The Shemwell Family

Onie PhillipsAge: 63 years18941958

Name
Onie Phillips
Given names
Onie
Surname
Phillips
Married name
Onie Shemwell
Birth December 28, 1894
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 3 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
MarriageSamuel Franklin ShemwellView this family
January 18, 1911 (Age 16 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Robert Earl Shemwell
October 6, 1911 (Age 16 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 21 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 22 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 23 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 34 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
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Onie Louise Shemwell
May 28, 1935 (Age 40 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
Earl Raybon Shemwell
August 19, 1936 (Age 41 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#3
Daisy Mae Shemwell
October 18, 1937 (Age 42 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#4
Joyce Imogene Shemwell
April 3, 1940 (Age 45 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#5
Anna Ruth Shemwell
March 31, 1941 (Age 46 years)
Death of a granddaughterAnna Ruth Shemwell
March 31, 1941 (Age 46 years)
Birth of a grandson
#6
Charles Franklin “Charlie” Shemwell
August 16, 1943 (Age 48 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 46 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
Birth of a granddaughter
#7
Brenda Faye Shemwell
November 13, 1945 (Age 50 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#8
Nancy Marie Shemwell
April 6, 1949 (Age 54 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 55 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 granddaughterDaisy Mae Shemwell
March 24, 1956 (Age 61 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 51 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 November 14, 1958 (Age 63 years)
Family with Samuel Franklin Shemwell - View this family
husband
herself
Onie Phillips
Birth: December 28, 1894Tennessee, United States
Death: November 14, 1958Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: January 18, 1911Stewart, Tennessee, United States
9 months
son
Samuel Franklin Shemwell + Frances Ellen “Fannie” Heflin - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage: November 1915
4 years
step-daughter
George Almeda Shemwell
Birth: July 13, 1919 29 34Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 10, 2007Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
3 years
step-son
Genie Franklin “Gene” Shemwell
Birth: August 16, 1922 32 37Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 3, 2001Big Rock, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
7 years
step-daughter
Frances Rebecca Shemwell
Birth: November 22, 1929 40 45Big Rock, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 12, 2004Almo, Calloway, Kentucky, United States