The Shemwell Family

Derris “Dock” HinchAge: 27 years18901918

Name
Derris “Dock” Hinch
Given names
Derris
Surname
Hinch
Nickname
Dock
Birth May 30, 1890 31 28
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 7 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
Death of a fatherThomas Hinch
August 13, 1907 (Age 17 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherAnnie Malinda Sherrill
February 26, 1909 (Age 18 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherWilliam Hinch
March 23, 1909 (Age 18 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherElizabeth Jane Nail
September 5, 1909 (Age 19 years)
MarriageMartha Lavada BrownView this family
April 13, 1914 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Roger Garland Hinch
May 9, 1915 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 25 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death April 4, 1918 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a son
#2
James Derris “Jay” Hinch
May 27, 1918 (53 days after death)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 26 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 27 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/
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Hinch Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
Thomas Hinch
Birth: October 26, 1858 32 28Bradley, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 13, 1907Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
mother
Mary Ann Tollett
Birth: September 21, 1861 41 28Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 18, 1936Jewett, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
himself
Derris “Dock” Hinch
Birth: May 30, 1890 31 28Jewett, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 4, 1918Jewett, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Family with Martha Lavada Brown - View this family
himself
Derris “Dock” Hinch
Birth: May 30, 1890 31 28Jewett, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 4, 1918Jewett, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
wife
Martha Lavada Brown
Birth: July 28, 1886 22 27Burke, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 7, 1983Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: April 13, 1914Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
13 months
son
Roger Garland Hinch
Birth: May 9, 1915 24 28Grassy Cove, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 30, 1993Gibson, Tennessee, United States
3 years
son