The Shemwell Family

Robert Mallette LongAge: 61 years19061967

Name
Robert Mallette Long
Given names
Robert Mallette
Surname
Long
Birth September 4, 1906 38 33
Death of a paternal grandfatherWilliam Nevins Long
January 8, 1907 (Age 4 months)
Birth of a brotherSamuel Hugh “Sammy” Long
April 20, 1909 (Age 2 years)
Census April 21, 1910 (Age 3 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherClara O Melton
July 18, 1910 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a sisterMartha Lee Long
October 26, 1911 (Age 5 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 9 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a sisterLucille Nancy Long
September 4, 1917 (Age 11 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 10 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 11 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 22, 1920 (Age 13 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 23 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 10, 1930 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Wilma J “Bobbie” Long
November 8, 1934 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 35 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 brotherUra Leo Long
April 11, 1948 (Age 41 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 43 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 fatherSamuel Walter Long
May 23, 1956 (Age 49 years)
Death of a motherFrances Louise “Fannie” Stallings
November 1, 1957 (Age 51 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 39 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 December 17, 1967 (Age 61 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Cedar Grove Fellowship Church Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: March 4, 1897Cabarrus, North Carolina, United States
10 months
elder brother
Ura Leo Long
Birth: January 3, 1898 29 24Bostic, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
Death: April 11, 1948Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
22 months
elder brother
William Matthew “Bill” Long
Birth: October 23, 1899 31 26Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
Death: May 28, 1968Hickory, Catawba, North Carolina, United States
22 months
elder sister
Clara Elizabeth Long
Birth: August 31, 1901 33 28North Carolina, United States
Death: February 26, 1982Rutherfordton, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
2 years
elder sister
Catherine Cleone Long
Birth: December 8, 1903 35 30North Carolina, United States
Death: October 25, 1989Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
3 years
himself
Robert Mallette Long
Birth: September 4, 1906 38 33Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
Death: December 17, 1967Rutherfordton, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
3 years
younger brother
Samuel Hugh “Sammy” Long
Birth: April 20, 1909 41 35Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
Death: September 10, 1976Rutherfordton, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
3 years
younger sister
Martha Lee Long
Birth: October 26, 1911 43 38North Carolina, United States
Death: October 22, 1991
6 years
younger sister
Lucille Nancy Long
Birth: September 4, 1917 49 44Bostic, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
Death: October 13, 2007
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himself
Robert Mallette Long
Birth: September 4, 1906 38 33Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
Death: December 17, 1967Rutherfordton, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
wife
Darcus Sue Hardin
Birth: December 30, 1911Forest City, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
Death: May 13, 1997Rutherfordton, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
daughter
son
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Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Samuel Walter Long - Household

Carson Mill Road Logan Store, Rutherford, North Carolina

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Long, Samuel WheadMW42M13NCNCNCFarmerGeneral Farm
Long, Fannie LwifeFW36M1366NCNCNC
Long, Ura LsonMW12SNCNCNCFarm LaborerHome Farm
Long, William MsonMW10SNCNCNCFarm LaborerHome Farm
Long, Clara EdaughterFW8SNCNCNC
Long, Catherine CdaughterFW6SNCNCNC
Long, Robert MsonMW3SNCNCNC
Long, Samuel HsonMW11mSNCNCNC
Long, Clara OmotherFW73Wd21NCNCNC

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Samuel Walter Long - Household

Logan Store, Rutherford, North Carolina

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Long, Samuel WheadMW51MNCNCNCFarmerHome Farm
Long, Fannie LwifeFW46MNCNCNC
Long, Ura LsonMW21SNCNCNCFarmingHome Farm
Long, ClaradaughterFW18SNCNCNC
Long, CleonedaughterFW16SNCNCNC
Long, Robert MsonMW13SNCNCNCFarmingHome Farm
Long, Samuel HsonMW10SNCNCNC
Long, Martha LdaughterFW8SNCNCNC
Long, NancydaughterFW3SNCNCNC

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Samuel Walter Long - Household

Sunshine to Rutherford Logan Store, Rutherford, North Carolina

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Long, Sam WheadMW62M29NCNCNCFarmerGeneral Farm
Long, FanniewifeFW57M24NCNCNC
Long, Ura LsonMW32SNCNCNC
Long, Catherine LdaughterFW26SNCNCNC
Long, Robert MsonMW23SNCNCNC
Long, Samuel MsonMW20SNCNCNC
Long, Martha LeedaughterFW18SNCNCNC
Long, Nancy LdaughterFW13SNCNCNC