The Shemwell Family

Cleo Orlando ShemwellAge: 23 years19141938

Name
Cleo Orlando Shemwell
Given names
Cleo Orlando
Surname
Shemwell
Birth October 14, 1914 45 40
twin: Leo Shemwell
Birth
Leo Shemwell
October 14, 1914 45 40
Birth of a brotherLeo Shemwell
October 14, 1914
twin: Cleo Orlando Shemwell
Death of a brotherLeo Shemwell
October 14, 1914
Cause: Died at birth
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 14 months)

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 2 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 3 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 20, 1920 (Age 5 years)
Death of a fatherLovelace Lacewell Shemwell
December 19, 1924 (Age 10 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 14 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 29, 1930 (Age 15 years)
Death June 6, 1938 (Age 23 years)
Cause of death: Burning
Burial June 6, 1938 (on the date of death)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Pearsall Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: April 13, 1890Randolph, Arkansas, United States
11 months
elder brother
Shannon Lee Shemwell
Birth: March 17, 1891 21 17Pitman, Randolph, Arkansas, United States
Death: November 4, 1940Arkansas, United States
3 years
elder brother
4 years
elder brother
4 years
elder brother
Benjamin Floyd “Shem” Shemwell
Birth: November 26, 1901 32 27Clay, Arkansas, United States
Death: November 18, 1966Amarillo, Potter, Texas, United States
6 years
elder brother
Euell Eldon Shemwell
Birth: June 29, 1907 37 33Arkansas, United States
Death: October 24, 1941Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States
7 years
himself
Cleo Orlando Shemwell
Birth: October 14, 1914 45 40Success, Clay, Arkansas, United States
Death: June 6, 1938Pearsall, Frio, Texas, United States
twin brother
Leo Shemwell
Birth: October 14, 1914 45 40Success, Clay, Arkansas, United States
Death: October 14, 1914Success, Clay, Arkansas, United States

Cleo Orlando Shemwell has 16 first cousins recorded

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Lovelace Lacewell Shemwell - Household

Stephens Street Success, Clay, Arkansas

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Shemwell, Lovelace LheadMW50MARNCKYFarmer
Shemwell, Edna BwifeFW45MARTNTN
Shemwell, Clyde DsonMW22MARARARSalesmanGeneral Store
Shemwell, Floyd BsonMW18SARARAR
Shemwell, Euell EsonMW12SARARAR
Shemwell, Cleo OsonMW5SARARAR

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Edna Blanche Cunningham - Household

San Antonio, Bexar, Texas

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Shemwell, Edna BheadFW56WdARTNTN
Shemwell, Roy HsonMW35SARARARSalesmanRadiator
Shemwell, Cleo OsonMW15SARARAR
Nilmer, LeggatenieceFW22SARTNTNClerkMerchantile Ass.?