Martha Virginia HallAge: 94 years1920–2014
- Name
- Martha Virginia Hall
- Given names
- Martha Virginia
- Surname
- Hall
- Married name
- Martha Virginia Leonard
 Birth | January 20, 1920 36 25 |
 Birth of a sister | Mary Beth Hall August 6, 1922 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Margret Elaine Hall February 14, 1925 (Age 5 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Turner Harrison Hall 1927 (Age 6 years) |
 Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 9 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 11, 1930 (Age 10 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Martha Matilda Donelson March 3, 1931 (Age 11 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Street Forrest Hall Jr. March 23, 1931 (Age 11 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Lavinia Virginia Ferrell April 15, 1933 (Age 13 years) |
| Census | April 15, 1940 (Age 20 years) |
 Marriage | Benjamin Churchill Leonard — View this family May 19, 1940 (Age 20 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | William Elza “Bill” Shemwell March 2, 1944 (Age 24 years) Note: Home of Son of Carl on Estes Lane in Paducah, KY. Pa lived with my grandparents, Carl and Maude - Lenore55 |
| 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 sister | Margret Elaine Hall October 23, 1956 (Age 36 years) Cause: Gun shot wound left temple |
| Death of a father | Street Forrest Hall May 26, 1968 (Age 48 years) |
| Death of a mother | Ruby Shemwell August 13, 1968 (Age 48 years) |
| Death of a husband | Benjamin Churchill Leonard November 4, 1975 (Age 55 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 of a brother | Street Forrest Hall Jr. October 25, 1995 (Age 75 years) |
| Death of a sister | Mary Beth Hall January 21, 2013 (Age 93 years) |
 Death | May 29, 2014 (Age 94 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Rose Hill Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Street Forrest Hall Birth: July 11, 1883 42 35 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: May 26, 1968 — Warren, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Ruby Shemwell Birth: February 22, 1894 36 32 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: August 13, 1968 — Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: June 29, 1918 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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19 months herself |
Martha Virginia Hall Birth: January 20, 1920 36 25 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: May 29, 2014 — Longview, Gregg, Texas, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Mary Beth Hall Birth: August 6, 1922 39 28 — Kentucky, United States Death: January 21, 2013 — Russellville, Franklin, Alabama, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Margret Elaine Hall Birth: February 14, 1925 41 30 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: October 23, 1956 — Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky, United States |
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6 years younger brother |
Street Forrest Hall Jr. Birth: March 23, 1931 47 37 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: October 25, 1995 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
| Family with Benjamin Churchill Leonard |
| husband |
Benjamin Churchill Leonard Birth: September 3, 1906 — Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi, United States Death: November 4, 1975 — Tyler, Smith, Texas, United States |
| herself |
Martha Virginia Hall Birth: January 20, 1920 36 25 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: May 29, 2014 — Longview, Gregg, Texas, United States |
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Marriage: May 19, 1940 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
Martha Virginia Hall has 15 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (15)
Parents Henry Claude Shemwell + Alva Lou Wood
Parents Lovelace Roscoe Shemwell + Lallah Reeves
Parents Carl McCoy Shemwell + Maude Robert Reed
Parents Rex Shemwell + Mattie Lura Prior
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Parents Clois Holmes + Jesse Shemwell
| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Street Forrest Hall - Household
Marshall, Kentucky
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Street Forrest Hall - Household
Benton, Marshall, Kentucky
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