The Shemwell Family

Lewis Young TateAge: 83 years18991982

Name
Lewis Young Tate
Given names
Lewis Young
Surname
Tate
Birth April 23, 1899
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 16 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 17 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 18 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 30 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
MarriageDewdrop CherryView this family
December 24, 1930 (Age 31 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Lillian Mae Tate
March 26, 1932 (Age 32 years)
Census April 5, 1940 (Age 40 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 42 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 50 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
Jeffery Don Crane
July 21, 1964 (Age 65 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 46 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 6, 1982 (Age 83 years)
Family with Dewdrop Cherry - View this family
himself
Lewis Young Tate
Birth: April 23, 1899Hood, Texas, United States
Death: November 6, 1982Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States
wife
Dewdrop Cherry
Birth: November 4, 1914 38 26Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States
Death: September 27, 1996Granbury, Hood, Texas, United States
Marriage: December 24, 1930Erath, Texas, United States
15 months
daughter
Lillian Mae Tate
Birth: March 26, 1932 32 17Lipan, Hood, Texas, United States
Death: April 18, 2007Aubrey, Denton, Texas, United States
Floyd Pershing West + Dewdrop Cherry - View this family
wife’s husband
Floyd Pershing West
Birth: June 1, 1918Harlingen, Cameron, Texas, United States
Death: August 30, 1996Granbury, Hood, Texas, United States
wife
Dewdrop Cherry
Birth: November 4, 1914 38 26Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States
Death: September 27, 1996Granbury, Hood, Texas, United States
Marriage: 1955

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