The Shemwell Family

Sarah Lee BryantAge: 81 years19061988

Name
Sarah Lee Bryant
Given names
Sarah Lee
Surname
Bryant
Married name
Sarah Lee Shemwell
Birth December 8, 1906

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 9 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 10 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 11 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 22 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
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World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 34 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
MarriageHarry Fountain ShemwellView this family
after 1950 (Age 43 years)

Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 43 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 husbandHarry Fountain Shemwell
December 16, 1967 (Age 61 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 39 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 January 12, 1988 (Age 81 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mansion Memorial Park
Family with Harry Fountain Shemwell - View this family
husband
Harry Fountain Shemwell
Birth: March 16, 1889 32 31Paradise, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 16, 1967Tampa, Hillsborough, Florida, United States
herself
Sarah Lee Bryant
Birth: December 8, 1906
Death: January 12, 1988Panama City, Bay, Florida, United States
Marriage: after 1950
Harry Fountain Shemwell + Mamie Gertrude Boyd - View this family
husband
Harry Fountain Shemwell
Birth: March 16, 1889 32 31Paradise, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 16, 1967Tampa, Hillsborough, Florida, United States
husband’s wife
Mamie Gertrude Boyd
Birth: December 29, 1894 27 19Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: November 21, 1949Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
step-son
James Walter Shemwell
Birth: August 28, 1911 22 16Cleaton, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: October 3, 1938Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
5 years
step-son
Victor Boyd Shemwell Sr.
Birth: May 26, 1916 27 21Cleaton, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 16, 2010Orange City, Volusia, Florida, United States
step-daughter
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