Calvin R ShemwellAge: 72 years1867–1939
- Name
- Calvin R Shemwell
- Given names
- Calvin R
- Surname
- Shemwell
 Birth | September 20, 1867 38 31 |
 Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
 Birth of a brother | Pinkney P Shemwell August 7, 1869 (Age 22 months) |
| Birth of a brother | Lovelace Lacewell Shemwell August 7, 1869 (Age 22 months) twin: Pinkney P Shemwell
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| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 15 months)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Thomas S Reed 1874 (Age 6 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 10 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Census | June 5, 1880 (Age 12 years) |
| Death of a sister | Henryetta Adaline Shemwell July 25, 1890 (Age 22 years) |
| Death of a father | Henry Cox Shemwell January 16, 1893 (Age 25 years) |
| Death of a brother | Pinkney P Shemwell May 8, 1894 (Age 26 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 30 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 |
 Marriage | Cora Elizabeth Huntsinger — View this family December 17, 1899 (Age 32 years) |
| Census | June 22, 1900 (Age 32 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Sybil Marie Shemwell October 21, 1900 (Age 33 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Harol Calvin Shemwell April 8, 1902 (Age 34 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Thelma Jane Shemwell December 2, 1905 (Age 38 years) |
| Death of a mother | Eliza Jane Reed October 31, 1908 (Age 41 years) Cause: Kicked by a mule |
| Census | April 15, 1910 (Age 42 years) |
| Death of a brother | James Pascal Shemwell April 20, 1916 (Age 48 years) Cause: Arteriosclerosis |
| Burial of a brother | James Pascal Shemwell April 21, 1916 (Age 48 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Pitman Cemetery |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 48 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 49 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 50 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 52 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Victor Hugo Pond — Sybil Marie Shemwell — View this family May 2, 1920 (Age 52 years) |
| Death of a brother | Milous Greene “Miles” Shemwell October 26, 1922 (Age 55 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Glenda Marie Pond June 25, 1923 (Age 55 years) |
| Death of a brother | Lovelace Lacewell Shemwell December 19, 1924 (Age 57 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 62 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 62 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Jack Shemwell July 1, 1930 (Age 62 years) |
 Death | November 25, 1939 (Age 72 years) |
 Burial | Address: aka Mount Pleasant Cemetery Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Pitman Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Henry Cox Shemwell Birth: December 11, 1828 36 28 — Rowan, North Carolina, United States Death: January 16, 1893 — Clay, Arkansas, United States |
| mother |
Eliza Jane Reed Birth: August 17, 1836 18 18 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: October 31, 1908 — Arkansas, United States |
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Marriage: November 6, 1854 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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9 months elder brother |
James Pascal Shemwell Birth: August 17, 1855 26 19 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: April 20, 1916 — Current River, Ripley, Missouri, United States |
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3 years elder brother |
Milous Greene “Miles” Shemwell Birth: March 24, 1858 29 21 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: October 26, 1922 — Cleburne, Arkansas, United States |
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4 years elder brother |
Willie Shemwell Birth: October 10, 1861 32 25 Death: October 7, 1862 |
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3 years elder sister |
Henryetta Adaline Shemwell Birth: June 27, 1864 35 27 — Arkansas, United States Death: July 25, 1890 — Arkansas, United States |
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3 years himself |
Calvin R Shemwell Birth: September 20, 1867 38 31 — Arkansas, United States Death: November 25, 1939 — Arkansas, United States |
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23 months younger brother |
Pinkney P Shemwell Birth: August 7, 1869 40 32 — Arkansas, United States Death: May 8, 1894 — Arkansas, United States |
| younger brother |
Lovelace Lacewell Shemwell Birth: August 7, 1869 40 32 — Pitman, Randolph, Arkansas, United States Death: December 19, 1924 — Clay, Arkansas, United States |
| Family with Cora Elizabeth Huntsinger |
| himself |
Calvin R Shemwell Birth: September 20, 1867 38 31 — Arkansas, United States Death: November 25, 1939 — Arkansas, United States |
| wife |
Cora Elizabeth Huntsinger Birth: November 9, 1873 27 — Illinois, United States Death: January 22, 1969 — Arkansas, United States |
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Marriage: December 17, 1899 — Clay, Arkansas, United States |
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10 months daughter |
Sybil Marie Shemwell Birth: October 21, 1900 33 26 — Arkansas, United States Death: October 26, 1990 — Farmville, Prince Edward, Virginia, United States |
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18 months son |
Harol Calvin Shemwell Birth: April 8, 1902 34 28 — Current River, Clay, Arkansas, United States Death: September 23, 1987 — Arkansas, United States |
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4 years daughter |
Thelma Jane Shemwell Birth: December 2, 1905 38 32 — Arkansas, United States Death: May 31, 1992 — Pocahontas, Randolph, Arkansas, United States |
Calvin R Shemwell has 38 first cousins recorded
Father's family (38)
Parents Isaac Shemwell + Martha Ann “Mattie” Feezor
Parents David Alexander Shemwell + Permelia J Roach
Parents Lovelace Wellington Shemwell + Luvenia “Vena” Roach
Parents Pinkney H Shemwell + Sarah E Williamson
Parents Willis Washington Breezeel + Nancy Shemwell
Parents Milous R “Miles” Shemwell + Amanda Lee Wright
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - Henry Cox Shemwell - Household
Carpenter, Clay, Arkansas
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Calvin R Shemwell - Household
Clay Arkansas
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Calvin R Shemwell - Household
Current River, Clay, Ak
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Calvin R Shemwell - Household
Current River, Clay, Ak
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Calvin R Shemwell - Household
Current River, Clay, Ak
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