The Shemwell Family

Birth December 27, 1912 21 23
Birth of a sisterDorothy Pearl Craven
March 24, 1915 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherBennett Neal Craven
November 27, 1917 (Age 4 years)
Census January 23, 1920 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a sisterGeneva Fern Craven
July 5, 1921 (Age 8 years)
Census 1925 (Age 12 years)
Census April 8, 1930 (Age 17 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherGeorge Wesley Craven
August 12, 1931 (Age 18 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherEzra Troutman
September 23, 1931 (Age 18 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherElla Frances Fuller
January 14, 1932 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a sisterVirginia Lee Craven
March 3, 1934 (Age 21 years)
Death of a brotherBennett Neal Craven
April 3, 1934 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a son
#1Russell Merlin Craven Jr
July 20, 1934 (Age 21 years)
Census April 4, 1940 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a son
#2James Bennett Craven
December 29, 1941 (Age 29 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherSarah Elizabeth Sheets
December 28, 1948 (Age 36 years)
Census May 15, 1950 (Age 37 years)
Death of a motherMary Pearl Troutman
September 24, 1968 (Age 55 years)
Death of a fatherBennett Russell “Ben” Craven
November 11, 1968 (Age 55 years)
Death June 6, 1982 (Age 69 years)
Burial

Family with parents
father Parents George Wesley Craven Ella Frances Fuller	Bennett Russell “Ben” Craven 1890–1968
mother Parents Ezra Troutman Sarah Elizabeth Sheets	Mary Pearl Troutman 1889–1968
himself Family Ora Mae Crider Russell Merlin Craven Jr James Bennett Craven Private	Russell Merlin Craven 1912–1982
younger sister Family Max Alonzo Walton Peggy Jo Walton Private	Dorothy Pearl Craven 1915–1999
younger brother Family (none)	Bennett Neal Craven 1917–1934
younger sister Family James Martin Taylor Leonard Allen Smith Phillip Mac Smith Private	Geneva Fern Craven 1921–2012
younger sister Family Arthur William “Pete” Swanson Barton Lane Swanson Private Private Private Private	Virginia Lee Craven 1934–2015
Family with Ora Mae Crider
himself Parents Bennett Russell “Ben” Craven Mary Pearl Troutman	Russell Merlin Craven 1912–1982
wife Parents James Thomas Crider Mary Emeline Cope	Ora Mae Crider 1912–2001
son Family (none)	Russell Merlin Craven Jr 1934–2014
son Family (none)	James Bennett Craven 1941–2005
daughter Family (none)	Private