Thelma Dean ShemwellAge: 90 years1918–2008
- Name
- Thelma Dean Shemwell
- Given names
- Thelma Dean
- Surname
- Shemwell
- Married name
- Thelma Dean Murphree
 Birth | February 28, 1918 28 18 |
 Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918Note: 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 1918Note: 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 12, 1920 (Age 22 months) |
 Birth of a brother | Lester Lynn Shemwell September 8, 1920 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Ralph Ewing Shemwell November 26, 1921 (Age 3 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Milous Greene “Miles” Shemwell October 26, 1922 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Constance Christine “Connie” Shemwell November 8, 1925 (Age 7 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 11 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 8, 1930 (Age 12 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Doyle Robert Murphree Jr September 15, 1939 (Age 21 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Louisa Ann “Anna” Legate February 7, 1944 (Age 25 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 23 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 19, 1950 (Age 32 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 31 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 father | Horace Otto Shemwell December 10, 1971 (Age 53 years) |
| Death of a mother | Zelpha Hill January 22, 1972 (Age 53 years) |
| Death of a son | Doyle Robert Murphree Jr September 21, 1973 (Age 55 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 27 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 brother | Ralph Ewing Shemwell March 26, 1982 (Age 64 years) |
| Death of a husband | Doyle Robert Murphree March 3, 1996 (Age 78 years) |
| Death of a brother | Lester Lynn Shemwell February 3, 2003 (Age 84 years) |
 Death | April 14, 2008 (Age 90 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Horace Otto Shemwell Birth: August 27, 1889 31 27 — Arkansas, United States Death: December 10, 1971 — Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States |
| mother |
Zelpha Hill Birth: October 12, 1899 — Arkansas, United States Death: January 22, 1972 — Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States |
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Marriage: May 4, 1917 — Higden, Cleburne, Arkansas, United States |
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10 months herself |
Thelma Dean Shemwell Birth: February 28, 1918 28 18 — Cleburne, Arkansas, United States Death: April 14, 2008 — Washington, Franklin, Missouri, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Lester Lynn Shemwell Birth: September 8, 1920 31 20 — Higden, Cleburne, Arkansas, United States Death: February 3, 2003 — Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States |
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15 months younger brother |
Ralph Ewing Shemwell Birth: November 26, 1921 32 22 — Cleburne, Arkansas, United States Death: March 26, 1982 — Arkansas, United States |
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4 years younger sister |
Constance Christine “Connie” Shemwell Birth: November 8, 1925 36 26 — Cleburne, Arkansas, United States Death: December 15, 2017 — Mesquite, Dallas, Texas, United States |
| Family with Doyle Robert Murphree |
| husband |
Doyle Robert Murphree Birth: February 7, 1915 — Shiloh, Cleburne, Arkansas, United States Death: March 3, 1996 — Washington, Franklin, Missouri, United States |
| herself |
Thelma Dean Shemwell Birth: February 28, 1918 28 18 — Cleburne, Arkansas, United States Death: April 14, 2008 — Washington, Franklin, Missouri, United States |
| son |
Doyle Robert Murphree Jr Birth: September 15, 1939 24 21 — Pulaski, Arkansas, United States Death: September 21, 1973 — Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States |
| son |
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| daughter |
Private |
| daughter |
Private |
| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Horace Otto Shemwell - Household
Walnut Street Heber Springs, Cleburne, Arkansas
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Horace Otto Shemwell - Household
Higden and Eglentine Rd. 1930 Saline, Cleburne, Arkansas - H C Shemwell
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