The Shemwell Family

Hartwell Winfred MorrissonAge: 96 years19052001

Name
Hartwell Winfred Morrisson
Given names
Hartwell Winfred
Surname
Morrisson
Birth August 18, 1905
MarriageAlma RigginsView this family
unknown

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/
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
Franklin Wayne Morrisson
October 13, 1932 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Doris Evelyn “Dot” Morrisson
March 27, 1935 (Age 29 years)
Census April 15, 1940 (Age 34 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
Birth of a grandson
#1
Samuel Wayne Morrisson
April 6, 1959 (Age 53 years)

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
Death of a wifeAlma Riggins
August 25, 1989 (Age 84 years)

Death of a grandsonSamuel Wayne Morrisson
January 11, 1990 (Age 84 years)

Death September 3, 2001 (Age 96 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Arlington Cemetery
Family with Alma Riggins - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage:
son
Franklin Wayne Morrisson
Birth: October 13, 1932 27 29Tennessee, United States
Death: November 6, 2001Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
2 years
daughter
Doris Evelyn “Dot” Morrisson
Birth: March 27, 1935 29 31Tennessee, United States
Death: December 17, 2009Fayette, Tennessee, United States

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Hartwell Winfred Morrisson - Household

Road to Hatchie Bottom Fayette, Tennessee

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Morrisson, HartwellheadMW34MTNSame HouseSchool Bus DriverPublic School
Morrisson, AlmawifeFW36MTNSame House
Morrisson, Wayne FsonMW7STNSame House
Morrisson, Doris EvelyndaughterFW5STNSame House