Genie Belle ShemwellAge: 99 years1883–1983
- Name
- Genie Belle Shemwell
- Given names
- Genie Belle
- Surname
- Shemwell
- Married name
- Genie Belle Bryant
 Birth | October 5, 1883 24 16 |
 Birth of a brother | Clifton “Cliff” Shemwell November 7, 1885 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Ernest E Shemwell November 11, 1887 (Age 4 years) |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 14 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 |
| Birth of a sister | Vera Shemwell November 16, 1898 (Age 15 years) |
 Census | June 1, 1900 (Age 16 years) |
 Marriage | John Richard Bryant — View this family January 18, 1904 (Age 20 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Thelma Ruth Bryant October 30, 1904 (Age 21 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | John Osborne Bryant April 8, 1906 (Age 22 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | Merritt Bryant July 1, 1908 (Age 24 years) |
| Census | April 28, 1910 (Age 26 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | Mary Nunnley Bryant August 29, 1910 (Age 26 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 32 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Mildred Elizabeth “Millie” Armstrong February 16, 1917 (Age 33 years) Cause: Heart Failure |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 33 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 34 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 18, 1920 (Age 36 years) |
| Birth of a son #5 | Joe Richard Bryant March 15, 1925 (Age 41 years) |
| Death of a father | Joseph Mason Shemwell May 9, 1925 (Age 41 years) Cause: Suicide |
| Death of a sister | Vera Shemwell December 29, 1925 (Age 42 years) |
| Marriage of a child | William Herschel Huie — Thelma Ruth Bryant — View this family estimated 1928 (Age 44 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Thomas Gene “Tommy” Huie September 16, 1929 (Age 45 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 45 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 46 years) |
| Death of a son | John Osborne Bryant November 11, 1935 (Age 52 years) |
| Death of a husband | John Richard Bryant April 1, 1937 (Age 53 years) |
| Census | April 24, 1940 (Age 56 years) |
| Death of a mother | Josephine “Josie” Gibbs November 15, 1940 (Age 57 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 58 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 |
| Death of a grandson | Thomas Gene “Tommy” Huie November 22, 1947 (Age 64 years) Cause: Auto Accident |
| Death of a brother | Ernest E Shemwell March 23, 1950 (Age 66 years) |
| Burial of a brother | Ernest E Shemwell March 27, 1950 (Age 66 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: New Concord Baptist Church Cemetery |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 66 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 son | Merritt Bryant February 10, 1969 (Age 85 years) |
| Death of a brother | Clifton “Cliff” Shemwell February 7, 1974 (Age 90 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 62 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 daughter | Thelma Ruth Bryant June 24, 1981 (Age 97 years) |
 Death | July 1, 1983 (Age 99 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Greenwood Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Joseph Mason Shemwell Birth: July 17, 1859 59 28 — Kentucky, United States Death: May 9, 1925 — McCracken, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Josephine “Josie” Gibbs Birth: December 2, 1866 — Tennessee, United States Death: November 15, 1940 — McCracken, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: calculated 1882 — |
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21 months herself |
Genie Belle Shemwell Birth: October 5, 1883 24 16 — McCracken, Kentucky, United States Death: July 1, 1983 — Harris, Texas, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
Clifton “Cliff” Shemwell Birth: November 7, 1885 26 18 — Kentucky, United States Death: February 7, 1974 — Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
Ernest E Shemwell Birth: November 11, 1887 28 20 — Kentucky, United States Death: March 23, 1950 — New York, United States |
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11 years younger sister |
Vera Shemwell Birth: November 16, 1898 39 31 — McCracken, Kentucky, United States Death: December 29, 1925 — Caddo, Louisiana, United States |
| Family with John Richard Bryant |
| husband |
John Richard Bryant Birth: February 23, 1865 47 35 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: April 1, 1937 — Woodhaven, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States |
| herself |
Genie Belle Shemwell Birth: October 5, 1883 24 16 — McCracken, Kentucky, United States Death: July 1, 1983 — Harris, Texas, United States |
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Marriage: January 18, 1904 — McCracken, Kentucky, United States |
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9 months daughter |
Thelma Ruth Bryant Birth: October 30, 1904 39 21 — Montgomery, Tennessee, United States Death: June 24, 1981 |
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17 months son |
John Osborne Bryant Birth: April 8, 1906 41 22 — Montgomery, Tennessee, United States Death: November 11, 1935 |
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2 years son |
Merritt Bryant Birth: July 1, 1908 43 24 — Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States Death: February 10, 1969 |
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2 years daughter |
Mary Nunnley Bryant Birth: August 29, 1910 45 26 — Montgomery, Tennessee, United States Death: April 16, 1996 — Houston, Harris, Texas, United States |
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15 years son |
Joe Richard Bryant Birth: March 15, 1925 60 41 — Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States Death: June 6, 2000 — Houston, Harris, Texas, United States |
Genie Belle Shemwell has 14 first cousins recorded
Father's family (14)
Parents Josiah McKinney Carr “Dock” Stagner + Elizabeth Demarious “Bette” Shemwell
Parents … … + Elizabeth Demarious “Bette” Shemwell
Parents Henry Isaac Shamwell + Rebecca Kennedy
Parents Henry Isaac Shamwell + Eliza Ann “Liza” Burkhart
Parents William Henry Harrison Simmons + Ann C Shemwell
Parents Robert Lysander Choate + Susan Shemwell
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Joseph Mason Shemwell - Household
Massac McCracken Ky
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - John Richard Bryant - Household
Civil District 4 Montgomery, Tennessee
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - John Richard Bryant - Household
Civil District 4 Montgomery, Tennessee
Thelma & Mary's father born in KY ? -b | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - John Richard Bryant - Household
219 7th Street Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Genie Belle Shemwell - Household
Civil District 4 Montgomery, Tennessee
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