 (Age 20 years)
Census May 20, 1940 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Lillie Earlene Winningham
March 29, 1941 (Age 24 years)
Death of a brotherAndrew Ralph Kemmer
July 3, 1941 (Age 25 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Nettie Laverne Winningham
May 25, 1944 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 25 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 brotherLester Eugene Kemmer
September 16, 1947 (Age 31 years)
Census April 14, 1950 (Age 33 years)
Death of a fatherCharles Edward “Charley” Kemmer
January 19, 1951 (Age 34 years)
Death of a brotherRobert Lane Kemmer
January 9, 1953 (Age 36 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 33 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
MarriageJames Whitley KnoxView this family
October 27, 1961 (Age 45 years)
Death of a motherLunetta “Nettie” Parham
March 1, 1968 (Age 51 years)
Death of a brotherCharles Leither Kemmer
August 15, 1968 (Age 52 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 29 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 husbandEarl Clifford Winningham
September 6, 1986 (Age 70 years)

Death of a sisterLillie Joan Kemmer
February 26, 1997 (Age 80 years)
Death of a brotherHugh Edward Kemmer
July 20, 2001 (Age 85 years)
Death of a daughterNettie Laverne Winningham
July 22, 2006 (Age 90 years)
Death of a daughterLillie Earlene Winningham
December 12, 2007 (Age 91 years)

Death of a sonCosby Edward Winningham
August 17, 2009 (Age 93 years)
Death July 18, 2012 (Age 96 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Grassy Cove Methodist Church Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: about 1897
15 months
elder brother
Lester Eugene Kemmer
Birth: March 21, 1898 27 24Grassy Cove, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 16, 1947Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
3 years
elder brother
Charles Leither Kemmer
Birth: November 15, 1900 30 27Grassy Cove, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 15, 1968Elyria, Lorain, Ohio, United States
3 years
elder brother
Robert Lane Kemmer
Birth: July 19, 1903 32 29Tennessee, United States
Death: January 9, 1953Grassy Cove, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
4 years
elder sister
Lillie Joan Kemmer
Birth: April 26, 1907 36 33Spring City, Rhea, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 26, 1997Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
3 years
elder brother
Hugh Edward Kemmer
Birth: July 12, 1910 39 36Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 20, 2001Rockwood, Roane, Tennessee, United States
3 years
elder brother
Andrew Ralph Kemmer
Birth: July 2, 1913 42 39Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 3, 1941Red Boiling Springs, Macon, Tennessee, United States
3 years
herself
Family with Earl Clifford Winningham - View this family
husband
herself
son
Cosby Edward Winningham
Birth: November 16, 1936 23 20Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 17, 2009North Ridgeville, Lorain, Ohio, United States
4 years
daughter
Lillie Earlene Winningham
Birth: March 29, 1941 28 24Tennessee, United States
Death: December 12, 2007
3 years
daughter
Nettie Laverne Winningham
Birth: May 25, 1944 31 27Elyria, Lorain, Ohio, United States
Death: July 22, 2006Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
daughter
Private
Family with James Whitley Knox - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: October 27, 1961Cumberland, Tennessee, United States

Eva Beatrice Kemmer has 26 first cousins recorded

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Charles E Kemmer - Household

Grassycone, Cumberland, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Kemmer, CharleyheadMW50MTNTNTNFarmerGeneral Farm
Kemmer, NettiewifeFW46MTNTNTN
Kemmer, LeithersonMW19STNTNTNFarm LaborerHome Farm
Kemmer, LanesonMW16STNTNTNFarm LaborerHome Farm
Kemmer, LilliedaughterFW12STNTNTN
Kemmer, HughsonMW9STNTNTN
Kemmer, AndrewsonMW6STNTNTN
Kemmer, BeatricedaughterFW3STNTNTN

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Charles E Kemmer - Household

Grassy Cove Road Cumberland, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Kemmer, CharlieheadMW59M27TNTNTNFarmerGeneral Farming
Kemmer, NettiewifeFW56M24TNTNTN
Kemmer, LeithersonMW29STNTNTNLaborerState Road Work
Kemmer, HughsonMW19STNTNTN
Kemmer, AndrewsonMW16STNTNTN
Kemmer, BeatricedaughterFW13STNTNTN

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Earl Clifford Winningham - Household

Cumberland, Tennessee

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Winningham, EarlheadMW27MTNFarm to Market RoadW.P.A
Winningham, BeatricewifeFW23MTN
Winningham, CosbysonMW3STN