Lena BoleyAge: 93 years1914–2008
- Name
- Lena Boley
- Given names
- Lena
- Surname
- Boley
- Married name
- Lena Shemwell
 Birth | June 24, 1914 46 38 |
 Death of a father | William Mode Boley February 19, 1916 (Age 19 months) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 18 months)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 2 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 3 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/ |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 15 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 |
| Birth of a son #1 | James Albert Shemwell May 21, 1935 (Age 20 years) |
 Census | April 16, 1940 (Age 25 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 27 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 |
| Census | April 5, 1950 (Age 35 years) |
| Death of a mother | Lorena Miller July 8, 1951 (Age 37 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 35 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 31 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 |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Barry Shemwell April 3, 1979 (Age 64 years) |
| Death of a husband | Abbett Homer Shemwell June 1, 1985 (Age 70 years) |
| Burial of a husband | Abbett Homer Shemwell 1985 (Age 70 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Pleasant Hill Cemetery |
| Death of a brother | John Bernice Boley January 16, 1996 (Age 81 years) |
 Death | May 31, 2008 (Age 93 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Pleasant Hill Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
William Mode Boley Birth: June 2, 1868 — Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: February 19, 1916 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Lorena Miller Birth: January 10, 1876 — Kentucky, United States Death: July 8, 1951 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: — |
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| elder brother |
John Bernice Boley Birth: January 3, 1905 36 28 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: January 16, 1996 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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10 years herself |
Lena Boley Birth: June 24, 1914 46 38 — Kentucky, United States Death: May 31, 2008 — Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States |
| Family with Abbett Homer Shemwell |
| husband |
Abbett Homer Shemwell Birth: February 19, 1904 31 32 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: June 1, 1985 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
| herself |
Lena Boley Birth: June 24, 1914 46 38 — Kentucky, United States Death: May 31, 2008 — Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States |
| son |
James Albert Shemwell Birth: May 21, 1935 31 20 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: May 29, 2011 — Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States |
| son |
Private |
| Abbett Homer Shemwell + Dovie Lucille Agee |
| husband |
Abbett Homer Shemwell Birth: February 19, 1904 31 32 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: June 1, 1985 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
| husband’s wife |
Dovie Lucille Agee Birth: December 30, 1914 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: January 10, 1995 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: November 5, 1931 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
Lena Boley has 0 first cousins recorded
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Abbett Homer Shemwell - Household
Dist. 4 Todd, Kentucky
In Sharon Grove 4/1/1935 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1950 United States - Census transcript - Abbett Homer Shemwell - Household
Highland Lick Road Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States
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