The Shemwell Family

Fredrick Dewitt PittsAge: 66 years19181985

Name
Fredrick Dewitt Pitts
Given names
Fredrick Dewitt
Surname
Pitts
Birth April 30, 1918
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918

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

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/
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The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 11 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
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World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 23 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
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Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 31 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
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Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 27 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 April 9, 1985 (Age 66 years)
Family with Dollie Dimple Greene - View this family
himself
Fredrick Dewitt Pitts
Birth: April 30, 1918Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
Death: April 9, 1985Catawba, North Carolina, United States
wife
Dollie Dimple Greene
Birth: February 20, 1922 43 30Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: January 4, 2013Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
daughter
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son
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Bynum E Jordan + Dollie Dimple Greene - View this family
wife’s husband
Bynum E Jordan
Birth: August 30, 1927Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: April 12, 2009Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
wife
Dollie Dimple Greene
Birth: February 20, 1922 43 30Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: January 4, 2013Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
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step-daughter
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step-daughter
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step-daughter
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step-daughter
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