The Shemwell Family

Martin Lyhue MikealAge: 76 years19041981

Name
Martin Lyhue Mikeal
Given names
Martin Lyhue
Surname
Mikeal
Birth December 27, 1904 40 43
Death of a sisterKatty Micheal
March 18, 1905 (Age 2 months)
Death of a paternal grandfatherIsaac Mikeal
between 1910 and 1920 (Age 5 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 11 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 12 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 13 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/
Death of a paternal grandmotherCelia Greene
December 4, 1921 (Age 16 years)
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
Death of a motherRachel Day
February 24, 1943 (Age 38 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
Death of a fatherJohn Allen Micheal
April 10, 1951 (Age 46 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 45 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 brotherGeorge Washington Mikeal
March 27, 1963 (Age 58 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 41 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 April 3, 1981 (Age 76 years)
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father
mother
Marriage: about 1888
19 months
elder sister
Channie Belle Mikeal
Birth: July 24, 1889 24 27Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Death: August 19, 1987Pasquotank, North Carolina, United States
16 months
elder brother
George Washington Mikeal
Birth: December 1, 1890 26 29North Carolina, United States
Death: March 27, 1963Lenoir, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
16 months
elder sister
Dicey Louella Mikeal
Birth: March 27, 1892 27 30Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: September 24, 1987Valdese, Burke, North Carolina, United States
3 years
elder sister
Katty Micheal
Birth: April 3, 1895 30 33North Carolina, United States
Death: March 18, 1905North Carolina, United States
10 years
himself
Martin Lyhue Mikeal
Birth: December 27, 1904 40 43Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: April 3, 1981Valdese, Burke, North Carolina, United States