Iola Muriel ShemwellAge: 81 years1914–1995
- Name
- Iola Muriel Shemwell
- Given names
- Iola Muriel
- Surname
- Shemwell
- Married name
- Iola Muriel Tatum
 Birth | January 19, 1914 23 21 |
 Marriage | James Stuart Tatum — View this family unknown |
 Birth of a sister | Lucy Anna Shemwell January 8, 1916 (Age 23 months) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 23 months)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 2 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 3 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 23, 1920 (Age 6 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 15 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 1, 1930 (Age 16 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Alice Eliza “Anna” Griffith April 22, 1930 (Age 16 years) Cause: Chronic Interstitial Nephritis |
| Birth of a son #1 | James Stewart Tatum Jr. April 23, 1937 (Age 23 years) |
| Census | May 1, 1940 (Age 26 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 27 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 sister | Lucy Anna Shemwell October 20, 1952 (Age 38 years) Cause: Hodgkins Disease |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 35 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 | Fountain Murl Shemwell March 28, 1967 (Age 53 years) |
| Death of a husband | James Stuart Tatum December 31, 1968 (Age 54 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 31 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 mother | Sarah Catherine “Kitty” Spence April 5, 1985 (Age 71 years) |
 Death | April 19, 1995 (Age 81 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Lewisburg Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Fountain Murl Shemwell Birth: September 21, 1890 29 32 — Drakesboro, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: March 28, 1967 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Sarah Catherine “Kitty” Spence Birth: June 11, 1892 — McLean, Kentucky, United States Death: April 5, 1985 — Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: — |
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| younger sister |
Lucy Anna Shemwell Birth: January 8, 1916 25 23 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: October 20, 1952 — Kenton, Kentucky, United States |
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-2 years herself |
Iola Muriel Shemwell Birth: January 19, 1914 23 21 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: April 19, 1995 — Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States |
| Family with James Stuart Tatum |
| husband |
James Stuart Tatum Birth: April 3, 1913 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: December 31, 1968 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
| herself |
Iola Muriel Shemwell Birth: January 19, 1914 23 21 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: April 19, 1995 — Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: — |
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| son |
James Stewart Tatum Jr. Birth: April 23, 1937 24 23 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: December 8, 1996 |
| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Fountain Murl Shemwell - Household
Skilesville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Fountain Murl Shemwell - Household
Dist. 2, Broadway St. Drakesboro, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - James Stuart Tatum - Household
Beechland Road Logan, Kentucky
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