The Shemwell Family

Frances W HathawayAge: 80 years19131993

Name
Frances W Hathaway
Given names
Frances W
Surname
Hathaway
Married name
Frances W Shemwell
Married name
Frances W England
Birth January 26, 1913
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 2 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 3 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 4 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 16 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 28 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
MarriageLuther Cashman ShemwellView this family
about 1947 (Age 33 years)

Birth of a son
#1
Darrell Ray Shemwell
January 12, 1948 (Age 34 years)
Census April 3, 1950 (Age 37 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Jenny Lou Shemwell
July 31, 1952 (Age 39 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 36 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 husbandLuther Cashman Shemwell
August 16, 1972 (Age 59 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 32 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
Birth of a grandson
#1
Michael David “Mike” Johnson
November 9, 1985 (Age 72 years)
Death July 5, 1993 (Age 80 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Poplar Bluff City Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage:
herself
Frances W Hathaway
Birth: January 26, 1913Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: July 5, 1993Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States
Family with Luther Cashman Shemwell - View this family
husband
herself
Frances W Hathaway
Birth: January 26, 1913Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: July 5, 1993Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States
Marriage: about 1947
1 year
son
Darrell Ray Shemwell
Birth: January 12, 1948 58 34Cairo, Alexander, Illinois, United States
Death: January 24, 2021Carbondale, Jackson, Illinois, United States
5 years
daughter
Jenny Lou Shemwell
Birth: July 31, 1952 63 39Cairo, Alexander, Illinois, United States
Death: January 13, 2025Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States
Family with Private - View this family
husband
Private
herself
Frances W Hathaway
Birth: January 26, 1913Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: July 5, 1993Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States
Luther Cashman Shemwell + Thelbert B Jones - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage: March 5, 1913Oscar, Ballard, Kentucky, United States
3 years
step-son
3 years
step-daughter
Aria Annette Shemwell
Birth: August 10, 1918 29 27Cairo, Alexander, Illinois, United States
Death: July 13, 1992Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States
4 years
step-daughter
Martha Ellen Shemwell
Birth: March 5, 1922 32 30Cairo, Alexander, Illinois, United States
Death: September 1, 1993Cairo, Alexander, Illinois, United States

Census1950 United States - Census transcript - Luther Cashman Shemwell - Household

1102 Poplar Cairo, Alexander, Illinois

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Shemwell, Luther CheadMW60MarKYOwner of CafeCafe
Shemwell, FranceswifeFW37MarMO
Shemwell, DarrellsonMW2MarIL