Charles Lee “Charlie” ShemwellAge: 69 years1863–1932
- Name
- Charles Lee “Charlie” Shemwell
- Given names
- Charles Lee
- Nickname
- Charlie
- Surname
- Shemwell
 Birth | December 1, 1863 41 38 |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 3 years)Note: 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 1867 (Age 3 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 5 years)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 |
 Census | June 7, 1870 (Age 6 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 14 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 8, 1880 (Age 16 years) |
 Death of a sister | Mary Emma Shemwell December 4, 1881 (Age 18 years) |
| Death of a sister | Rebecca Ann Shemwell June 25, 1891 (Age 27 years) |
| Death of a mother | Luvenia “Vena” Roach October 12, 1892 (Age 28 years) |
| Death of a father | Lovelace Wellington Shemwell March 8, 1897 (Age 33 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 34 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 |
| Census | June 1, 1900 (Age 36 years) |
| Death of a sister | Nancy Clementine Shemwell February 27, 1905 (Age 41 years) |
| Census | April 29, 1910 (Age 46 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 52 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
 Marriage | Alice Starks — View this family about 1917 (Age 53 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Clementine Shemwell August 1, 1917 (Age 53 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 53 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 54 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 13, 1920 (Age 56 years) |
| Death of a brother | Milous Green Shemwell December 7, 1921 (Age 58 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 65 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 66 years) |
 Death | December 1, 1932 (Age 69 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Shemwell Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Lovelace Wellington Shemwell Birth: September 11, 1822 30 22 — North Carolina, United States Death: March 8, 1897 — Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Luvenia “Vena” Roach Birth: 1825 30 30 — Tennessee, United States Death: October 12, 1892 |
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Marriage: December 10, 1850 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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15 months elder sister |
Nancy Clementine Shemwell Birth: March 24, 1852 29 27 — Kentucky, United States Death: February 27, 1905 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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23 months elder sister |
Mary Emma Shemwell Birth: February 27, 1854 31 29 — Kentucky, United States Death: December 4, 1881 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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23 months elder sister |
Rebecca Ann Shemwell Birth: February 7, 1856 33 31 — Kentucky, United States Death: June 25, 1891 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years elder brother |
William Elza “Bill” Shemwell Birth: February 20, 1858 35 33 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: March 2, 1944 — Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years elder brother |
Milous Green Shemwell Birth: July 1860 37 35 — Kentucky, United States Death: December 7, 1921 — Oak Level, Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years himself |
Charles Lee “Charlie” Shemwell Birth: December 1, 1863 41 38 — Kentucky, United States Death: December 1, 1932 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
| Family with Alice Starks |
| himself |
Charles Lee “Charlie” Shemwell Birth: December 1, 1863 41 38 — Kentucky, United States Death: December 1, 1932 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
| wife |
Alice Starks Birth: August 1879 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: April 16, 1974 — Sonoma, California, United States |
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Marriage: about 1917 — |
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7 months daughter |
Clementine Shemwell Birth: August 1, 1917 53 38 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: September 28, 2011 |
| Private + Alice Starks |
| wife’s husband |
Private |
| wife |
Alice Starks Birth: August 1879 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: April 16, 1974 — Sonoma, California, United States |
Charles Lee “Charlie” Shemwell has 54 first cousins recorded
Father's family (39)
Parents Isaac Shemwell + Martha Ann “Mattie” Feezor
Parents David Alexander Shemwell + Permelia J Roach
Parents Pinkney H Shemwell + Sarah E Williamson
Parents Henry Cox Shemwell + Eliza Jane Reed
Parents Willis Washington Breezeel + Nancy Shemwell
Parents Milous R “Miles” Shemwell + Amanda Lee Wright
Mother's family (15)
Parents David Alexander Shemwell + Permelia J Roach
Parents Milus G Reed + Mary “Polly” Roach
| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Lovelace Wellington Shemwell - Household
Marshall, Kentucky
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - Lovelace Wellington Shemwell - Household
Benton, Marshall, Kentucky
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Charles Lee Shemwell - Household
Oak Level, Marshall Ky.
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Charles Lee “Charlie” Shemwell - Household
Marshall, Kentucky
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Charles Lee “Charlie” Shemwell - Household
Oak Level, Marshall, Kentucky
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Charles Lee Shemwell - Household
Civil District 4 Oak Level, Marshall Ky.
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