The Shemwell Family

Events of close relatives Historical facts
Birth	September 1, 1878 34 29 Lafayette, Christian, Kentucky, United States
Historical Event	Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Birth of a brother	James Coleman Crews April 3, 1881 (Age 2 years) Lafayette, Christian, Kentucky, United States
Birth of a brother	Perry G Crews October 6, 1881 (Age 3 years) Lafayette, Christian, Kentucky, United States
Birth of a sister	Margaret Ophenia Crews March 31, 1888 (Age 9 years) Christian, Kentucky, United States
Birth of a brother	Walter Washington Crews December 28, 1891 (Age 13 years) Lafayette, Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death of a sister	Minerva Brown Crews May 4, 1896 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event	Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 19 years) Cuba 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
Marriage	Virdie M Russell — View this family August 15, 1907 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event	Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 37 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 38 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 39 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 51 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 63 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 71 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
Death of a brother	Perry G Crews March 14, 1954 (Age 75 years)
Historical Event	Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 67 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 sister	Margaret Ophenia Crews April 23, 1979 (Age 100 years) Covington's Convalescent Center, LaFayette, Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death	unknown

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Family with parents - View this family

father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Henrietta Orphenia Rives Minerva Brown Crews John Roberts Crews Beulah Crews William Crenshaw Crews James Coleman Crews Perry G Crews Margaret Ophenia Crews Walter Washington Crews William Washington Crews Birth: January 26, 1844 — Lafayette, Christian, Kentucky, United States Death:
mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse William Washington Crews Minerva Brown Crews John Roberts Crews Beulah Crews William Crenshaw Crews James Coleman Crews Perry G Crews Margaret Ophenia Crews Walter Washington Crews Henrietta Orphenia Rives Birth: May 14, 1849 — Tennessee, United States Death:
	Marriage: December 4, 1866 — Christian, Kentucky, United States
11 months elder sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse John Taylor Minerva Brown Crews Birth: November 4, 1867 23 18 — Lafayette, Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: May 4, 1896
3 years elder brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree John Roberts Crews Birth: May 29, 1870 26 21 — Lafayette, Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: February 4, 1871
5 years elder sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Charles Taylor Beulah Crews Birth: February 4, 1875 31 25 — Lafayette, Christian, Kentucky, United States Death:
4 years himself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Virdie M Russell William Crenshaw Crews Birth: September 1, 1878 34 29 — Lafayette, Christian, Kentucky, United States Death:
3 years younger brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Willie Smithson James Coleman Crews Birth: April 3, 1881 37 31 — Lafayette, Christian, Kentucky, United States Death:
6 months younger brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Lucille Willis Perry G Crews Birth: October 6, 1881 37 32 — Lafayette, Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: March 14, 1954
7 years younger sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Samuel Allen Shemwell Frances Elizabeth Shemwell James Allen “Pat” Shemwell Joseph Cooper “Mike” Shemwell Margaret Ophenia Crews Birth: March 31, 1888 44 38 — Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: April 23, 1979 — Covington's Convalescent Center, LaFayette, Christian, Kentucky, United States
4 years younger brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Walter Washington Crews Birth: December 28, 1891 47 42 — Lafayette, Christian, Kentucky, United States Death:

Family with Virdie M Russell - View this family

himself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Virdie M Russell William Crenshaw Crews Birth: September 1, 1878 34 29 — Lafayette, Christian, Kentucky, United States Death:
wife	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse William Crenshaw Crews Virdie M Russell Death:
	Marriage: August 15, 1907 —

Family with parents
father Parents (unknown)	William Washington Crews 1844–
mother Parents (unknown)	Henrietta Orphenia Rives 1849–
elder sister Family John Taylor	Minerva Brown Crews 1867–1896
elder brother Family (none)	John Roberts Crews 1870–1871
elder sister Family Charles Taylor	Beulah Crews 1875–
himself Family Virdie M Russell	William Crenshaw Crews 1878–
younger brother Family Willie Smithson	James Coleman Crews 1881–
younger brother Family Lucille Willis	Perry G Crews 1881–1954
younger sister Family Samuel Allen Shemwell Frances Elizabeth Shemwell James Allen “Pat” Shemwell Joseph Cooper “Mike” Shemwell	Margaret Ophenia Crews 1888–1979
younger brother Family (none)	Walter Washington Crews 1891–
Family with Virdie M Russell
himself Parents William Washington Crews Henrietta Orphenia Rives	William Crenshaw Crews 1878–
wife Parents (unknown)	Virdie M Russell –