Zelpha HillAge: 72 years1899–1972
- Name
- Zelpha Hill
- Given names
- Zelpha
- Surname
- Hill
- Married name
- Zelpha Shemwell
 Birth | October 12, 1899 |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 16 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
 Marriage | Horace Otto Shemwell — View this family May 4, 1917 (Age 17 years) |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Thelma Dean Shemwell February 28, 1918 (Age 18 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 17 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 18 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 12, 1920 (Age 20 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Lester Lynn Shemwell September 8, 1920 (Age 20 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | Ralph Ewing Shemwell November 26, 1921 (Age 22 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | Constance Christine “Connie” Shemwell November 8, 1925 (Age 26 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 29 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 8, 1930 (Age 30 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Doyle Robert Murphree Jr September 15, 1939 (Age 39 years) |
| Census | April 10, 1940 (Age 40 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Lester Lynn Shemwell — Mary Bell “Maybelle” Stocks — View this family July 3, 1940 (Age 40 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Mary Lynn Shemwell December 19, 1942 (Age 43 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Ralph Ewing Shemwell — Henryetta “Henry” Morehart — View this family August 10, 1944 (Age 44 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Julian Edwin Carroll — Constance Christine “Connie” Shemwell — View this family October 28, 1944 (Age 45 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Sharon Kay Shemwell May 24, 1945 (Age 45 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 42 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 grandchild #4 | Infant Shemwell June 12, 1947 (Age 47 years) |
| Death of a grandchild | Infant Shemwell June 12, 1947 (Age 47 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 50 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 husband | Horace Otto Shemwell December 10, 1971 (Age 72 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 46 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, 1972 (Age 72 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Pinecrest Memorial Park Cemetery |
| Family with Horace Otto Shemwell |
| husband |
Horace Otto Shemwell Birth: August 27, 1889 31 27 — Arkansas, United States Death: December 10, 1971 — Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States |
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Zelpha Hill Birth: October 12, 1899 — Arkansas, United States Death: January 22, 1972 — Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States |
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Marriage: May 4, 1917 — Higden, Cleburne, Arkansas, United States |
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10 months daughter |
Thelma Dean Shemwell Birth: February 28, 1918 28 18 — Cleburne, Arkansas, United States Death: April 14, 2008 — Washington, Franklin, Missouri, United States |
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3 years son |
Lester Lynn Shemwell Birth: September 8, 1920 31 20 — Higden, Cleburne, Arkansas, United States Death: February 3, 2003 — Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States |
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15 months son |
Ralph Ewing Shemwell Birth: November 26, 1921 32 22 — Cleburne, Arkansas, United States Death: March 26, 1982 — Arkansas, United States |
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4 years daughter |
Constance Christine “Connie” Shemwell Birth: November 8, 1925 36 26 — Cleburne, Arkansas, United States Death: December 15, 2017 — Mesquite, Dallas, Texas, United States |
| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Horace Otto Shemwell - Household
Walnut Street Heber Springs, Cleburne, Arkansas
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Horace Otto Shemwell - Household
Higden and Eglentine Rd. 1930 Saline, Cleburne, Arkansas - H C Shemwell
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Horace Otto Shemwell - Household
Cacot Tate Mill Road Bayou Meto, Pulaski, Arkansas
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