The Shemwell Family

Events of close relatives Historical facts
Birth	July 10, 1910 27 22 Grassy Cove, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Marriage	Mary Kathlyn Simmons — View this family unknown
Death of a mother	Clara Elizabeth Ford April 19, 1911 (Age 9 months) Grassy Cove, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Historical Event	Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 5 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 6 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 7 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/
Death of a paternal grandfather	Joseph David Dorton June 11, 1924 (Age 13 years) Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Historical Event	The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 19 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
Historical Event	World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 31 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 father	Ernest Edison Dorton September 23, 1950 (Age 40 years) Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Cause: Fractured neck - struck by car
Historical Event	Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 39 years) South Korea 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 paternal grandmother	Rebecca Ann Selby November 10, 1961 (Age 51 years) Crossville City, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Historical Event	Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 35 years) Vietnam 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	November 25, 1978 (Age 68 years) Costa Mesa, Orange, California, United States

Date differences

Family with parents - View this family

father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Clara Elizabeth Ford Thomas Wesley Dorton Family with spouse Nellie Hedgecoth Ernest Edison Dorton Birth: October 27, 1882 29 26 — Grassy Cove, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: September 23, 1950 — Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Ernest Edison Dorton Thomas Wesley Dorton Clara Elizabeth Ford Birth: October 9, 1887 Death: April 19, 1911 — Grassy Cove, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
	Marriage: May 21, 1909 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
14 months himself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Mary Kathlyn Simmons Thomas Wesley Dorton Birth: July 10, 1910 27 22 — Grassy Cove, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: November 25, 1978 — Costa Mesa, Orange, California, United States

Father’s family with Nellie Hedgecoth - View this family

father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Clara Elizabeth Ford Thomas Wesley Dorton Family with spouse Nellie Hedgecoth Ernest Edison Dorton Birth: October 27, 1882 29 26 — Grassy Cove, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: September 23, 1950 — Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
step-mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Ernest Edison Dorton Nellie Hedgecoth Birth: January 23, 1905 — Tennessee, United States Death: March 11, 1973
half-sister	Private

Family with Mary Kathlyn Simmons - View this family

himself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Mary Kathlyn Simmons Thomas Wesley Dorton Birth: July 10, 1910 27 22 — Grassy Cove, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: November 25, 1978 — Costa Mesa, Orange, California, United States
wife	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Thomas Wesley Dorton Mary Kathlyn Simmons Birth: September 2, 1914 — Columbus Junction, Louisa, Iowa, United States Death: December 15, 1978 — LaPorte, Indiana, United States
	Marriage: —

Family with parents
father Parents Joseph David Dorton Rebecca Ann Selby	Ernest Edison Dorton 1882–1950
mother Parents (unknown)	Clara Elizabeth Ford 1887–1911
himself Family Mary Kathlyn Simmons	Thomas Wesley Dorton 1910–1978
Father’s family with Nellie Hedgecoth
father Parents Joseph David Dorton Rebecca Ann Selby	Ernest Edison Dorton 1882–1950
step-mother Parents (unknown)	Nellie Hedgecoth 1905–1973
half-sister Family (none)	Private
Family with Mary Kathlyn Simmons
himself Parents Ernest Edison Dorton Clara Elizabeth Ford	Thomas Wesley Dorton 1910–1978
wife Parents (unknown)	Mary Kathlyn Simmons 1914–1978