The Shemwell Family

Events of close relatives Historical facts
Death of a maternal grandfather	George William Keelin August 8, 1908 Datto, Clay, Arkansas, United States
Historical Event	Polio Epidemic 1916 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 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 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/
Death of a half-sister	Bessie Elizabeth Jenkins December 23, 1927 Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States
Historical Event	The Great Depression October 1929 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
Death of a half-sister	Minnie Ethel Jenkins June 26, 1945
Historical Event	World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 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 South Korea 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 Vietnam 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	unknown

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Family with parents - View this family

father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Lauretta Jane Keelin George Ray Marion Ray Death:
mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse John S Jenkins Minnie Ethel Jenkins John S Jenkins Jr. Bessie Elizabeth Jenkins Family with spouse Marion Ray George Ray Lauretta Jane Keelin Birth: March 24, 1868 30 27 — Galaita, Saline, Illinois, United States Death: June 26, 1895
	Marriage: September 19, 1894 — Illinois, United States
himself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree George Ray Death:

Mother’s family with John S Jenkins - View this family

step-father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Lauretta Jane Keelin Minnie Ethel Jenkins John S Jenkins Jr. Bessie Elizabeth Jenkins John S Jenkins Death:
mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse John S Jenkins Minnie Ethel Jenkins John S Jenkins Jr. Bessie Elizabeth Jenkins Family with spouse Marion Ray George Ray Lauretta Jane Keelin Birth: March 24, 1868 30 27 — Galaita, Saline, Illinois, United States Death: June 26, 1895
	Marriage: October 11, 1885 — Galatia, Saline, Illinois, United States
11 months half-sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Uriah Hezekiah “Pete” Hicks Jesse Hicks Perry Logan Hicks Shearl Elvin Hicks Earl Melvin Hicks Willard Jeffrey Hicks Elbie Uriah Hicks Minnie Ethel Jenkins Birth: September 2, 1886 18 Death: June 26, 1945
2 years half-brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree John S Jenkins Jr. Birth: 1888 19 Death: December 7, 1888
14 months half-sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Dewitt E Dicken Christeen C Dicken Lawrence H Dicken Loren Virgil Dicken Vada Lorene Dicken Family with spouse James Taylor Bruce Bessie Elizabeth Jenkins Birth: March 15, 1889 20 — Galatia, Saline, Illinois, United States Death: December 23, 1927 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States

Family with parents
father Parents (unknown)	Marion Ray –
mother Parents George William Keelin Sarah Elizabeth Laswell	Lauretta Jane Keelin 1868–1895
himself Family (none)	George Ray –
Mother’s family with John S Jenkins
step-father Parents (unknown)	John S Jenkins –
mother Parents George William Keelin Sarah Elizabeth Laswell	Lauretta Jane Keelin 1868–1895
half-sister Family Uriah Hezekiah “Pete” Hicks Jesse Hicks Perry Logan Hicks Shearl Elvin Hicks Earl Melvin Hicks Willard Jeffrey Hicks Elbie Uriah Hicks Private Private Private	Minnie Ethel Jenkins 1886–1945
half-brother Family (none)	John S Jenkins Jr. 1888–1888
half-sister Family Dewitt E Dicken Christeen C Dicken Lawrence H Dicken Loren Virgil Dicken Vada Lorene Dicken James Taylor Bruce Private	Bessie Elizabeth Jenkins 1889–1927