Samuel Shemwell1877–
- Name
- Samuel Shemwell
- Given names
- Samuel
- Surname
- Shemwell
 Birth | about 1877 27 17 |
 Marriage of parents | James H Shemwell — Elizabeth “Eliza” Campbell — View this family Type: Civil marriage June 9, 1878 (Age 17 months) |
 Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 12 months)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Census | June 1, 1880 (Age 3 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 21 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 |
| Death of a father | James H Shemwell April 5, 1900 (Age 23 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Olivia “Ollie” McCauley after June 1900 (Age 23 years) |
| Marriage of a parent | Lynn M Dever — Elizabeth “Eliza” Campbell — View this family Type: Civil marriage October 1, 1901 (Age 24 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 39 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 40 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 41 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 52 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 |
| Death of a mother | Elizabeth “Eliza” Campbell April 14, 1937 (Age 60 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 64 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 73 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 69 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 | unknown |
| Family with parents |
| father |
James H Shemwell Birth: April 20, 1849 33 20 — Illinois, United States Death: April 5, 1900 |
| mother |
Elizabeth “Eliza” Campbell Birth: April 15, 1859 — Missouri, United States Death: April 14, 1937 — Charleston, Mississippi, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: June 9, 1878 — Mississippi, Missouri, United States |
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-5 months himself |
Samuel Shemwell Birth: about 1877 27 17 — Missouri, United States Death: |
| Father’s family with Lucy E Mitchell |
| father |
James H Shemwell Birth: April 20, 1849 33 20 — Illinois, United States Death: April 5, 1900 |
| step-mother |
Lucy E Mitchell Death: April 2, 1878 — Mississippi, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: March 31, 1871 — Pope, Illinois, United States |
| Mother’s family with Lynn M Dever |
| step-father |
Lynn M Dever Birth: April 14, 1862 — Kentucky, United States Death: January 31, 1925 — Charleston, Mississippi, Missouri, United States |
| mother |
Elizabeth “Eliza” Campbell Birth: April 15, 1859 — Missouri, United States Death: April 14, 1937 — Charleston, Mississippi, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: October 1, 1901 — Cairo, Alexander, Illinois, United States |
Samuel Shemwell has 6 first cousins recorded
Father's family (6)
Parents Edward Shemwell + Lizzie Cooper
Parents Jackson Shemwell + Lucille Maria “Nannie” Millar
Parents James Henry Roby + Emma Jane Shemwell
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - James H. Shemwell - Household
St. James, Mississippi, Missouri
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