Carlene Reed ShemwellAge: 83 years1915–1999
- Name
- Carlene Reed Shemwell
- Given names
- Carlene Reed
- Surname
- Shemwell
- Married name
- Carlene Reed Sowell
 Birth | December 3, 1915 25 27 |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 29 days)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 12 months)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 2 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 brother | Roscoe Randall Shemwell January 1, 1919 (Age 3 years) |
 Census | January 14, 1920 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Merle Shannon Shemwell November 14, 1920 (Age 4 years) |
| Education | Oak Level School 1922 (Age 6 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Eileen Louise Shemwell December 22, 1924 (Age 9 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 13 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 14 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Martha Matilda Donelson March 3, 1931 (Age 15 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | William Elza “Bill” Shemwell March 2, 1944 (Age 28 years) Note: Home of Son of Carl on Estes Lane in Paducah, KY. Pa lived with my grandparents, Carl and Maude - Lenore55 |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 25 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 34 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 mother | Maude Robert Reed June 26, 1964 (Age 48 years) |
| Death of a father | Carl McCoy Shemwell July 27, 1966 (Age 50 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 30 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 husband | Reavis J Sowell July 4, 1976 (Age 60 years) |
| Death of a brother | Roscoe Randall Shemwell October 11, 1983 (Age 67 years) |
 Death | February 23, 1999 (Age 83 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Carl McCoy Shemwell Birth: November 27, 1890 32 29 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: July 27, 1966 — McCracken, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Maude Robert Reed Birth: December 23, 1887 28 26 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: June 26, 1964 — Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: February 19, 1914 — Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States |
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21 months herself |
Carlene Reed Shemwell Birth: December 3, 1915 25 27 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: February 23, 1999 — Kentucky, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Roscoe Randall Shemwell Birth: January 1, 1919 28 31 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: October 11, 1983 — Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States |
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22 months younger brother |
Merle Shannon Shemwell Birth: November 14, 1920 29 32 — Oak Level, Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: December 7, 2010 — Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States |
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4 years younger sister |
Eileen Louise Shemwell Birth: December 22, 1924 34 36 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: March 24, 2004 — Oklahoma City, Canadian, Oklahoma, United States |
| Family with Reavis J Sowell |
| husband |
Reavis J Sowell Birth: March 21, 1913 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: July 4, 1976 — Kentucky, United States |
| herself |
Carlene Reed Shemwell Birth: December 3, 1915 25 27 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: February 23, 1999 — Kentucky, United States |
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Carlene Reed Shemwell has 15 first cousins recorded
Father's family (15)
Parents Henry Claude Shemwell + Alva Lou Wood
Parents Lovelace Roscoe Shemwell + Lallah Reeves
Parents Street Forrest Hall + Ruby Shemwell
Parents Rex Shemwell + Mattie Lura Prior
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Parents Clois Holmes + Jesse Shemwell
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Carl McCoy Shemwell - Household
Oak Level, Marshall, Kentucky
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Carl McCoy Shemwell - Household
District 4 Oak Level, Marshall Ky.
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