The Shemwell Family

James Stuart TatumAge: 55 years19131968

Name
James Stuart Tatum
Given names
James Stuart
Surname
Tatum
Birth April 3, 1913
MarriageIola Muriel ShemwellView this family
unknown

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 2 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 3 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 4 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 16 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 son
#1
James Stewart Tatum Jr.
April 23, 1937 (Age 24 years)
Census May 1, 1940 (Age 27 years)
Military
WW2 Draft
October 16, 1940 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 28 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 36 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 32 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 31, 1968 (Age 55 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Lewisburg Cemetery
Family with Iola Muriel Shemwell - View this family
himself
James Stuart Tatum
Birth: April 3, 1913Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 31, 1968Logan, Kentucky, United States
wife
Iola Muriel Shemwell
Birth: January 19, 1914 23 21Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: April 19, 1995Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States
Marriage:
son
James Stewart Tatum Jr.
Birth: April 23, 1937 24 23Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 8, 1996

No family available

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - James Stuart Tatum - Household

Beechland Road Logan, Kentucky

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Tatum, James SheadMW27MKYFarmerFarm
Tatum, IolawifeFW26MKY
Tatum, James SsonMW3SKY
Ware, Abrinafoster daughterFW6SKY