The Shemwell Family

Harvie Bethel RainboltAge: 62 years19001962

Name
Harvie Bethel Rainbolt
Given names
Harvie Bethel
Surname
Rainbolt
Birth March 19, 1900
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 15 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 16 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
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Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 17 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/
Birth of a son
#1
Richard Raymond Rainbolt
September 25, 1925 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 29 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
Census April 29, 1930 (Age 30 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Billy Carroll Rainbolt
October 9, 1935 (Age 35 years)
Death of a sonBilly Carroll Rainbolt
October 13, 1935 (Age 35 years)
Cause: Premature
Birth of a daughter
#3
Shirley Lee Rainbolt
January 12, 1939 (Age 38 years)
Census April 27, 1940 (Age 40 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 41 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 49 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 45 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 March 31, 1962 (Age 62 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Tolar Cemetery
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wife
son
Richard Raymond Rainbolt
Birth: September 25, 1925 25 23Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States
Death: July 26, 2001Hood, Texas, United States
daughter
Private
son
Billy Carroll Rainbolt
Birth: October 9, 1935 35 33Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States
Death: October 13, 1935Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States
3 years
daughter
Shirley Lee Rainbolt
Birth: January 12, 1939 38 36Hood, Texas, United States
Death: February 13, 2024Granbury, Hood, Texas, United States