Odell Shemwell Vestal Sr.Age: 90 years1907–1998
- Name
- Odell Shemwell Vestal Sr.
- Given names
- Odell Shemwell
- Surname
- Vestal
- Name suffix
- Sr.
 Birth | September 30, 1907 47 30 |
 Census | May 3, 1910 (Age 2 years) |
 Birth of a sister | Sarah Francis Vestal August 26, 1910 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Alice Mae Vestal March 27, 1915 (Age 7 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Sarah Elizabeth “Sally” Thompson February 21, 1916 (Age 8 years) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 8 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 sister | Christine Vestal November 21, 1917 (Age 10 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 9 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 10 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 2, 1920 (Age 12 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 22 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 1930 (Age 22 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Walter Willis Vestal October 31, 1937 (Age 30 years) |
| Death of a brother | Willis Jasper Vestal Jr. March 16, 1938 (Age 30 years) |
| Census | April 1, 1940 (Age 32 years) |
 Military | WW2 Draft October 16, 1940 (Age 33 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Odell Shemwell Vestal Jr. July 18, 1941 (Age 33 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 34 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 father | Dr. Willis Jasper Vestal December 7, 1952 (Age 45 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 42 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 mother | Mary “May” Shemwell March 29, 1961 (Age 53 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 38 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 wife | Sara Belle Mitchell December 24, 1995 (Age 88 years) |
| Death of a sister | Etta Elizabeth Vestal March 17, 1997 (Age 89 years) |
| Death of a sister | Sarah Francis Vestal April 14, 1998 (Age 90 years) |
 Death | July 7, 1998 (Age 90 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Elmwood Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Dr. Willis Jasper Vestal Birth: September 26, 1860 — Yadkin, North Carolina, United States Death: December 7, 1952 — Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
| mother |
Mary “May” Shemwell Birth: April 12, 1877 47 38 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: March 29, 1961 |
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Marriage: December 11, 1894 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
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23 months elder sister |
Etta Elizabeth Vestal Birth: October 29, 1896 36 19 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: March 17, 1997 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
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9 months elder brother |
Willis Jasper Vestal Jr. Birth: July 17, 1897 36 20 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: March 16, 1938 — Durham, Durham, North Carolina, United States |
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2 years elder brother |
Joel Vestal Birth: September 21, 1899 38 22 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: September 21, 1899 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
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8 years himself |
Odell Shemwell Vestal Sr. Birth: September 30, 1907 47 30 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: July 7, 1998 — Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Sarah Francis Vestal Birth: August 26, 1910 49 33 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: April 14, 1998 — Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
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5 years younger sister |
Alice Mae Vestal Birth: March 27, 1915 54 37 — North Carolina, United States Death: February 11, 2011 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Christine Vestal Birth: November 21, 1917 57 40 — North Carolina, United States Death: July 12, 2017 — Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States |
| Family with Sara Belle Mitchell |
| himself |
Odell Shemwell Vestal Sr. Birth: September 30, 1907 47 30 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: July 7, 1998 — Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States |
| wife |
Sara Belle Mitchell Birth: March 29, 1908 34 28 — North Carolina, United States Death: December 24, 1995 — North Carolina, United States |
| son |
Walter Willis Vestal Birth: October 31, 1937 30 29 — Catawba, North Carolina, United States Death: June 2, 2006 |
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4 years son |
Odell Shemwell Vestal Jr. Birth: July 18, 1941 33 33 — Catawba, Catawba, North Carolina, United States Death: June 26, 2009 — Ocean Isle Beach, Brunswick, North Carolina, United States |
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Private |
Odell Shemwell Vestal Sr. has 9 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (9)
Parents Baxter Shemwell + Susannah Fitzhugh “Susan” Battaile
Parents Baxter Shemwell + Laura E Bernheim
Parents Louis Burnis Wheeler + Cora B Shemwell
Parents Theodore Earl McCrary + Etta Shemwell
Parents Harold Shemwell + Sallie Borum Dey
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Dr. Willis J Vestal - Household
1 st. ??? Lexington, Davidson, NC.
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Dr. Willis J Vestal - Household
Lexington, Davidson, NC.
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Dr. Willis J Vestal - Household
West 1st Ave Lexington, Davidson, NC.
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Dr. Odell Shemwell Vestal - Household
12th Ave Hickory Tnshp Catawba NC
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