The Shemwell Family

Roger Garland HinchAge: 77 years19151993

Name
Roger Garland Hinch
Given names
Roger Garland
Surname
Hinch
Birth May 9, 1915 24 28
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 7 months)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death of a fatherDerris “Dock” Hinch
April 4, 1918 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherJames Derris “Jay” Hinch
May 27, 1918 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 19 months)

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 2 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 maternal grandmotherMary Temperance Selby
June 23, 1929 (Age 14 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 14 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
Death of a maternal grandfatherJames Lafayette Brown
September 2, 1933 (Age 18 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherMary Ann Tollett
May 18, 1936 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 26 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 34 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 30 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 of a motherMartha Lavada Brown
September 7, 1983 (Age 68 years)
Death January 30, 1993 (Age 77 years)
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father
Derris “Dock” Hinch
Birth: May 30, 1890 31 28Jewett, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 4, 1918Jewett, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
mother
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
himself
Roger Garland Hinch
Birth: May 9, 1915 24 28Grassy Cove, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 30, 1993Gibson, Tennessee, United States
3 years
younger brother

Roger Garland Hinch has 3 first cousins recorded

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