The Shemwell Family

Birth of a son
#2

Lynn Dotson Kelly
December 31, 1896 (Age 25 years)

Birth of a daughter
#3

Leona Pearl Kelly
January 26, 1898 (Age 26 years)

Historical Event

Spanish-American War

between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 26 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

Birth of a daughter
#4

Grace May “Gracie” Kelly
calculated 1900 (Age 28 years)

Census

June 2, 1900 (Age 28 years)

Shared note: 1900 United States - Census transcript - Isaac Mason “Tobe” Kelly - Household

Census

April 20, 1910 (Age 38 years)

Humphreys, Tennessee, United States

Shared note: 1910 United States - Census transcript - Isaac Mason “Tobe” Kelly - Household

Birth of a granddaughter
#1

Edna Lucille Hensley
about 1914 (Age 42 years)

Tennessee, United States

Historical Event

Polio Epidemic

1916 (Age 44 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1

Marriage of a child

Reggie Lee Hamilton — Grace May “Gracie” Kelly — View this family
March 25, 1918 (Age 46 years)

Marriage of a child

Charles Wheeler Pullen — Leona Pearl Kelly — View this family
June 18, 1918 (Age 46 years)

Marriage of a child

Lynn Dotson Kelly — Phoebe Katherine Joyner — View this family
August 11, 1918 (Age 46 years)

Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States

Historical Event

World War I

between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 45 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 46 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/

Birth of a grandson
#2

Charles Mason Hamilton
March 13, 1919 (Age 47 years)

Address: Binghampton

Birth of a granddaughter
#3

Evelyn Marie Kelly
May 5, 1919 (Age 47 years)

Union, Obion, Tennessee, United States

Marriage of a child

Chester Wright — Nannie Ruth Kelly — View this family
about 1920 (Age 48 years)

Census

January 13, 1920 (Age 48 years)

Shared note: 1920 United States - Census transcript - Isaac Mason “Tobe” Kelly - Household

Death of a grandson

Charles Mason Hamilton
April 12, 1920 (Age 48 years)

Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States

Cause: Pneumonia

Marriage of a child

… Rogalski — Nannie Ruth Kelly — View this family
after 1920 (Age 48 years)

Marriage of a child

… Moore — Grace May “Gracie” Kelly — View this family
after 1920 (Age 48 years)

Birth of a grandson
#4

William Edward “Billy” Hamilton
May 11, 1921 (Age 49 years)

Address: Binghamton

Birth of a granddaughter
#5

Annie May Pullen
October 25, 1921 (Age 50 years)

Death of a granddaughter

Annie May Pullen
October 27, 1921 (Age 50 years)

Birth of a granddaughter
#6

Martha Jane Pullen
1923 (Age 51 years)

Historical Event

The Great Depression

October 1929 (Age 57 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 5, 1930 (Age 58 years)

Marriage of a child

Clint Leslie Burcham — Leona Pearl Kelly — View this family
between 1940 and 1950 (Age 68 years)

Census

April 2, 1940 (Age 68 years)

Oakville, Shelby, Tennessee, United States

Death of a son

Lynn Dotson Kelly
March 31, 1944 (Age 72 years)

Cause: Tuberculosis

Historical Event

World War II

between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 70 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

October 30, 1945 (Age 74 years)