The Shemwell Family

Historical Event

World War I

between 1917 and November 1918

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 3 months)

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 sister

Mary Louise Slaughter
1920 (Age 2 years)

Birth of a brother

Philip Slaughter
November 13, 1921 (Age 4 years)

Death of a sister

Mary Louise Slaughter
1923 (Age 5 years)

Birth of a brother

Howard Leonard Slaughter
August 1, 1924 (Age 6 years)

Death of a maternal grandfather

Leonard B Parchman
March 18, 1926 (Age 8 years)

Birth of a sister

Nora Geneva Slaughter
April 17, 1927 (Age 9 years)

Death of a sister

Nora Geneva Slaughter
October 19, 1928 (Age 11 years)

Arlington, Houston, Tennessee, United States

Historical Event

The Great Depression

October 1929 (Age 12 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 12 years)

Shared note: 1930 United States - Census transcript - Duncan E. Slaughter - Household

Death of a maternal grandmother

Lenora N “Nora” Seay
June 14, 1930 (Age 12 years)

Death of a paternal grandmother

Sarah Margaret McMillan
February 3, 1934 (Age 16 years)

Education

Erin High School

1936 (Age 18 years)

Death of a paternal grandfather

William Howard Slaughter
December 27, 1937 (Age 20 years)

Marriage

William H “Peck” Reeves — View this family
May 1, 1938 (Age 20 years)

Birth of a son
#1

Harvel Dale Reeves
November 12, 1938 (Age 21 years)

Census

April 16, 1940 (Age 22 years)

Shared note: 1940 United States - Census transcript - William H Reeves - Household

Historical Event

World War II

between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 24 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

Duncan Eve “Bud” Slaughter
March 2, 1946 (Age 28 years)

Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States

Cause: Suicide- shot himself in the head

Note: Looks like he shot his wife Willie in the abdomen (she died a few days later) then committed suicide.

Death of a mother

Willie Lee Parchman
March 4, 1946 (Age 28 years)

Cause: Gunshot Wound to the Abdomen

Historical Event

Korean War

between 1950 and 1953 (Age 32 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 son

Harvel Dale Reeves
April 21, 1970 (Age 52 years)

Van Buren, Wayne, Michigan, United States

Death of a husband

William H “Peck” Reeves
June 3, 1973 (Age 55 years)

Historical Event

Vietnam War

between 1946 and 1975 (Age 28 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

May 25, 1993 (Age 75 years)