The Shemwell Family

Rev. Werner Guy ShemwellAge: 80 years18801961

Name
Rev. Werner Guy Shemwell
Name prefix
Rev.
Given names
Werner Guy
Surname
Shemwell
Birth July 28, 1880 22 18
Birth of a sisterEffie Shemwell
April 14, 1884 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a sisterLillie E Shemwell
August 1887 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a brotherHorace Otto Shemwell
August 27, 1889 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a sisterMamie G Shemwell
May 21, 1892 (Age 11 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherHenry Cox Shemwell
January 16, 1893 (Age 12 years)
Birth of a sisterNora Christine Shemwell
December 31, 1893 (Age 13 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 17 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
Birth of a sisterZula Montey Shemwell
November 17, 1898 (Age 18 years)
Census June 1, 1900 (Age 19 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherEliza Jane Reed
October 31, 1908 (Age 28 years)
Cause: Kicked by a mule
Death of a sisterEffie Shemwell
March 11, 1910 (Age 29 years)
Cause: Pneumonia-Measles-While attending school
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 35 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Military
WW1 Draft
September 12, 1918 (Age 38 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 36 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 37 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/
Birth of a daughter
#1
Vera Cleone Shemwell
March 6, 1919 (Age 38 years)
Census January 12, 1920 (Age 39 years)
Death of a fatherMilous Greene “Miles” Shemwell
October 26, 1922 (Age 42 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 49 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 49 years)
Census April 8, 1940 (Age 59 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
James Edward Williams
November 26, 1941 (Age 61 years)
Military
WW2 Draft
1942 (Age 61 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
Bobby Ray Williams
December 20, 1943 (Age 63 years)
Death of a motherLouisa Ann “Anna” Legate
February 7, 1944 (Age 63 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 61 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 69 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 65 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 May 14, 1961 (Age 80 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Pinecrest Memorial Park
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: September 7, 1879Randolph, Arkansas, United States
11 months
himself
Rev. Werner Guy Shemwell
Birth: July 28, 1880 22 18Sherman, Gray, Texas, United States
Death: May 14, 1961Pulaski, Arkansas, United States
4 years
younger sister
Effie Shemwell
Birth: April 14, 1884 26 22Arkansas, United States
Death: March 11, 1910Chillicothe, Livingston, Missouri, United States
3 years
younger sister
Lillie E Shemwell
Birth: August 1887 29 25Arkansas, United States
Death: January 7, 1971
2 years
younger brother
3 years
younger sister
Mamie G Shemwell
Birth: May 21, 1892 34 30Arkansas, United States
Death: June 1984
19 months
younger sister
Nora Christine Shemwell
Birth: December 31, 1893 35 32Pitman, Randolph, Arkansas, United States
Death: May 1984Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States
5 years
younger sister
Family with Gladdell Hill - View this family
himself
Rev. Werner Guy Shemwell
Birth: July 28, 1880 22 18Sherman, Gray, Texas, United States
Death: May 14, 1961Pulaski, Arkansas, United States
wife
daughter
son
Private

Rev. Werner Guy Shemwell has 16 first cousins recorded

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Milous Greene Shemwell - Household

Clay Arkansas

NameRelationRaceSexDOBAgeMCYrsMChBChLBPFBPMBPYUSYOIN/AOccupationMnsUEduEng?Home
Miles ShemwellheadWMMar 185842M20--KYNCKYFarmer
Anna ShemwellwifeWFDec 186138M2087ILTNUWI
Werner G ShemwellsonWMJul 188019S---TXKYILAt School
Effie ShemwelldaughterWFApr 188416S---ARKYILAt School
Lillie ShemwelldaughterWFAug 188712S---ARKYILAt School
Horace ShemwellsonWMAug 188910S---ARKYILAt School
Mamie ShemwelldaughterWFMay 18928S---ARKYIL
Christine ShemwelldaughterWFDec 18936S---ARKYIL
Zula ShemwelldaughterWFNov 18981S---ARKYIL

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Rev. Werner Guy Shemwell - Household

Quitman St. Heber Springs, Cleburne, Arkansas

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Shemwell, Werner GheadMW39MTXKYILCounty TreasurerCounty
Shemwell, GladdellwifeFW22MARTNTN
Shemwell, Vera CdaughterFW10mSARTXAR