Jesse ShemwellAge: 90 years1899–1989
- Name
- Jesse Shemwell
- Given names
- Jesse
- Surname
- Shemwell
- Married name
- Jesse Holmes
 Birth | July 27, 1899 41 37 |
 Census | June 1, 1900 (Age 10 months) |
 Birth of a brother | Elza Shemwell July 1, 1903 (Age 3 years) |
| Death of a brother | Elza Shemwell July 30, 1903 (Age 4 years) |
| Census | April 15, 1910 (Age 10 years) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 16 years)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 (Age 17 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 |
 Marriage | Clois Holmes — View this family 1918 (Age 18 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 18 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/ |
| Death of a brother | Lovelace Roscoe Shemwell January 23, 1919 (Age 19 years) Address: Camp McClellan Cause: Died in Flu epidemic of 1919 |
| Birth of a son #1 | Clois Holmes Jr. October 14, 1919 (Age 20 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Jesse Eugene Holmes February 15, 1925 (Age 25 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 30 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 4, 1930 (Age 30 years) |
| Death of a mother | Martha Matilda Donelson March 3, 1931 (Age 31 years) |
| Census | April 12, 1940 (Age 40 years) |
| Death of a father | William Elza “Bill” Shemwell March 2, 1944 (Age 44 years) Note: Home of Son of Carl on Estes Lane in Paducah, KY. Pa lived with my grandparents, Carl and Maude - Lenore55 |
| Death of a son | Clois Holmes Jr. March 14, 1945 (Age 45 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 42 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 50 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 brother | Carl McCoy Shemwell July 27, 1966 (Age 67 years) |
| Death of a brother | Henry Claude Shemwell February 21, 1967 (Age 67 years) |
| Death of a sister | Ruby Shemwell August 13, 1968 (Age 69 years) |
| Death of a brother | Rex Shemwell August 26, 1973 (Age 74 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 46 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 husband | Clois Holmes June 13, 1989 (Age 89 years) |
 Death | September 8, 1989 (Age 90 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Benton Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
William Elza “Bill” Shemwell Birth: February 20, 1858 35 33 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: March 2, 1944 — Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Martha Matilda Donelson Birth: October 14, 1861 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: March 3, 1931 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: about 1883 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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16 months elder brother |
Henry Claude Shemwell Birth: May 7, 1884 26 22 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: February 21, 1967 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years elder brother |
Lovelace Roscoe Shemwell Birth: July 31, 1886 28 24 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: January 23, 1919 — Calhoun, Alabama, United States |
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2 years elder sister |
Willie N Shemwell Birth: August 5, 1888 30 26 Death: October 29, 1889 |
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2 years elder brother |
Carl McCoy Shemwell Birth: November 27, 1890 32 29 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: July 27, 1966 — McCracken, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years elder sister |
Ruby Shemwell Birth: February 22, 1894 36 32 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: August 13, 1968 — Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States |
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2 years elder brother |
Rex Shemwell Birth: April 14, 1896 38 34 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: August 26, 1973 — Nokomis, Sarasota, Florida, United States |
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2 years elder sister |
Ruth Shemwell Birth: July 3, 1898 40 36 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: July 28, 1898 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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13 months herself |
Jesse Shemwell Birth: July 27, 1899 41 37 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: September 8, 1989 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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4 years younger brother |
Elza Shemwell Birth: July 1, 1903 45 41 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: July 30, 1903 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
| Family with Clois Holmes |
| husband |
Clois Holmes Birth: July 24, 1897 — Kentucky, United States Death: June 13, 1989 — Red Bud, Randolph, Illinois, United States |
| herself |
Jesse Shemwell Birth: July 27, 1899 41 37 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: September 8, 1989 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: 1918 — Massac, Illinois, United States |
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21 months son |
Clois Holmes Jr. Birth: October 14, 1919 22 20 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: March 14, 1945 — San Mateo, California, United States |
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5 years son |
Jesse Eugene Holmes Birth: February 15, 1925 27 25 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: December 13, 2010 — Metropolis, Massac, Illinois, United States |
Jesse Shemwell has 5 first cousins recorded
Father's family (5)
Parents Milous Green Shemwell + Emma Holmes
Parents Milous Green Shemwell + Mordecia “Decia” Thompson
Parents Charles Lee “Charlie” Shemwell + Alice Starks
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - William Elza Shemwell - Household
Oak Level, Marshall Ky.
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - William Elza Shemwell - Household
Dist. 4 Marshall Ky.
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Clois Holmes - Household
Marshall, Kentucky
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Clois Holmes - Household
Mayfield Highway Marshall, Kentucky
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