The Shemwell Family

Lucy May JohnsonAge: 103 years19002004

Name
Lucy May Johnson
Given names
Lucy May
Surname
Johnson
Married name
Lucy May Shemwell
Married name
Lucy May Kinney
Birth August 19, 1900
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 15 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 16 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
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Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 17 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/
MarriageJohn Daniel ShemwellView this family
December 27, 1919 (Age 19 years)
Census January 1, 1920 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
John Nell Shemwell
June 17, 1924 (Age 23 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 1, 1930 (Age 29 years)
Census April 1, 1940 (Age 39 years)
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World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 41 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 49 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 husbandJohn Daniel Shemwell
March 17, 1957 (Age 56 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 45 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 daughterJohn Nell Shemwell
February 5, 1982 (Age 81 years)
Death May 18, 2004 (Age 103 years)
Note: KINNEY, May (COLE-JOHNSON)[SHEMWELL]; 103; Benton KY; Paducah S; 2004-5-20; mcc
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Pleasant Grove Cemetery
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Lucy May Johnson
Birth: August 19, 1900Kentucky, United States
Death: May 18, 2004Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Family with John Daniel Shemwell - View this family
husband
John Daniel Shemwell
Birth: July 29, 1895 35 28Kentucky, United States
Death: March 17, 1957Marshall, Kentucky, United States
herself
Lucy May Johnson
Birth: August 19, 1900Kentucky, United States
Death: May 18, 2004Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Marriage: December 27, 1919Henry, Tennessee, United States
5 years
daughter
John Nell Shemwell
Birth: June 17, 1924 28 23Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 5, 1982Marshall, Kentucky, United States
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Lucy May Johnson
Birth: August 19, 1900Kentucky, United States
Death: May 18, 2004Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States

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Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Green Miles Shemwell - Household

Oak Level, Marshall, Ky.

NameRelationTenSexRaceAgeMCYOIN/AYONEduBPFBPMBPNLEng?OccupationIndustryEmploy
Green M ShemwellheadMW59SKYNCTNFarmerFarm
Decia M. ShemwellwifeFW52SKYKYTN
John ShemwellsonMW23SKYKYKY
May Shemwelldaughter-in-lawFW19SKYKYKY

Notes: Living next door to William, Rex & Martha Shemwell

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - John D. Shemwell - Household

Civil District 4 Oak Level, Marshall Ky.

NameRelationAssetsSexRaceAgeMCAgMEduBPFBPMBPNLYOIN/AEng?OccupationIndustryEmployVetWar
John D. ShemwellheadM34M24KYKYKYFarmerFarmYWW
May ShemwellwifeF29M19KYKYKY
John N. ShemwelldaughterF5S-KYKYKY

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - John Daniel Shemwell - Household

Oak Level, Marshall, Ky.

NameRelationSexRaceAgeBPOccupationIndustry
John ShemwellheadMW44KYFarmerFarming
Mae ShemwellwifeFW39KY
John Nelle ShemwelldaughterFW15KY

Notes: Living next door to Almon

Death
KINNEY, May (COLE-JOHNSON)[SHEMWELL]; 103; Benton KY; Paducah S; 2004-5-20; mcc