The Shemwell Family

Nellie Mae Shuttlesworth1905

Name
Nellie Mae Shuttlesworth
Given names
Nellie Mae
Surname
Shuttlesworth
Married name
Nellie Mae Jackson
Birth August 21, 1905

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 10 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 11 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 12 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/
MarriageAustin Glenn JacksonView this family
July 15, 1922 (Age 16 years)

Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 24 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
Birth of a son
#1
Richard Daril Jackson
September 2, 1937 (Age 32 years)

Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 36 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 44 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
Death of a husbandAustin Glenn Jackson
January 10, 1971 (Age 65 years)
Death of a sonRichard Daril Jackson
January 13, 1975 (Age 69 years)
Burial of a sonRichard Daril Jackson
January 15, 1975 (Age 69 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Chapel of Flowers Cemetery
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 40 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
Deathunknown

Family with Austin Glenn Jackson - View this family
husband
Austin Glenn Jackson
Birth: February 13, 1897 26 26Tallapoosa, Alabama, United States
Death: January 10, 1971Panola, Mississippi, United States
herself
Marriage: July 15, 1922
15 years
son
Richard Daril Jackson
Birth: September 2, 1937 40 32
Death: January 13, 1975Minot Air Force Base, Ward, North Dakota, United States

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