The Shemwell Family

Lettie V ShemwellAge: 29 years18921922

Name
Lettie V Shemwell
Given names
Lettie V
Surname
Shemwell
Married name
Lettie V Yonts
Birth June 21, 1892 30 30
Death of a paternal grandmotherMartha Jane “Mattie” Pidcock
May 20, 1894 (Age 22 months)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 5 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 6, 1900 (Age 7 years)
Census April 16, 1910 (Age 17 years)
MarriageWilliam Herbert YontsView this family
December 27, 1910 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Murl Wilbur Yonts
September 26, 1911 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Mildred Virginia Yonts
October 2, 1913 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Harold Ray Yonts
May 26, 1915 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 23 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 son
#4
Lennis Paul Yonts
May 29, 1918 (Age 25 years)
Death of a sonLennis Paul Yonts
August 31, 1918 (Age 26 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 24 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 25 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 20, 1920 (Age 27 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherSamuel Black Shemwell
December 22, 1921 (Age 29 years)
Cause: Chronic Interstitial Nephritis
Note: Name: S. B. Shemwell
Death January 23, 1922 (Age 29 years)
Cause of death: Tuberculous of Lungs
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Miller Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Elizabeth Ellen “Eliza” Jarvis
Birth: April 29, 1862 42Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: March 2, 1940Bellevue, Campbell, Kentucky, United States
Marriage: March 3, 1889Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
3 years
herself
Father’s family with Jerusia Ellen Downs - View this family
father
step-mother
Jerusia Ellen Downs
Birth: about 1852Kentucky, United States
Death: before 1884Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Marriage: December 31, 1879Todd, Kentucky, United States
Father’s family with Martha E “Mattie” O'Neal - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: August 21, 1884Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Family with William Herbert Yonts - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: December 27, 1910Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
9 months
son
Murl Wilbur Yonts
Birth: September 26, 1911 25 19Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 22, 1991Pinellas, Florida, United States
2 years
daughter
Mildred Virginia Yonts
Birth: October 2, 1913 27 21Cleaton, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: September 13, 1995Kenton, Kentucky, United States
20 months
son
Harold Ray Yonts
Birth: May 26, 1915 29 22Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: March 12, 1979LaVerne, Los Angeles, California, United States
3 years
son
Lennis Paul Yonts
Birth: May 29, 1918 32 25Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 31, 1918Cleaton, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
William Herbert Yonts + Nina Merle Clark - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
step-son
Woodrow Yonts
Birth: August 11, 1924 38 24Cleaton, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: March 6, 2008Hanson, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States
step-daughter
Private

Lettie V Shemwell has 14 first cousins recorded

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Samuel M Shemwell - Household

Central City, Muhlenberg, Kentucky

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Shemwell, SamuelheadWMJun186138M11KYKYKYCoal miner
Shemwell, Eliza EwifeWFSept186238M1131KYKYKY
Shemwell, Lettia VdaughterWFJun18927SKYKYKY
Jarvis, Nanniesister in lawWFOctSKYKYKY

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Samuel M Shemwell - Household

Bevier, Muhlenberg, KY

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Shemwell, S MheadMW48M21KYKYKYCoal miner
Shemwell, E EwifeFW48M2131KYKYKY
Shemwell, Letty VdaughterFW17SKYKYKY
Shemwell, S BfatherMW77WdKYKYKY
Shemwell, Nannieyounger sisterFW41SKYKYKY
Jarvis, Nanniesister in lawFW53WdKYKYKY
Jarvis, RowlandboarderMW29SKYKYKY

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - William Herbert Yonts - Household

Central City, Muhlenberg, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPFBPMBPOccupationIndEmp
Herbert YontsheadMW33MKYKYKYMiner
Lettie YontswifeFW28MKYKYKY
Murl YontssonMW8SKYKYKY
Mildred YontsdaughterFW6SKYKYKY
Harold YontssonMW4-7mSKYKYKY