The Shemwell Family

Dewey Wade Swicegood1900

Name
Dewey Wade Swicegood
Given names
Dewey Wade
Surname
Swicegood
Birth about 1900

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 16 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 17 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
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Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 18 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 29 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
MarriageMargaret Alma AreyView this family
January 30, 1940 (Age 40 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 41 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
DivorceMargaret Alma AreyView this family
September 9, 1953 (Age 53 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 50 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 46 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 wifeMargaret Alma Arey
January 19, 1999 (Age 99 years)
Deathunknown

Family with Margaret Alma Arey - View this family
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ex-wife
Margaret Alma Arey
Birth: May 30, 1908 29 28Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, United States
Death: January 19, 1999Danville, Virginia, United States
Marriage: January 30, 1940Danville, Virginia, United States
Divorce: September 9, 1953Danville, Virginia, United States
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ex-wife
Margaret Alma Arey
Birth: May 30, 1908 29 28Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, United States
Death: January 19, 1999Danville, Virginia, United States

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