The Shemwell Family

Effie E ShemwellAge: 69 years18801949

Name
Effie E Shemwell
Given names
Effie E
Surname
Shemwell
Married name
Effie E Compton
Birth March 24, 1880 26 20

Birth of a sisterZillia Ann Shemwell
August 27, 1882 (Age 2 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherWilliam Green Shemwell
after May 1884 (Age 4 years)

Birth of a brotherMarvin Browden Shemwell
September 16, 1884 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a sisterKerna Elliot Shemwell
February 1887 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a brotherLuther Cashman Shemwell
July 25, 1889 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a brotherDallas Hedger Shemwell
March 15, 1893 (Age 12 years)
Birth of a brotherFelix Jason Shemwell Sr.
October 7, 1895 (Age 15 years)
Birth of a brotherCurtis Lee Shemwell
December 22, 1897 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 18 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 sisterNina Pearl Shemwell
April 14, 1900 (Age 20 years)
Death of a fatherWilliam Luther Shemwell
August 15, 1910 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 35 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 36 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 37 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 49 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 motherLucy M Gilliam
February 1, 1942 (Age 61 years)
Cause: Cancer of stomach and hypertension
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 61 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
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 65 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 August 15, 1949 (Age 69 years)

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father
mother
Marriage: January 25, 1877Todd, Kentucky, United States
13 months
elder sister
Leah Leota Shemwell
Birth: March 7, 1878 24 18
Death: February 16, 1964Russellville, Logan, Kentucky, United States
2 years
herself
2 years
younger sister
2 years
younger brother
2 years
younger sister
3 years
younger brother
4 years
younger brother
Dallas Hedger Shemwell
Birth: March 15, 1893 39 33Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: June 16, 1964McCracken, Kentucky, United States
3 years
younger brother
Felix Jason Shemwell Sr.
Birth: October 7, 1895 42 36Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: November 11, 1981South Bend, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States
2 years
younger brother
Curtis Lee Shemwell
Birth: December 22, 1897 44 38Kentucky, United States
Death: April 12, 1979Wickliffe, Ballard, Kentucky, United States
2 years
younger sister
Nina Pearl Shemwell
Birth: April 14, 1900 46 40Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 12, 1981Logan, Kentucky, United States
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husband
Private
herself

Effie E Shemwell has 38 first cousins recorded

Father's family (38)

Parents Joseph A Shemwell + Sarah A Ralston
Parents John Andrew Harris + George Ann Shemwell
2Thomas A Harris18691871
3Samuel Taft Harris18711933
Parents Samuel Vanmeter Shemwell + Mary S Troutt
2Ruth Shemwell18931943
Parents James Lafayette Gilliam Sr. + Columbia Jane Shemwell
9Mamie J Gilliam18901893
Parents William Rastus “Raz” Harris + Mary Ann Shemwell
1Mattie V Harris18721933
2Ida Pearl Harris18751955
3Elvis Lote Harris18781965
5Inez Clyde Harris18871957
Parents William McKinley Shemwell + Sarah Permelia Shemwell
2Mattie Shemwell18761880
3Ethel Shemwell18781880
4Infant Shemwell18801900
5Ada Dell Shemwell18821953

Mother's family (0)