The Shemwell Family

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Birth	November 6, 1896 27 18 Graves, Kentucky, United States
Historical Event	Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 16 months) Cuba 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	Mary Margaret Smith November 18, 1899 (Age 3 years) Graves, Kentucky, United States
Birth of a brother	Fred Fearknott Smith January 11, 1901 (Age 4 years) Graves, Kentucky, United States
Birth of a sister	Ethel Alberta Smith June 13, 1903 (Age 6 years) Graves, Kentucky, United States
Birth of a brother	James Stanley Smith December 22, 1907 (Age 11 years) Graves, Kentucky, United States
Birth of a brother	Robert Edwin Smith September 13, 1909 (Age 12 years) Graves, Kentucky, United States
Birth of a brother	Claude Wilson Smith March 20, 1912 (Age 15 years) Graves, Kentucky, United States
Historical Event	Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 19 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 20 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 21 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/
Death of a maternal grandmother	Margaret Angeline Tyler July 3, 1924 (Age 27 years) Hickory, Graves, Kentucky, United States
Historical Event	The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 32 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
Death of a maternal grandfather	James Wesley Stanley October 27, 1937 (Age 40 years) Sedalia, Graves, Kentucky, United States Address: home of Allie Maude
Death of a brother	Roy Labern Smith September 16, 1940 (Age 43 years)
Historical Event	World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 45 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	September 13, 1944 (Age 47 years) Cause of death: Stabbed with an ice-pick

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father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Allie Maude Stanley Roy Labern Smith Rosco Bryan Smith Mary Margaret Smith Fred Fearknott Smith Ethel Alberta Smith James Stanley Smith Robert Edwin Smith Claude Wilson Smith Charles W Smith Birth: March 31, 1869 — Tennessee, United States Death: July 10, 1960 — Graves, Kentucky, United States
mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Charles W Smith Roy Labern Smith Rosco Bryan Smith Mary Margaret Smith Fred Fearknott Smith Ethel Alberta Smith James Stanley Smith Robert Edwin Smith Claude Wilson Smith Allie Maude Stanley Birth: September 17, 1878 25 29 — Cuba, Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: February 4, 1966 — Graves, Kentucky, United States
elder brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Mable Lewis Roy Labern Smith Birth: June 28, 1895 26 16 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: September 16, 1940
16 months himself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Rosco Bryan Smith Birth: November 6, 1896 27 18 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: September 13, 1944
3 years younger sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Mary Margaret Smith Birth: November 18, 1899 30 21 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death:
14 months younger brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Fred Fearknott Smith Birth: January 11, 1901 31 22 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: May 17, 1974
2 years younger sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Family with spouse Ethel Alberta Smith Birth: June 13, 1903 34 24 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death:
5 years younger brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse James Stanley Smith Birth: December 22, 1907 38 29 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death:
21 months younger brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Robert Edwin Smith Birth: September 13, 1909 40 30 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: June 20, 1978
3 years younger brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Claude Wilson Smith Birth: March 20, 1912 42 33 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: December 17, 1948
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himself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Rosco Bryan Smith Birth: November 6, 1896 27 18 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: September 13, 1944
wife	Private

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Note	Rosco was stabbed with an ice pick. (per HMS)

Family with parents
father Parents (unknown)	Charles W Smith 1869–1960
mother Parents James Wesley Stanley Margaret Angeline Tyler	Allie Maude Stanley 1878–1966
elder brother Family Mable Lewis Private	Roy Labern Smith 1895–1940
himself Family Private	Rosco Bryan Smith 1896–1944
younger sister Family Private Private	Mary Margaret Smith 1899–
younger brother Family Private	Fred Fearknott Smith 1901–1974
younger sister Family Private Private Private Private Private	Ethel Alberta Smith 1903–
younger brother Family Private Private	James Stanley Smith 1907–
younger brother Family (none)	Robert Edwin Smith 1909–1978
younger brother Family Private	Claude Wilson Smith 1912–1948
brother Family (none)	Private
brother Family (none)	Private
Family with Private
himself Parents Charles W Smith Allie Maude Stanley	Rosco Bryan Smith 1896–1944
wife Parents (unknown)	Private