The Shemwell Family

Margaret Elizabeth StinsonAge: 92 years19162008

Name
Margaret Elizabeth Stinson
Given names
Margaret Elizabeth
Surname
Stinson
Married name
Margaret Elizabeth Harris
Birth June 20, 1916
MarriageOvie Odell HarrisView this family
unknown

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916

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 6 months)

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 18 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 13 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
Troy Leaman Harris
November 2, 1942 (Age 26 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 25 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 33 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 29 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 husbandOvie Odell Harris
June 28, 1976 (Age 60 years)
Death of a sonTroy Leaman Harris
February 28, 2003 (Age 86 years)
Death December 21, 2008 (Age 92 years)
Family with Ovie Odell Harris - View this family
husband
Ovie Odell Harris
Birth: March 10, 1914 23 19Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: June 28, 1976Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States
herself
Margaret Elizabeth Stinson
Birth: June 20, 1916Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 21, 2008Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Marriage:
son
Troy Leaman Harris
Birth: November 2, 1942 28 26Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 28, 2003Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States

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