The Shemwell Family

Fannie BellAge: 74 years18961971

Name
Fannie Bell
Given names
Fannie
Surname
Bell
Married name
Fannie Shemwell
Birth March 14, 1896
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 2 years)
Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 19 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 20 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 21 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/
MarriageJack Owen ShemwellView this family
November 4, 1922 (Age 26 years)

Birth of a son
#1
Roscoe Green Shemwell
August 31, 1923 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Mary Adlene Shemwell
December 4, 1925 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 33 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 34 years)
Census April 8, 1940 (Age 44 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 45 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 53 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 husbandJack Owen Shemwell
November 19, 1968 (Age 72 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 49 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 January 15, 1971 (Age 74 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Shemwell Cemetery
Family with Jack Owen Shemwell - View this family
husband
Jack Owen Shemwell
Birth: May 30, 1887 40 32Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death: November 19, 1968Kentucky, United States
herself
Fannie Bell
Birth: March 14, 1896Kentucky, United States
Death: January 15, 1971Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Marriage: November 4, 1922
10 months
son
Roscoe Green Shemwell
Birth: August 31, 1923 36 27Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 17, 2000Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States
2 years
daughter
Mary Adlene Shemwell
Birth: December 4, 1925 38 29Oak Level, Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 14, 1999Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States

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Census1930 United States - Census transcript - John Owen Shemwell - Household

Dist. 4 Oak Level, Marshall Ky.

NameRelationAssetsSexRaceAgeMCAgMEduBPFBPMBPNLYOIN/AEng?OccupationIndustryEmployVetWar
Jack O ShemwellheadM42M35KYKYKYFarmerFarmYWW
Fannie ShemwellwifeF34M27KYILTN
Roscoe G ShemwellsonM6S-KYKYKY
Mary A ShemwelldaughterF4S-KYKYKY

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - John Owen “Jack” Shemwell - Household

Benton KY 2 Paducob-Wadesbon Road Benton, Marshall, Kentucky

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Shemwell, JackheadMW52MKYSame HouseFarmerFarming
Shemwell, FanniewifeFW44MKYSame House
Shemwell, RoscoesonMW17SKYSame House
Shemwell, AdlenedaughterFW14SKYSame House