The Shemwell Family

Birth July 27, 1916
Illinois, United States

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 5 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 17 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/
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
MarriageGlendora Maxine Troutman — View this family
between 1941 and 1955 (Age 24 years)
Illinois, United States

Note: Glendora was listed as Glendora Webb in her father's 1955 Obituary. In the 1940 Census, she was listed as Glendora Brewington
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
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 33 years)
South Korea

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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 29 years)
Vietnam

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 May 9, 1988 (Age 71 years)
Macon, Illinois, United States

Burial
Graceland Cemetery, Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States

Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Graceland Cemetery
Family with Glendora Maxine Troutman - View this family
himself
Lloyd Ivan Webb
Birth: July 27, 1916 — Illinois, United States
Death: May 9, 1988 — Macon, Illinois, United States
wife
Glendora Maxine Troutman
Birth: August 20, 1918 48 33 — Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States
Death: February 19, 1990 — Illinois, United States
Marriage: between 1941 and 1955 — Illinois, United States
Randall McClure Brewington + Glendora Maxine Troutman - View this family
wife’s husband
Randall McClure Brewington
Birth: December 11, 1913 22 21 — Kentucky, United States
Death: October 21, 1960 — Kentucky, United States
wife
Glendora Maxine Troutman
Birth: August 20, 1918 48 33 — Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States
Death: February 19, 1990 — Illinois, United States
Marriage: about 1937 — Illinois, United States
1 year
step-daughter
Donna Mae Brewington
Birth: January 5, 1938 24 19 — Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States
Death: July 1, 2001 — Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States
Dennis M Brewington + Glendora Maxine Troutman - View this family
wife’s husband
Dennis M Brewington
Death:
wife
Glendora Maxine Troutman
Birth: August 20, 1918 48 33 — Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States
Death: February 19, 1990 — Illinois, United States
step-daughter
Private
step-son
Phillip Eugene Brewington
Birth: December 11, 1936 18 — Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States
Death: February 15, 1991 — Kentucky, United States

No family available

Marriage
Glendora was listed as Glendora Webb in her father's 1955 Obituary. In the 1940 Census, she was listed as Glendora Brewington
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