The Shemwell Family

Leonard Richard ColvilleAge: 27 years18931920

Name
Leonard Richard Colville
Given names
Leonard Richard
Surname
Colville
Birth May 16, 1893
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 4 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
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 22 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
MarriageCora Maria HaleyView this family
about 1917 (Age 23 years)

Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 23 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 24 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/
Birth of a son
#1
Lt. Leonard Richard Colville Jr.
1920 (Age 26 years)
Census January 2, 1920 (Age 26 years)
Death June 1, 1920 (Age 27 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Chattanooga Memorial Park
Family with Cora Maria Haley - View this family
himself
Leonard Richard Colville
Birth: May 16, 1893Hamilton, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 1, 1920Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States
wife
Marriage: about 1917
4 years
son
Lt. Leonard Richard Colville Jr.
Birth: 1920 26 27Tennessee, United States
Death: June 11, 1944Burma
Private + Cora Maria Haley - View this family
wife’s husband
Private
wife

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Leonard Richard Colville - Household

422 Oliver Street North Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Colville, LeonardheadMW26MTNTNCOPlastererHouses
Colville, Cora MwifeFW27MTNTNTN