Mattie Lura PriorAge: 98 years1898–1997
- Name
- Mattie Lura Prior
- Given names
- Mattie Lura
- Surname
- Prior
- Married name
- Mattie Lura Shemwell
 Birth | October 24, 1898 |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 17 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
 Birth of a son#1 | James Lee “Jimmy” Shemwell March 22, 1918 (Age 19 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 18 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 19 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 | January 1, 1920 (Age 21 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Lura Kathlyn Shemwell February 12, 1921 (Age 22 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 30 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 1930 (Age 31 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Martha Mae Shemwell February 13, 1934 (Age 35 years) |
| Census | April 12, 1940 (Age 41 years) |
| Marriage of a child | James Lee “Jimmy” Shemwell — Dorothy Elizabeth Downey — View this family June 21, 1941 (Age 42 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 43 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 |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | John David Hearn November 1, 1946 (Age 48 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Ann Curtis Hearn December 1, 1947 (Age 49 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 51 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 |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Julie Jean Phillips 1955 (Age 56 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | Stephen Casey Phillips June 1, 1963 (Age 64 years) |
| Death of a son | James Lee “Jimmy” Shemwell May 7, 1967 (Age 68 years) |
| Death of a grandson | John David Hearn September 21, 1968 (Age 69 years) Cause: Respiratory failure - pneumonia |
| Death of a husband | Rex Shemwell August 26, 1973 (Age 74 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 47 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 grandson | Stephen Casey Phillips June 12, 1987 (Age 88 years) |
 Death | September 4, 1997 (Age 98 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Shemwell Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Aaron Prior Death: |
| herself |
Mattie Lura Prior Birth: October 24, 1898 — Kentucky, United States Death: September 4, 1997 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
| Family with Rex Shemwell |
| husband |
Rex Shemwell Birth: April 14, 1896 38 34 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: August 26, 1973 — Nokomis, Sarasota, Florida, United States |
| herself |
Mattie Lura Prior Birth: October 24, 1898 — Kentucky, United States Death: September 4, 1997 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
| son |
James Lee “Jimmy” Shemwell Birth: March 22, 1918 21 19 — Boaz, Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: May 7, 1967 — Fayette, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Lura Kathlyn Shemwell Birth: February 12, 1921 24 22 — Folsomdale, Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: February 28, 2012 — Odessa, Lafayette, Missouri, United States |
| daughter |
Private |
| daughter |
Martha Mae Shemwell Birth: February 13, 1934 37 35 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: October 27, 2011 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Rex Shemwell - Household
Oak Level, Marshall, Ky.
Notes: Living next door to William, Greene & Martha Shemwell |