The Shemwell Family

Tam Bowie YatesAge: 60 years19041964

Name
Tam Bowie Yates
Given names
Tam Bowie
Surname
Yates
Birth April 4, 1904
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
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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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 25 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
MarriageLinday Faye LawsView this family
about 1930 (Age 25 years)

Birth of a daughter
#1
Octavie May Yates
July 22, 1931 (Age 27 years)
Death of a daughterOctavie May Yates
October 28, 1931 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 37 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 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
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 November 1, 1964 (Age 60 years)
Family with Linday Faye Laws - View this family
himself
Tam Bowie Yates
Birth: April 4, 1904Ashe, North Carolina, United States
Death: November 1, 1964Ashe, North Carolina, United States
wife
Marriage: about 1930
19 months
daughter
Octavie May Yates
Birth: July 22, 1931 27 21Ashe, North Carolina, United States
Death: October 28, 1931Pine Swamp, Ashe, North Carolina, United States
Chilo Jefferson “Chike” Greene + Linday Faye Laws - View this family
wife’s husband
wife
Marriage: July 25, 1936North Carolina, United States
13 years
step-daughter
Carolyn Ann Greene
Birth: October 20, 1949 54 39Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Death: January 26, 2023North Wilkesboro, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States

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