The Shemwell Family

Laura Leigh ShemwellAge: 82 years19242006

Name
Laura Leigh Shemwell
Given names
Laura Leigh
Surname
Shemwell
Married name
Laura Leigh Bailey
Birth July 9, 1924 24 20
Death of a paternal grandfatherJames Washington Shemwell
September 26, 1926 (Age 2 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherLaura Lee Brinkley
October 25, 1927 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherJoseph Howard “Joe” Shemwell
April 29, 1928 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 5 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 2, 1930 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a sisterAgnes Minnie Shemwell
February 22, 1934 (Age 9 years)
Census April 6, 1940 (Age 15 years)
MarriageBrowder Benton BaileyView this family
April 23, 1942 (Age 17 years)

Birth of a son
#1
Benton Lee Bailey
March 16, 1943 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Joe Kenneth Bailey
April 20, 1945 (Age 20 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 17 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 11, 1950 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 25 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 fatherCharles Howard Shemwell
May 18, 1961 (Age 36 years)
Marriage of a childBenton Lee BaileyJayne Harris BaileyView this family
February 17, 1962 (Age 37 years)

Death of a sisterAgnes Minnie Shemwell
November 11, 1963 (Age 39 years)

Death of a motherViolet Marie Burgess
July 29, 1969 (Age 45 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 21 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 brotherJoseph Howard “Joe” Shemwell
June 13, 1978 (Age 53 years)
Death of a sisterElizabeth Marie Shemwell
April 24, 1984 (Age 59 years)
Death of a husbandBrowder Benton Bailey
March 19, 2001 (Age 76 years)
Death of a sonBenton Lee Bailey
January 8, 2005 (Age 80 years)

Death December 17, 2006 (Age 82 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Lewisburg Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: July 15, 1922Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
9 months
elder sister
Elizabeth Marie Shemwell
Birth: April 16, 1923 23 19Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: April 24, 1984Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky, United States
15 months
herself
Laura Leigh Shemwell
Birth: July 9, 1924 24 20Kentucky, United States
Death: December 17, 2006Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States
4 years
younger brother
Joseph Howard “Joe” Shemwell
Birth: April 29, 1928 28 24Cleaton, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: June 13, 1978Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan, United States
6 years
younger sister
Agnes Minnie Shemwell
Birth: February 22, 1934 34 30Kentucky, United States
Death: November 11, 1963
Family with Browder Benton Bailey - View this family
husband
herself
Laura Leigh Shemwell
Birth: July 9, 1924 24 20Kentucky, United States
Death: December 17, 2006Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States
Marriage: April 23, 1942
3 years
son
Joe Kenneth Bailey
Birth: April 20, 1945 26 20Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: April 25, 2015Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
-2 years
son

Laura Leigh Shemwell has 33 first cousins recorded

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Charles Howard Shemwell - Household

Central City, Muhlenberg, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Shemwell, Charles HheadMW29M21KYKYKY
Shemwell, Violet MwifeFW26M18KYINEngland
Shemwell, Elizabeth MdaughterFW6SKYKYKY
Shemwell, Laura LdaughterFW5SKYKYKY
Shemwell, Joseph HsonMW1SKYKYKY

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Charles Howard Shemwell - Household

Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky

NameInfoRelationInfoHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Shemwell, HowardheadMW39MKYSame PlaceLaborerRoad Project
Shemwell, VioletXwifeFW36MKYSame Place
Shemwell, ElizabethdaughterFW16SKYSame Place
Shemwell, Laura LeighdaughterFW15SKYSame Place
Shemwell, Joseph HsonMW11SKYSame Place
Shemwell, AgnesdaughterFW6SKYSame Place

Census1950 United States - Census transcript - Browder Benton Bailey - Household

Union, Clermont, Ohio

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Bailey, BrowderheadMW45MarKYMechanicAutomobile
Bailey, LaurawifeFW38MarTN
Bailey, BentonsonMW7NevKY
Bailey, Joe KsonMW4NevKY