The Shemwell Family

Mary Lou BristowAge: 82 years19111994

Name
Mary Lou Bristow
Given names
Mary Lou
Surname
Bristow
Married name
Mary Lou Kemmer
Birth December 3, 1911
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 4 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 5 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 6 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 17 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
Lawrence Dale Kemmer
September 29, 1934 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Wanda Pauline “Polly” Kemmer
February 7, 1937 (Age 25 years)
Census April 10, 1940 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Ruth Carol Kemmer
April 1, 1944 (Age 32 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 29 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 6, 1950 (Age 38 years)
Birth of a son
#4
John Litton Kemmer Jr
August 1, 1951 (Age 39 years)

Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 38 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
Birth of a grandson
#1
Gregory Keith Robbins
September 15, 1964 (Age 52 years)

Death of a sonJohn Litton Kemmer Jr
October 31, 1968 (Age 56 years)

Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 34 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 March 30, 1994 (Age 82 years)

Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Grassy Cove Methodist Church Cemetery
Family with John Litton Kemmer Sr. - View this family
husband
John Litton Kemmer Sr.
Birth: April 5, 1905 36 34Grassy Cove, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 20, 2004Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
herself
son
Lawrence Dale Kemmer
Birth: September 29, 1934 29 22Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 28, 2020Grassy Cove, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
2 years
daughter
Wanda Pauline “Polly” Kemmer
Birth: February 7, 1937 31 25Grassy Cove, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 12, 2022Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
daughter
Private
daughter
Ruth Carol Kemmer
Birth: April 1, 1944 38 32Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 8, 2017Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
son
Private
son

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Census1940 United States - Census transcript - John Litton Kemmer Sr. - Household

Cumberland, Tennessee

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Kemmer, LittonheadMW35MTNSame placeFarmerFarm
Kemmer, MarywifeFW28MTNSame place
Kemmer, Lawrence DalesonMW5STennessee,Same place
Kemmer, PaulinedaughterFW3STNSame place