The Shemwell Family

Frances Belle SmithAge: 87 years19152003

Name
Frances Belle Smith
Given names
Frances Belle
Surname
Smith
Married name
Frances Belle Watson
Birth November 5, 1915 26 21
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 57 days)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a brotherHarley Jefferson Smith
July 28, 1917 (Age 20 months)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 13 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 2 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 sisterViola Louise Smith
January 18, 1926 (Age 10 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 26 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 34 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 motherOra Lucinda Greene
January 4, 1964 (Age 48 years)
Death of a fatherHenry Harrison Smith
January 18, 1964 (Age 48 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherNannie Lorena Simmons
January 24, 1964 (Age 48 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherClenard Mansfield Greene
February 6, 1964 (Age 48 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 30 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 of a brotherHarley Jefferson Smith
February 15, 1992 (Age 76 years)
Death of a brotherClenard Greenville Smith
June 6, 1994 (Age 78 years)
Death of a sisterJune Faye Smith
August 6, 1996 (Age 80 years)
Death February 28, 2003 (Age 87 years)
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father
mother
Marriage: February 12, 1910Watauga, North Carolina, United States
1 year
elder brother
Clenard Greenville Smith
Birth: February 8, 1911 21 16Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: June 6, 1994Watauga, North Carolina, United States
2 years
elder sister
June Faye Smith
Birth: March 14, 1913 23 18Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: August 6, 1996Rowan, North Carolina, United States
3 years
herself
Frances Belle Smith
Birth: November 5, 1915 26 21Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: February 28, 2003Iredell, North Carolina, United States
21 months
younger brother
Harley Jefferson Smith
Birth: July 28, 1917 27 23Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: February 15, 1992Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
9 years
younger sister
Viola Louise Smith
Birth: January 18, 1926 36 31Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: May 15, 2013

Frances Belle Smith has 30 first cousins recorded