The Shemwell Family

Events of close relatives Historical facts
Birth	July 2, 1908 El Reno, Canadian, Oklahoma, United States
Marriage	Verda Mae “Verdie” Webb — View this family unknown
Historical Event	Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 7 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 8 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 9 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 21 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
Historical Event	World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 33 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 41 years) South Korea 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
Death of a wife	Verda Mae “Verdie” Webb October 10, 1972 (Age 64 years) Okmulgee, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States
Historical Event	Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 37 years) Vietnam 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	unknown

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Family with Verda Mae “Verdie” Webb - View this family

himself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Verda Mae “Verdie” Webb Bill Hall Birth: July 2, 1908 — El Reno, Canadian, Oklahoma, United States Death:
wife	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Leroy Walter Clark Leroy Walter Clark Jr. Family with spouse Bill Hall Verda Mae “Verdie” Webb Birth: January 7, 1906 31 26 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: October 10, 1972 — Okmulgee, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States
	Marriage: —

Leroy Walter Clark + Verda Mae “Verdie” Webb - View this family

wife’s husband	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Verda Mae “Verdie” Webb Leroy Walter Clark Jr. Leroy Walter Clark Birth: about 1902 — Tennessee, United States Death:
wife	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Leroy Walter Clark Leroy Walter Clark Jr. Family with spouse Bill Hall Verda Mae “Verdie” Webb Birth: January 7, 1906 31 26 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: October 10, 1972 — Okmulgee, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States
	Marriage: June 2, 1923 — Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States
19 months step-son	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Leroy Walter Clark Jr. Birth: 1924 22 17 — Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States Death: August 6, 1944