The Shemwell Family

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Birth	May 19, 1915 24 21 Savannah, Hardin, Tennessee, United States
Historical Event	Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 7 months) 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 brother	Henry Coburn Haggard August 23, 1917 (Age 2 years)
Death of a brother	Henry Coburn Haggard June 23, 1918 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event	World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 19 months) 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 2 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/
Birth of a sister	Ella Marie “Ree” Haggard May 10, 1919 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brother	Charles Hardin Haggard July 29, 1924 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event	The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 14 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
Historical Event	World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 26 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	Hardin Johnny Haggard March 24, 1953 (Age 37 years) Dyersburg, Dyer, Tennessee, United States
Historical Event	Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 34 years) South Korea 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 30 years) Vietnam 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 mother	Zula Minnie Austin December 2, 1993 (Age 78 years) Dyersburg, Dyer, Tennessee, United States
Death of a husband	Rev. James Albert Shemwell Sr. August 27, 1994 (Age 79 years) Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee, United States
Death	January 13, 2000 (Age 84 years) Manchester, Coffee, Tennessee, United States
Burial	Strow Cemetery, Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Strow Cemetery

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father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Zula Minnie Austin Nell Mavis Haggard Henry Coburn Haggard Ella Marie “Ree” Haggard Charles Hardin Haggard Hardin Johnny Haggard Birth: October 29, 1890 20 — Savannah, Hardin, Tennessee, United States Death: March 24, 1953 — Dyersburg, Dyer, Tennessee, United States
mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Hardin Johnny Haggard Nell Mavis Haggard Henry Coburn Haggard Ella Marie “Ree” Haggard Charles Hardin Haggard Zula Minnie Austin Birth: December 28, 1893 Death: December 2, 1993 — Dyersburg, Dyer, Tennessee, United States
	Marriage: September 10, 1914 — Hardin, Tennessee, United States
8 months herself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Rev. James Albert Shemwell Sr. Nell Mavis Haggard Birth: May 19, 1915 24 21 — Savannah, Hardin, Tennessee, United States Death: January 13, 2000 — Manchester, Coffee, Tennessee, United States
2 years younger brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Henry Coburn Haggard Birth: August 23, 1917 26 23 Death: June 23, 1918
21 months younger sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Ella Marie “Ree” Haggard Birth: May 10, 1919 28 25 Death: May 7, 2010 — Dyersburg, Dyer, Tennessee, United States
5 years younger brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Donna Kay Haggard Charles Hardin Haggard Birth: July 29, 1924 33 30 Death: May 19, 2015 — Dyersburg, Dyer, Tennessee, United States

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husband	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Nell Mavis Haggard Rev. James Albert Shemwell Sr. Birth: November 17, 1910 45 36 — Kentucky, United States Death: August 27, 1994 — Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee, United States
herself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Rev. James Albert Shemwell Sr. Nell Mavis Haggard Birth: May 19, 1915 24 21 — Savannah, Hardin, Tennessee, United States Death: January 13, 2000 — Manchester, Coffee, Tennessee, United States
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father Parents Willis H Haggard Mary C …	Hardin Johnny Haggard 1890–1953
mother Parents (unknown)	Zula Minnie Austin 1893–1993
herself Family Rev. James Albert Shemwell Sr. Private Private Private	Nell Mavis Haggard 1915–2000
younger brother Family (none)	Henry Coburn Haggard 1917–1918
younger sister Family (none)	Ella Marie “Ree” Haggard 1919–2010
younger brother Family Private Private Donna Kay Haggard	Charles Hardin Haggard 1924–2015
Family with Rev. James Albert Shemwell Sr.
husband Parents Judge Robert Lee Shemwell Wilhelmina Queen “Willie” Bourland	Rev. James Albert Shemwell Sr. 1910–1994
herself Parents Hardin Johnny Haggard Zula Minnie Austin	Nell Mavis Haggard 1915–2000
daughter Family (none)	Private
son Family (none)	Private
son Family (none)	Private