The Shemwell Family

Gladdell HillAge: 88 years18971985

Name
Gladdell Hill
Given names
Gladdell
Surname
Hill
Married name
Gladdell Shemwell
Birth February 6, 1897
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 13 months)
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
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 18 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 19 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 20 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 daughter
#1
Vera Cleone Shemwell
March 6, 1919 (Age 22 years)
Census January 12, 1920 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 32 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 8, 1930 (Age 33 years)
Census April 8, 1940 (Age 43 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
James Edward Williams
November 26, 1941 (Age 44 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
Bobby Ray Williams
December 20, 1943 (Age 46 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 44 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 52 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 husbandRev. Werner Guy Shemwell
May 14, 1961 (Age 64 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 48 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 August 17, 1985 (Age 88 years)

Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Pinecrest Memorial Park
Family with Rev. Werner Guy Shemwell - View this family
husband
Rev. Werner Guy Shemwell
Birth: July 28, 1880 22 18Sherman, Gray, Texas, United States
Death: May 14, 1961Pulaski, Arkansas, United States
herself
daughter
son
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Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Rev. Werner Guy Shemwell - Household

Quitman St. Heber Springs, Cleburne, Arkansas

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Shemwell, Werner GheadMW39MTXKYILCounty TreasurerCounty
Shemwell, GladdellwifeFW22MARTNTN
Shemwell, Vera CdaughterFW10mSARTXAR