The Shemwell Family

Ewing Chadwell “Chad” DrumrightAge: 92 years19232015

Name
Ewing Chadwell “Chad” Drumright
Given names
Ewing Chadwell
Surname
Drumright
Name suffix
Jr.
Nickname
Chad
Birth March 24, 1923 30 23
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 6 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 1, 1930 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a sisterAnn Lee Drumright
March 14, 1935 (Age 11 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherJulia A McMillan
October 3, 1935 (Age 12 years)
Cause: coronary thrombosis
Census April 15, 1940 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 18 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
Death of a paternal grandmotherSamella Bell “Ella” Hogan
December 20, 1946 (Age 23 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherWilliam Alexander “Willie” Drumright
November 11, 1948 (Age 25 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherWilliam Henry Shemwell
June 9, 1951 (Age 28 years)
Cause: Cerebral Hemorrhage
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 26 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 22 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 of a motherIrene Shemwell
June 26, 1995 (Age 72 years)
Death of a fatherEwing Chadwell Drumright
July 5, 1995 (Age 72 years)
Death of a sisterAnn Lee Drumright
December 25, 1999 (Age 76 years)
Death July 2, 2015 (Age 92 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Woodlawn Cemetery
Last change November 29, 202117:16:19

by: Barry Shemwell
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father
Ewing C. DrumrightEwing Chadwell Drumright
Birth: January 19, 1893 35 37College Grove, Williamson, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 5, 1995Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
mother
Irene Shemwell
Birth: March 28, 1899 34 31Brownsville, Haywood, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 26, 1995Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
himself
Ewing Chadwell “Chad” Drumright
Birth: March 24, 1923 30 23Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 2, 2015Brentwood, Williamson, Tennessee, United States
sister
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sister
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younger sister
Ann Lee Drumright
Birth: March 14, 1935 42 35Davidson, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 25, 1999Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
Family with Thelma Cutrell - View this family
himself
Ewing Chadwell “Chad” Drumright
Birth: March 24, 1923 30 23Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 2, 2015Brentwood, Williamson, Tennessee, United States
wife
Thelma Cutrell
Birth: December 17, 1924Tennessee, United States
Death: December 28, 2015Tennessee, United States
daughter
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son
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Ewing Chadwell “Chad” Drumright has 6 first cousins recorded