The Shemwell Family

Mary Bell HallAge: 96 years19132009

Name
Mary Bell Hall
Given names
Mary Bell
Surname
Hall
Married name
Mary Bell Driskill
Birth May 20, 1913 34 17
Death of a motherOdie Washington Page
June 3, 1913 (Age 14 days)
Birth of a half-brotherHickman Hall
October 6, 1915 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 2 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 3 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 4 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 2, 1920 (Age 6 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherCaroline “Lina” Munday
March 16, 1920 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 16 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
Wilbur Ray Driskill
March 3, 1933 (Age 19 years)
Death of a sonWilbur Ray Driskill
August 16, 1933 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Mary Estellene Driskill
January 31, 1935 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Roy Edward Driskill
October 25, 1937 (Age 24 years)
Census April 12, 1940 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a son
#4
Harold Clay Driskill
June 5, 1942 (Age 29 years)
Birth of a son
#5
Herbert Lee Driskill
July 17, 1944 (Age 31 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 28 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
Census April 12, 1950 (Age 36 years)
Birth of a son
#6
Bobby Dale Driskill
May 26, 1951 (Age 38 years)
Death of a fatherHenry Smith Hall
January 15, 1953 (Age 39 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 36 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 half-brotherHickman Hall
January 7, 1967 (Age 53 years)
Death of a sonBobby Dale Driskill
January 17, 1973 (Age 59 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 32 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 husbandArnett Otis “Net” Driskill
July 13, 1979 (Age 66 years)
Death of a sonRoy Edward Driskill
August 17, 1985 (Age 72 years)
Death of a daughterMary Estellene Driskill
before July 23, 2009 (Age 96 years)

Death July 23, 2009 (Age 96 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Glenwood Cemetery
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father
mother
Odie Washington Page
Birth: February 1896Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: June 3, 1913Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Marriage: 1910Todd, Kentucky, United States
3 years
herself
Father’s family with Eddie Clay Higgins - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: 1898Todd, Kentucky, United States
18 months
half-sister
Father’s family with Floyd Melvina Thompson - View this family
father
step-mother
Floyd Melvina Thompson
Birth: May 16, 1888Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 9, 1938Todd, Kentucky, United States
half-brother
Hickman Hall
Birth: October 6, 1915 37 27Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 7, 1967Todd, Kentucky, United States
half-brother
Private
half-brother
Private
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husband
herself
son
Wilbur Ray Driskill
Birth: March 3, 1933 27 19Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 16, 1933Todd, Kentucky, United States
23 months
daughter
Mary Estellene Driskill
Birth: January 31, 1935 29 21Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: before July 23, 2009
3 years
son
Roy Edward Driskill
Birth: October 25, 1937 32 24Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 17, 1985Freestone, Texas, United States
daughter
Private
son
Harold Clay Driskill
Birth: June 5, 1942 36 29Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: September 7, 2021Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States
2 years
son
Herbert Lee Driskill
Birth: July 17, 1944 38 31Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: November 9, 2016Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States
daughter
Private
daughter
Private
son
Bobby Dale Driskill
Birth: May 26, 1951 45 38Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 17, 1973Jefferson, Kentucky, United States
son
Private
son
Private

Mary Bell Hall has 5 first cousins recorded

Mother's family (0)

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Henry Smith Hall - Household

Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Hall, HenryheadMW44MKYKYKYFarmerGeneral Farm
Hall, FloydwifeFW33MKYKYKY
Hall, MarydaughterFW6SKYKYKY
Hall, HickmansonMW4SKYKYKY

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Arnett Otis “Net” Driskill - Household

Coal Bank Road Todd, Kentucky

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Driskill, NetXheadMW34MKYFarmingFarm
Driskill, Mary BellewifeFW26MKY
Driskill, Mary AdaughterFW5MKY
Driskill, RoysonMW2SKY