The Shemwell Family

Events of close relatives Historical facts
Birth	1884
Marriage	Mary Porter Finley — View this family unknown
Historical Event	Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 14 years) 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
Historical Event	Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 32 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 33 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 34 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 45 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	1939 (Age 55 years)
Burial	Camden Cemetery, Camden, Benton, Tennessee, United States Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Camden Cemetery

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Family with Mary Porter Finley - View this family

himself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Mary Porter Finley Charlie H Lewis Birth: 1884 Death: 1939
wife	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Charlie H Lewis Family with spouse George Horace Wright Mary Porter Finley Birth: January 8, 1895 26 30 — Mayfield, Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: July 22, 1974 — Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States
	Marriage: —

George Horace Wright + Mary Porter Finley - View this family

wife’s husband	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Mary Porter Finley Family with spouse Ella Ingana Petterson George Horace Wright Birth: July 25, 1887 — Lindington, Mason, Michigan, United States Death: March 7, 1966 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
wife	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Charlie H Lewis Family with spouse George Horace Wright Mary Porter Finley Birth: January 8, 1895 26 30 — Mayfield, Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: July 22, 1974 — Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States
	Marriage: —

Family with Mary Porter Finley
himself Parents (unknown)	Charlie H Lewis 1884–1939
wife Parents Joseph Henry Finley Sarah Ellen “Sadie” McConnell	Mary Porter Finley 1895–1974
George Horace Wright + Mary Porter Finley
wife’s husband Parents (unknown)	George Horace Wright 1887–1966
wife Parents Joseph Henry Finley Sarah Ellen “Sadie” McConnell	Mary Porter Finley 1895–1974