The Shemwell Family

Bettie Bola ShemwellAge: 57 years19201978

Name
Bettie Bola Shemwell
Given names
Bettie Bola
Surname
Shemwell
Birth November 18, 1920 61 40

Death of a maternal grandmotherEoline Hamlet Puryear
June 28, 1923 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 8 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 9 years)
Death of a fatherIsaac Newton Shemwell
January 24, 1936 (Age 15 years)
Census April 1, 1940 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 21 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 29 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 motherFlorence Wood Wilkerson
August 20, 1967 (Age 46 years)
Death of a half-brotherWilliam Isaac “Bill” Shemwell
December 5, 1969 (Age 49 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 25 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 June 22, 1978 (Age 57 years)

Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Clarks River Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: March 27, 1912Graves, Kentucky, United States
15 months
elder sister
Ruby Mae Shemwell
Birth: June 30, 1913 54 32Graves, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 9, 2004St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
18 months
elder brother
Henry George Shemwell
Birth: December 23, 1914 55 34Graves, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 15, 2007Graves, Kentucky, United States
6 years
herself
Father’s family with Nannie Bola Pryor - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: September 27, 1894Mayfield, Graves, Kentucky, United States
10 months
half-sister
2 years
half-brother
William Isaac “Bill” Shemwell
Birth: October 31, 1897 38 25Mayfield, Graves, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 5, 1969Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
2 years
half-brother
John Pryor Shemwell
Birth: October 30, 1899 40 27Graves, Kentucky, United States
Death: November 26, 1986Gulf Breeze, Santa Rosa, Florida, United States
22 months
half-sister
Nancy Laura “Nannie” Shemwell
Birth: August 18, 1901 42 29Graves, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 22, 1999Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
2 years
half-brother
Clyde V Shemwell
Birth: November 27, 1903 44 32Graves, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 17, 1904Graves, Kentucky, United States

Bettie Bola Shemwell has 24 first cousins recorded

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Isaac Newton Shemwell - Household

Graves, Kentucky

NameRelationAssetsSexRaceAgeMCAgMEduBPFBPMBPNLYOIN/AEng?OccupationIndustryEmployVetWar
Isaac ShemwellheadMW70M35KYNCTNFarmerGeneral Farm
Florence ShemwellwifeFW49M32KYNCKY
Ruby ShemwelldaughterFW16S-KYKYKY
George ShemwellsonMW15S-KYKYKY
Bettie B ShemwelldaughterFW9S-KYKYKY

Notes: Benton Rd.

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Florence Wood Wilkerson - Household

Graves Ky.

NameRelationSexRaceAgeBPOccupationIndustry
Florence ShemwellheadFW59KY
George ShemwellsonMW25KYTime keeperRoad construction
Bettie ShemwelldaughterFW19KY

Notes: Florence is Widowed