The Shemwell Family

George Harrison TurnbullAge: 68 years18781947

Name
George Harrison Turnbull
Given names
George Harrison
Surname
Turnbull
Birth October 20, 1878 28 22
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 19 years)
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
MarriageEthel Alice ShemwellView this family
November 29, 1906 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a son
#1
George Harrison Turnbull
January 24, 1908 (Age 29 years)
Associate: James Walter Turnbull
Birth of a son
#2
James Walter Turnbull
January 24, 1908 (Age 29 years)
Associate: George Harrison Turnbull
Death of a sonGeorge Harrison Turnbull
September 20, 1910 (Age 31 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Laura Nell Turnbull
March 12, 1915 (Age 36 years)
Death of a motherMary Louise Harrison
September 26, 1916 (Age 37 years)

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 37 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 38 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 39 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/
Death of a fatherRobert Turnbull
January 22, 1920 (Age 41 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 50 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
Marriage of a childJames Walter TurnbullDorothy Marguerite RollView this family
September 6, 1930 (Age 51 years)
Census April 4, 1940 (Age 61 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 63 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
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 67 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 June 27, 1947 (Age 68 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Miller Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
Robert Turnbull
Birth: January 11, 1850Lawrenceville, Brunswick, Virginia, United States
Death: January 22, 1920Virginia, United States
mother
Marriage: December 17, 1874Brunswick, Virginia, United States
4 years
himself
Family with Ethel Alice Shemwell - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: November 29, 1906Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
14 months
son
George Harrison Turnbull
Birth: January 24, 1908 29 20Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: September 20, 1910Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
son
James Walter Turnbull
Birth: January 24, 1908 29 20Claxton, Caldwell, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 29, 1985Homestead, Miami-Dade, Florida, United States
7 years
daughter
Laura Nell Turnbull
Birth: March 12, 1915 36 27Cleaton, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 4, 1967Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, United States
Private + Ethel Alice Shemwell - View this family
wife’s husband
Private
wife

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Inscription: Virginia Pvt 15 Inf Sp Am War