The Shemwell Family

Dermot ShemwellAge: 81 years18841966

Name
Dermot Shemwell
Given names
Dermot
Surname
Shemwell
Birth May 25, 1884 26 20
Birth of a sisterIrma Loraine Shemwell
December 31, 1892 (Age 8 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 13 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
Census June 1, 1900 (Age 16 years)
Death of a motherLaura E Bernheim
November 26, 1901 (Age 17 years)

MarriageMary Cornelia “May” FoyView this family
October 18, 1905 (Age 21 years)
Marriage of a parentBaxter ShemwellSusannah Fitzhugh “Susan” BattaileView this family
May 1906 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Laura Gertrude Shemwell
1907 (Age 22 years)
Death of a sisterIrma Loraine Shemwell
July 1, 1908 (Age 24 years)
Cause: typhoid fever
Birth of a daughter
#2
Irma Shemwell
September 1, 1908 (Age 24 years)
Death of a daughterIrma Shemwell
August 1, 1909 (Age 25 years)
Census April 24, 1910 (Age 25 years)
Occupation
Listed as Bank President
1910 (Age 25 years)

Birth of a half-brotherLTC Everard Baxter Shemwell
November 22, 1911 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Mary Foy Shemwell
February 10, 1912 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a son
#4
Dermot “Bud” Shemwell Jr.
March 17, 1915 (Age 30 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherSarah Elizabeth “Sally” Thompson
February 21, 1916 (Age 31 years)
Birth of a daughter
#5
Infant Daughter Shemwell
July 6, 1916 (Age 32 years)
Death of a daughterInfant Daughter Shemwell
July 6, 1916 (Age 32 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 31 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 32 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 33 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 17, 1920 (Age 35 years)
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
Census April 22, 1930 (Age 45 years)
Death of a fatherBaxter Shemwell
May 31, 1932 (Age 48 years)
Cause: Gun shot wound to abdomen
Birth of a grandson
#1
Dermot B “Mot” Shemwell III
1939 (Age 54 years)
Census May 20, 1940 (Age 55 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
Richard Thomas Phillips Jr.
June 23, 1940 (Age 56 years)
Birth of a grandson
#3
Infant Phillips
January 9, 1943 (Age 58 years)
Death of a grandsonInfant Phillips
January 9, 1943 (Age 58 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 57 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
Census April 10, 1950 (Age 65 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 65 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 61 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 January 11, 1966 (Age 81 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Lexington City Cemetery
Note: Plot: Section II
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: June 8, 1882Davidson, North Carolina, United States
2 years
himself
9 years
younger sister
Irma Loraine Shemwell
Birth: December 31, 1892 34 29North Carolina, United States
Death: July 1, 1908Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Father’s family with Susannah Fitzhugh “Susan” Battaile - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: May 1906St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
6 years
half-brother
LTC Everard Baxter Shemwell
Birth: November 22, 1911 53 35Georgia, United States
Death: March 19, 1991Alachua, Alachua, Florida, United States
Family with Mary Cornelia “May” Foy - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: October 18, 1905Barbour, Alabama, United States
2 years
daughter
Laura Gertrude Shemwell
Birth: 1907 22 21Alabama, United States
Death: December 23, 1990Albany, Dougherty, Georgia, United States
20 months
daughter
Irma Shemwell
Birth: September 1, 1908 24 23Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: August 1, 1909Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
3 years
daughter
Mary Foy Shemwell
Birth: February 10, 1912 27 26North Carolina, United States
Death: October 21, 2005Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
3 years
son
Dermot “Bud” Shemwell Jr.
Birth: March 17, 1915 30 29North Carolina, United States
Death: February 2, 1996Dougherty, Georgia, United States
16 months
daughter
Infant Daughter Shemwell
Birth: July 6, 1916 32 30Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: July 6, 1916Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Baxter Shemwell - Household

Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Baxter ShemwellheadWMMar185842M18NCNCNC
Laura ShemwellwifeWFOct186435M1822FLGERSC
Dermot ShemwellsonWMMay188218MNCNCNC
Irma ShemwelldaughterWFDec18918SNCNCNC
Allice PowellservantBFJan186832M11NCNCNC
Eugene SimpsonservantBMMar187723SNCNCNCServant
Philip R Moole PhdBoarderWMJan186733MMDMDGAChemist
Laura M MooleBoarderWFAug186435MNYGERNY

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Dermot Shemwell - Household

Lexington, Davidson, NC State St.

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Dermot ShemwellheadMW25M5NCNCNCPresidentBank
Mary C ShemwellwifeFW24M521ALALAL
Laura G ShemwelldaughterFW3SALNCAL

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Fred W Calvert - Household

Boarders - Pine St Albany, Dougherty, Georgia

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPFBPMBPOccupationIndEmp
Dermot ShemwellheadBoarderMW35MNCNCFLPresidentElectric Power Co.
Mary ShemwellwifeBoarderFW34MALALAL
Gertrude ShemwelldaughterBoarderFW13SALNCAL
Mary ShemwelldaughterBoarderFW8SNCNCAL
Dermot Shemwell Jr.sonBoarderMW5SNCNCAL

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Dermot Shemwell - Household

Dawson Rd Dougherty, GA

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Dermot ShemwellheadMW45M21NCNCNCManufactorIncenerator Co.
Mary ShemwellwifeFW43M19ALALAL
Mary ShemwelldaughterFW18SNCNCAL
Dermot Shemwell JrsonMW15SNCNCAL
Ewell Culbertsonson in lawMW24M24SCNCALSalesmanIncenerator Co.
Gertrude ShemwelldaughterFW23M23NCNCAL

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Dermot Shemwell - Household

906 N. Madison Albany, Doughtery, Georgia

NameRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchEdBPResFarmOccupationIndustryVetWar
Dermot Shemwell SrheadMW55MNCOwn BusinessColonial Dairies
Mary ShemwellwifeFW54MAL
Dermot Shemwell Jr.sonMW24MNCsalesmanColonial Dairies
Mary Shemwelldaughter-in-lawFW21MGA
Dermot Shemwell IIIgrandsonMW7moSGA

Census1950 United States - Census transcript - Dermot Shemwell - Household

Palmyra, Lee, Georgia, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Shemwell, DermotheadMW65MarNCExecutiveLime mine
Shemwell, Mary FwifeFW64MarAL

Burial
Plot: Section II