The Shemwell Family

Samuel SherrillAge: 56 years19121968

Name
Samuel Sherrill
Given names
Samuel
Surname
Sherrill
Birth February 11, 1912
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 3 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 4 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 5 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 17 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
Sherman Wilson “Bud” Sherrill
October 6, 1936 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Laura Faith Sherrill
January 23, 1938 (Age 25 years)
Census April 18, 1940 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 29 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
Birth of a daughter
#3
Manzia Helen Sherrill
August 28, 1946 (Age 34 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Ronald Dean “Ronnie” Cox
September 29, 1952 (Age 40 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 37 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
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Catherine Lynne “Cathy” Cox
December 9, 1956 (Age 44 years)

Marriage of a childSherman Wilson “Bud” SherrillGenella Joyce StokesView this family
September 21, 1963 (Age 51 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 33 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 16, 1968 (Age 56 years)
Family with Martha Jane “Sis” Selby - View this family
himself
wife
daughter
Private
son
Sherman Wilson “Bud” Sherrill
Birth: October 6, 1936 24 21Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 29, 2001Arkansas, United States
16 months
daughter
Laura Faith Sherrill
Birth: January 23, 1938 25 22Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 21, 1994
9 years
daughter
Manzia Helen Sherrill
Birth: August 28, 1946 34 31Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 8, 2008Yorktown, Delaware, Indiana, United States
Private + Martha Jane “Sis” Selby - View this family
wife’s husband
Private
wife