The Shemwell Family

Paul J “Juke” BakerAge: 23 years19031927

Name
Paul J “Juke” Baker
Given names
Paul J
Surname
Baker
Nickname
Juke
Birth May 18, 1903
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 12 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 13 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 14 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 May 7, 1927 (Age 23 years)
Family with Willie Orlean Nash - View this family
himself
Paul J “Juke” Baker
Birth: May 18, 1903McEwen, Humphreys, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 7, 1927Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
wife
Willie Orlean Nash
Birth: February 5, 1904 34 39Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 1982Granite City, Madison, Illinois, United States
son
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