The Shemwell Family

Cora Elizabeth HuntsingerAge: 95 years18731969

Name
Cora Elizabeth Huntsinger
Given names
Cora Elizabeth
Surname
Huntsinger
Married name
Cora Elizabeth Shemwell
Birth November 9, 1873 27
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 4 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 24 years)
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
MarriageCalvin R ShemwellView this family
December 17, 1899 (Age 26 years)
Census June 1, 1900 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Sybil Marie Shemwell
October 21, 1900 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Harol Calvin Shemwell
April 8, 1902 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Thelma Jane Shemwell
December 2, 1905 (Age 32 years)
Census April 15, 1910 (Age 36 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 42 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 43 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 44 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/
Census February 3, 1920 (Age 46 years)
Marriage of a childVictor Hugo PondSybil Marie ShemwellView this family
May 2, 1920 (Age 46 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Glenda Marie Pond
June 25, 1923 (Age 49 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 55 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 56 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
Jack Shemwell
July 1, 1930 (Age 56 years)
Death of a husbandCalvin R Shemwell
November 25, 1939 (Age 66 years)
Census April 1, 1940 (Age 66 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 68 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 76 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 72 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 January 22, 1969 (Age 95 years)
Burial
Address: aka Mount Pleasant Cemetery
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Pitman Cemetery
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Marriage: December 17, 1899Clay, Arkansas, United States
10 months
daughter
Sybil Marie Shemwell
Birth: October 21, 1900 33 26Arkansas, United States
Death: October 26, 1990Farmville, Prince Edward, Virginia, United States
18 months
son
Harol Calvin Shemwell
Birth: April 8, 1902 34 28Current River, Clay, Arkansas, United States
Death: September 23, 1987Arkansas, United States
4 years
daughter
Thelma Jane Shemwell
Birth: December 2, 1905 38 32Arkansas, United States
Death: May 31, 1992Pocahontas, Randolph, Arkansas, United States

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Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Calvin R Shemwell - Household

Clay Arkansas

NameRelationRaceSexDOBAgeMCYrsMChBChLBPFBPMBPYUSYOIN/AOccupationMnsUEduEng?Home
Cal R ShemwellheadWMSep 186732M<1--ARNCKYFarmer
Cora E ShemwellwifeWFNov 187426M<100ILILIN
Jane ShemwellmotherWFAug 183663M4574KYKYUNK
Tula ShemwellnieceWFJul 188811S---AKAKAK
Carson ShemwellnephewWMOct 188613S---AKAKAK

Notes: His brothers children in household Tula-Carson?

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Calvin R Shemwell - Household

Current River, Clay, Ak

NameRelationSexRaceAgeMCYrsMChBChLBPFBPMBPYOIN/AEngLOccupationIndustryEmployEmNWksUEduHomeVetInfirm
Call R ShemwellheadMW42M11--ARNCKYFarmerGeneral Farm
Cora ShemwellwifeFW36M1133ILILIN
Sybil ShemwelldaughterFW9S---ARARIL
Harold ShemwellsonMW8S---ARARIL
Thelma ShemwelldaughterFW4S---ARARIL
Lydia Huntsingermother in lawFW60W-65INININ

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Calvin R Shemwell - Household

Current River, Clay, Ak

NameRelationTenSexRaceAgeMCYOIN/AYONEduBPFBPMBPNLEng?OccupationIndustryEmploy
Calvin ShemwellheadMW52MARNCKYFarmerGeneral
Cora ShemwellwifeFW46MILILIN
Sybil ShemwelldaughterFW19SARARIL
Harol ShemwellsonMW17SARARIL
Thelma ShemwelldaughterFW14SARARIL
Lydia Huntsingermother in lawFW74SINUSUS

Notes: No name Road

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Calvin R Shemwell - Household

Current River, Clay, Ak

NameRelationAssetsSexRaceAgeMCAgMEduBPFBPMBPNLYOIN/AEng?OccupationIndustryEmployVetWar
Calvin R ShemwellheadMW62M32ARSCKYFarmerGeneral Farm
Cora E ShemwellwifeFW56M26ILILIN
Harold C ShemwellsonMW27S-ARARILLaborerGeneral Farm
Thelma ShemwelldaughterFW24S-ARARIL

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Cora Elizabeth Huntsinger - Household

Current River, Clay, Ak

NameRelationSexRaceAgeBPOccupationIndustry
Cora ShemwellheadFW66ILFarmerFarm
Harol ShemwellsonMW37ARLaborerFarm
Thelma ShemwelldaughterFW34AR
Jack ShemwellsonMW9ARLaborerFarm
Clarence Dismanghired ManMW25AR