Laura Joetta ShemwellAge: 85 years1929–2014
- Name
- Laura Joetta Shemwell
- Given names
- Laura Joetta
- Surname
- Shemwell
- Married name
- Laura Joetta Maddox
- Married name
- Laura Joetta Richards
- Married name
- Laura Joetta Lee
- Married name
- Laura Joetta Hillard
 Birth | March 31, 1929 38 31 |
 Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 6 months)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 | May 3, 1930 (Age 13 months) |
| Census | May 2, 1940 (Age 11 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 12 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 maternal grandmother | Ida Mae Blythe December 21, 1948 (Age 19 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Andrew Jackson Gunn March 7, 1949 (Age 19 years) |
| Census | April 7, 1950 (Age 21 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 20 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 husband | Maurice Brown Maddox July 30, 1954 (Age 25 years) |
| Death of a brother | Edwin Dixon “Buddy” Shemwell November 29, 1969 (Age 40 years) |
 Marriage | Jesse Hillard — View this family before 1971 (Age 41 years) |
| Death of a husband | Jesse Hillard May 1973 (Age 44 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 16 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 father | Leonard Mason Shemwell October 3, 1979 (Age 50 years) |
| Death of a mother | Eulah Swan Gunn April 13, 1988 (Age 59 years) |
| Death of a brother | Leonard Donald Shemwell September 16, 1997 (Age 68 years) |
| Death of a sister | Ida Abigail Shemwell May 29, 1999 (Age 70 years) Cause: Uremia |
| Death of a sister | Eula Mae Shemwell February 3, 2009 (Age 79 years) |
| Death of a sister | Claudene Shemwell February 4, 2010 (Age 80 years) |
 Death | May 17, 2014 (Age 85 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Cherry Hill Cemetery |
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Leonard Mason Shemwell Birth: March 8, 1891 34 33 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: October 3, 1979 — Central City, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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Eulah Swan Gunn Birth: May 6, 1897 29 25 — Hopkins, Kentucky, United States Death: April 13, 1988 — Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
| elder sister |
Ida Abigail Shemwell Birth: February 8, 1916 24 18 — Cleaton, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: May 29, 1999 — Culver, Marshall, Indiana, United States |
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22 months elder sister |
Allie Gray Shemwell Birth: December 19, 1917 26 20 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: February 12, 1918 — Cleaton, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years elder brother |
Edwin Dixon “Buddy” Shemwell Birth: December 13, 1919 28 22 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: November 29, 1969 — Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States |
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21 months elder brother |
Leonard Donald Shemwell Birth: September 8, 1921 30 24 — Kentucky, United States Death: September 16, 1997 — Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years elder sister |
Claudene Shemwell Birth: January 31, 1924 32 26 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: February 4, 2010 — Grovertown, Starke, Indiana, United States |
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17 months elder sister |
Eula Mae Shemwell Birth: July 5, 1925 34 28 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: February 3, 2009 — Plymouth, Marshall, Indiana, United States |
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4 years herself |
Laura Joetta Shemwell Birth: March 31, 1929 38 31 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: May 17, 2014 — Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky, United States |
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Maurice Brown Maddox Birth: December 30, 1922 — Ohio, Kentucky, United States Death: July 30, 1954 |
| herself |
Laura Joetta Shemwell Birth: March 31, 1929 38 31 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: May 17, 2014 — Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky, United States |
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Laura Joetta Shemwell Birth: March 31, 1929 38 31 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: May 17, 2014 — Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky, United States |
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Laura Joetta Shemwell Birth: March 31, 1929 38 31 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: May 17, 2014 — Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky, United States |
| Family with Jesse Hillard |
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Jesse Hillard Birth: January 4, 1918 Death: May 1973 |
| herself |
Laura Joetta Shemwell Birth: March 31, 1929 38 31 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: May 17, 2014 — Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: before 1971 — |
| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Leonard Mason Shemwell - Household
Central City, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
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