Fountain Murl ShemwellAge: 76 years1890–1967
- Name
- Fountain Murl Shemwell
- Given names
- Fountain Murl
- Surname
- Shemwell
 Birth | September 21, 1890 29 32 |
 Marriage | Sarah Catherine “Kitty” Spence — View this family unknown |
 Birth of a sister | Lillian Birtie Shemwell April 17, 1895 (Age 4 years) |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 7 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 |
 Census | June 8, 1900 (Age 9 years) |
| Death of a father | Redic Young Shemwell 1904 (Age 13 years) |
| Census | April 15, 1910 (Age 19 years) |
 Occupation | Miner 1910 (Age 19 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Eliza Ann “Lizia” Latham April 18, 1912 (Age 21 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Iola Muriel Shemwell January 19, 1914 (Age 23 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Lucy Anna Shemwell January 8, 1916 (Age 25 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 25 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
 Military | WW I Draft registration June 5, 1917 (Age 26 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 26 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 27 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 23, 1920 (Age 29 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | James Lewis Shemwell January 21, 1926 (Age 35 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 39 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 39 years) |
| Death of a mother | Alice Eliza “Anna” Griffith April 22, 1930 (Age 39 years) Cause: Chronic Interstitial Nephritis |
| Marriage of a child | Alfred Wilson Sitz — Lucy Anna Shemwell — View this family estimated 1936 (Age 45 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Sheradine Sitz January 2, 1937 (Age 46 years) |
| Death of a grandson | Sheradine Sitz January 2, 1937 (Age 46 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | James Stewart Tatum Jr. April 23, 1937 (Age 46 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | David Dale Sitz July 28, 1943 (Age 52 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 51 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 brother | Don Carlos Shemwell August 26, 1947 (Age 56 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Lucy Anna Shemwell October 20, 1952 (Age 62 years) Cause: Hodgkins Disease |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 59 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 55 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 |
| Religion | Baptist before 1967 (Age 76 years) |
| Death of a sister | Lillian Birtie Shemwell January 23, 1967 (Age 76 years) |
 Death | March 28, 1967 (Age 76 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Rose Hill Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Redic Young Shemwell Birth: September 1861 21 19 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: 1904 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Alice Eliza “Anna” Griffith Birth: January 7, 1858 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: April 22, 1930 — Drakesboro, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: July 28, 1881 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years elder brother |
Don Carlos Shemwell Birth: December 6, 1883 22 25 — Kentucky, United States Death: August 26, 1947 — Drakesboro, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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7 years himself |
Fountain Murl Shemwell Birth: September 21, 1890 29 32 — Drakesboro, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: March 28, 1967 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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5 years younger sister |
Lillian Birtie Shemwell Birth: April 17, 1895 33 37 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: January 23, 1967 |
| Family with Sarah Catherine “Kitty” Spence |
| himself |
Fountain Murl Shemwell Birth: September 21, 1890 29 32 — Drakesboro, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: March 28, 1967 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
| wife |
Sarah Catherine “Kitty” Spence Birth: June 11, 1892 — McLean, Kentucky, United States Death: April 5, 1985 — Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: — |
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| daughter |
Lucy Anna Shemwell Birth: January 8, 1916 25 23 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: October 20, 1952 — Kenton, Kentucky, United States |
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-2 years daughter |
Iola Muriel Shemwell Birth: January 19, 1914 23 21 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: April 19, 1995 — Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States |
Fountain Murl Shemwell has 17 first cousins recorded
Father's family (17)
Parents David W O'Neal + Mary Elizabeth “Betty” Shemwell
Parents John E Murphy + Mary Elizabeth “Betty” Shemwell
Parents James H “Jim” Murphy + Talitha Jennie Shemwell
Parents Samuel Richard Shemwell + Hettie J “Etta” McBride
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Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Redic Y Shemwell - Household
Central City, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Anna Eliza Griffith - Household
Drakesboro, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Fountain Murl Shemwell - Household
Skilesville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Fountain Murl Shemwell - Household
Dist. 2, Broadway St. Drakesboro, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
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