The Shemwell Family

Willie Herbert GriderAge: 49 years18931942

Name
Willie Herbert Grider
Given names
Willie Herbert
Surname
Grider
Birth January 6, 1893
MarriageSallie Green PierceView this family
unknown

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 5 years)
Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 22 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 23 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 24 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/
Birth of a daughter
#1
Addie Elizabeth Grider
December 2, 1924 (Age 31 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 36 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 48 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 May 20, 1942 (Age 49 years)
Family with Sallie Green Pierce - View this family
himself
Willie Herbert Grider
Birth: January 6, 1893Russell, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 20, 1942Russell, Kentucky, United States
wife
Sallie Green Pierce
Birth: July 11, 1897Kendal, Russell, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 14, 1963Pewee Valley, Oldham, Kentucky, United States
Marriage:
daughter
Addie Elizabeth Grider
Birth: December 2, 1924 31 27Russell, Kentucky, United States
Death: September 18, 1982Jefferson, Kentucky, United States

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