The Shemwell Family

Claude Donald PayneAge: 66 years18971963

Name
Claude Donald Payne
Given names
Claude Donald
Surname
Payne
Birth April 21, 1897
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 11 months)
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
Birth of a son
#1
Vilas Lawerence Payne
May 18, 1916 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 18 years)

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 daughter
#2
Dorothy Viola Payne
May 16, 1918 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 19 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 20 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
#3
Annie Ruth Payne
August 10, 1920 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a son
#4
Luther Ransom Payne
October 25, 1923 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a daughter
#5
Virginia Grace Payne
March 6, 1926 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 32 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
Birth of a daughter
#6
Imogene Ovanell Payne
February 8, 1930 (Age 32 years)
Birth of a son
#7
Frank Dan Payne
August 28, 1931 (Age 34 years)
Birth of a daughter
#8
Shirley Cline Payne
October 28, 1933 (Age 36 years)
Birth of a daughter
#9
Claudean Payne
January 30, 1936 (Age 38 years)
Death of a daughterDorothy Viola Payne
October 24, 1943 (Age 46 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 44 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 52 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 48 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 December 8, 1963 (Age 66 years)
Family with Eva Arzola Greene - View this family
himself
wife
son
Vilas Lawerence Payne
Birth: May 18, 1916 19 16Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: March 11, 1998Watauga, North Carolina, United States
2 years
daughter
Dorothy Viola Payne
Birth: May 16, 1918 21 18Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: October 24, 1943Watauga, North Carolina, United States
2 years
daughter
Annie Ruth Payne
Birth: August 10, 1920 23 21Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: May 12, 2007Forsyth, North Carolina, United States
3 years
son
Luther Ransom Payne
Birth: October 25, 1923 26 24Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: May 31, 1994Watauga, North Carolina, United States
2 years
daughter
Virginia Grace Payne
Birth: March 6, 1926 28 26Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: March 17, 2012Boone, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
son
Private
daughter
Imogene Ovanell Payne
Birth: February 8, 1930 32 30Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: November 20, 2006Florence, South Carolina, United States
19 months
son
Frank Dan Payne
Birth: August 28, 1931 34 32Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: March 17, 2012Boone, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
2 years
daughter
Shirley Cline Payne
Birth: October 28, 1933 36 34Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: September 24, 2000Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
2 years
daughter
Claudean Payne
Birth: January 30, 1936 38 36Stony Fork, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: July 3, 2004Lenoir, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
daughter
Private
son
Private