The Shemwell Family

Margaret “Marjorie” MooreAge: 81 years19171998

Name
Margaret “Marjorie” Moore
Given names
Margaret
Surname
Moore
Nickname
Marjorie
Married name
Margaret Farris
Birth February 20, 1917
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 10 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/
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
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
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 32 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
MarriageDr. Frank Shemwell FarrisView this family
after 1953 (Age 35 years)

Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 28 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 husbandDr. Frank Shemwell Farris
October 12, 1985 (Age 68 years)
Death August 25, 1998 (Age 81 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mount Kenton Cemetery
Family with Dr. Frank Shemwell Farris - View this family
husband
Dr. Frank Shemwell Farris
Birth: October 6, 1916 40 36McCracken, Kentucky, United States
Death: October 12, 1985Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States
herself
Margaret “Marjorie” Moore
Birth: February 20, 1917Tennessee, United States
Death: August 25, 1998Ballard, Kentucky, United States
Marriage: after 1953
Dr. Frank Shemwell Farris + Marjory R Ralls - View this family
husband
Dr. Frank Shemwell Farris
Birth: October 6, 1916 40 36McCracken, Kentucky, United States
Death: October 12, 1985Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States
husband’s wife
Marjory R Ralls
Birth: March 11, 1916 36 26Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 25, 1958McCracken, Kentucky, United States
Marriage: October 7, 1938Humphreys, Tennessee, United States
14 years
step-son
Stevan Shemwell Farris
Birth: August 13, 1952 35 36Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 16, 1952Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States

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