The Shemwell Family

Robert James SmithAge: 66 years18941960

Name
Robert James Smith
Given names
Robert James
Surname
Smith
Birth February 2, 1894 33 25
MarriageNannie L CheekView this family
unknown

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 4 years)
Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War
Birth of a daughter
#1
Lois L Smith
June 26, 1915 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 21 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 22 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 23 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 sisterAramantha E Smith
March 3, 1923 (Age 29 years)
Death of a fatherJames Leonard Smith
July 28, 1923 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 35 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 47 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 motherCarrie J Williams
1945 (Age 50 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 55 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 51 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 October 11, 1960 (Age 66 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Memorial Park Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
James Leonard Smith
Birth: August 26, 1860Marshall, Mississippi, United States
Death: July 28, 1923Mangham, Richland, Louisiana, United States
mother
Carrie J Williams
Birth: September 1868 48 41Mississippi, United States
Death: 1945Mangham, Richland, Louisiana, United States
Marriage: January 20, 1887Richland, Louisiana, United States
2 years
elder sister
Aramantha E Smith
Birth: April 12, 1889 28 20Richland, Louisiana, United States
Death: March 3, 1923Louisiana, United States
5 years
himself
Robert James Smith
Birth: February 2, 1894 33 25Mangham, Richland, Louisiana, United States
Death: October 11, 1960Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi, United States
Family with Nannie L Cheek - View this family
himself
Robert James Smith
Birth: February 2, 1894 33 25Mangham, Richland, Louisiana, United States
Death: October 11, 1960Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi, United States
wife
Nannie L Cheek
Birth: January 14, 1898Mangham, Richland, Louisiana, United States
Death: January 7, 1986Delhi, Richland, Louisiana, United States
Marriage:
daughter
Lois L Smith
Birth: June 26, 1915 21 17Mangham, Richland, Louisiana, United States
Death: November 4, 2006Tallulah, Madison, Louisiana, United States

Robert James Smith has 9 first cousins recorded