The Shemwell Family

Andrew Jackson “A J” ShemwellAge: 91 years19041996

Name
Andrew Jackson “A J” Shemwell
Given names
Andrew Jackson
Nickname
A J
Surname
Shemwell
Birth July 22, 1904 35 23
Birth of a sisterEmma C Shemwell
July 24, 1906 (Age 2 years)
Marriage of a parentClinton DeWitt GodfreyIda Lee WilliamsView this family
estimated December 1909 (Age 5 years)
Census May 10, 1910 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a half-sisterGrace Parlee “Gracie” Godfrey
October 28, 1911 (Age 7 years)
Marriage of a parentWilliam TriggIda Lee WilliamsView this family
May 18, 1916 (Age 11 years)
Note
Colllected Notes

Note: Andrew Jackson Shemwell
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 11 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 12 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 13 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 1920 (Age 15 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 25 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 daughter
#1Vera Margaret Shemwell
February 23, 1938 (Age 33 years)
Census April 1, 1940 (Age 35 years)
Military
WW2 Draft
1942 (Age 37 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 37 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
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 45 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 motherIda Lee Williams
June 19, 1963 (Age 58 years)
Death of a sisterEmma C Shemwell
about February 26, 1974 (Age 69 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 41 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 wifeCinda Lucille Raines
November 28, 1994 (Age 90 years)
Death June 10, 1996 (Age 91 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mounds Park Cemetery
Last change July 29, 201915:36:38

by: Barry Shemwell
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: April 27, 1901Humphreys, Tennessee, United States
3 years
himself
Andrew Jackson “A J” Shemwell
Birth: July 22, 1904 35 23Humphreys, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 10, 1996Sikeston, Scott, Missouri, United States
2 years
younger sister
Emma C Shemwell
Birth: July 24, 1906 37 25Tennessee, United States
Death: about February 26, 1974Alamogordo, Otero, New Mexico, United States
Mother’s family with Clinton DeWitt Godfrey - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage: estimated December 1909New Madrid, Missouri, United States
23 months
half-sister
Grace Parlee “Gracie” Godfrey
Birth: October 28, 1911 51 30Lilbourn, New Madrid, Missouri, United States
Death: June 27, 2001Thomas, Custer, Oklahoma, United States
Mother’s family with William Trigg - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage: May 18, 1916Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States
Mother’s family with Private - View this family
step-father
Private
mother
Family with Cinda Lucille Raines - View this family
himself
Andrew Jackson “A J” Shemwell
Birth: July 22, 1904 35 23Humphreys, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 10, 1996Sikeston, Scott, Missouri, United States
wife
Cinda Lucille Raines
Birth: February 26, 1908Marston, New Madrid, Missouri, United States
Death: November 28, 1994Sikeston, Scott, Missouri, United States
daughter
Private
daughter
Vera Margaret Shemwell
Birth: February 23, 1938 33 29Lilbourn, New Madrid, Missouri, United States
Death: March 30, 2005Parma, New Madrid, Missouri, United States
daughter
Private

Andrew Jackson “A J” Shemwell has 15 first cousins recorded