The Shemwell Family

Ima Lorie PerryAge: 63 years19141977

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Ima Lorie Perry
Given names
Ima Lorie
Surname
Perry
Married name
Ima Lorie Cherry
Birth May 20, 1914
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 19 months)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
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World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 2 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 3 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/
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The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 15 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 daughter
#1
Ima Jo Cherry
December 2, 1935 (Age 21 years)
Census April 24, 1940 (Age 25 years)
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World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 27 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
Birth of a son
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Roy Eugene Cherry “Gene” Cherry
November 12, 1945 (Age 31 years)
Birth of a son
#3
J Q Cherry
December 12, 1950 (Age 36 years)
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Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 35 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
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Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 31 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 November 7, 1977 (Age 63 years)
Family with Joe Quanah “Slim” Cherry - View this family
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Ima Jo Cherry
Birth: December 2, 1935 25 21Hood, Texas, United States
Death: August 20, 1991Denton, Texas, United States
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Roy Eugene Cherry “Gene” Cherry
Birth: November 12, 1945 35 31Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States
Death: March 10, 2013Stephenville, Erath, Texas, United States
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J Q Cherry
Birth: December 12, 1950 40 36Stephenville, Erath, Texas, United States
Death: October 20, 1997Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States

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