 Birth | April 11, 1876 21 |
 Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 20 months)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | Luther Edgar Shemwell — View this family November 11, 1896 (Age 20 years) |
 Birth of a son#1 | Ray Edgar Shemwell June 25, 1897 (Age 21 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 |
 Census | June 1, 1900 (Age 24 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Arthur Luther Shemwell June 8, 1908 (Age 32 years) |
| Census | April 15, 1910 (Age 34 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Ray Edgar Shemwell — Mary Mattie Bomar — View this family September 7, 1915 (Age 39 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 |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Robert Luther Shemwell January 15, 1917 (Age 40 years) |
| 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/ |
| Marriage of a child | Arthur Luther Shemwell — Valerie Fay Bell — View this family July 18, 1926 (Age 50 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Lt. Col. Arthur Luther Shemwell Jr. September 12, 1926 (Age 50 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 53 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 1, 1930 (Age 53 years) |
| Death of a husband | Luther Edgar Shemwell August 8, 1935 (Age 59 years) Note: Informant: Roy Shemwell Note: Luther died in Paris, TN in a room over the Shemwell Cafe/Restaurant. |
| Death of a son | Ray Edgar Shemwell December 7, 1938 (Age 62 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 65 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 | June 28, 1942 (Age 66 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Maplewood Cemetery |