The Shemwell Family

Howell Elroy McCartyAge: 75 years19161992

Name
Howell Elroy McCarty
Given names
Howell Elroy
Surname
McCarty
Birth March 13, 1916 28 20
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 9 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 21 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/
Census January 3, 1920 (Age 3 years)
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
Census April 2, 1930 (Age 14 years)
Death of a motherMary Frances “Frankie” Williamson
September 27, 1938 (Age 22 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
Census April 6, 1950 (Age 34 years)
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
Death of a fatherCarl H McCarty
April 8, 1962 (Age 46 years)
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 January 8, 1992 (Age 75 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Maplewood Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
Carl H McCarty
Birth: July 23, 1887Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States
Death: April 8, 1962Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States
mother
Mary Frances “Frankie” Williamson
Birth: April 7, 1895 34 24Tennessee, United States
Death: September 27, 1938Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: August 15, 1914Henry, Tennessee, United States
19 months
himself
Howell Elroy McCarty
Birth: March 13, 1916 28 20Whitlock, Henry, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 8, 1992Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States
Family with Mary Fay Kibbons - View this family
himself
Howell Elroy McCarty
Birth: March 13, 1916 28 20Whitlock, Henry, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 8, 1992Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States
wife
Mary Fay Kibbons
Birth: August 3, 1920Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 11, 2008Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States
son
Private
daughter
Private
son
Private

Howell Elroy McCarty has 2 first cousins recorded

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Carl H McCarty - Household

Whitlock Paris Road Henry, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
McCarty, C HheadMW33MKYINKYEngineerSteam Shovel
McCarty, FranciswifeFW24MTNMOTN
McCarty, HowellsonMW3-10mSTNKYTN

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Carl H McCarty - Household

Whitlock & Paris Road Henry, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
McCarty, Carl HheadMW42M27KYKYKYEngineerSteam Shovel
McCarty, FranciswifeFW34M19TNINTN
McCarty, HowellsonMW14STNKYTN