The Shemwell Family

Dewey Vermont HambyAge: 64 years18991963

Name
Dewey Vermont Hamby
Given names
Dewey Vermont
Surname
Hamby
Birth May 18, 1899
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 16 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 17 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 18 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/
MarriageMargie Viola GreeneView this family
December 1, 1920 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Dallas Hardin Hamby
July 20, 1922 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Mack Rexford Hamby
July 28, 1924 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 30 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 42 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 50 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 46 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 19, 1963 (Age 64 years)
Family with Margie Viola Greene - View this family
himself
Dewey Vermont Hamby
Birth: May 18, 1899Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: November 19, 1963Statesville, Iredell, North Carolina, United States
wife
Marriage: December 1, 1920Watauga, North Carolina, United States
20 months
son
Dallas Hardin Hamby
Birth: July 20, 1922 23 18Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: September 15, 1992Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
2 years
son
Mack Rexford Hamby
Birth: July 28, 1924 25 20Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: June 9, 2002Forsyth, North Carolina, United States
Finley Elihu Greene + Margie Viola Greene - View this family
wife’s husband
wife
step-daughter
Sarah Grace “Ruth” Greene
Birth: January 16, 1927 19 22Boone, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: October 20, 2016Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky, United States