The Shemwell Family

Wilkes Estes Lowe Sr1874

Name
Wilkes Estes Lowe Sr
Given names
Wilkes Estes
Surname
Lowe
Name suffix
Sr
Birth January 15, 1874
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 3 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 24 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
Religious marriageMargaret L “Maggie” HarrisView this family
December 20, 1900 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Elizabeth Harris Lowe
August 1, 1902 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Dorothy Lowe
January 8, 1904 (Age 29 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Wilkes Estes Lowe Jr
August 17, 1911 (Age 37 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 41 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 42 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 43 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 55 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 67 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 75 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
Death of a wifeMargaret L “Maggie” Harris
February 28, 1954 (Age 80 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 71 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
Deathunknown

Family with Margaret L “Maggie” Harris - View this family
himself
wife
Margaret L “Maggie” Harris
Birth: December 20, 1880 23 18Trinity, Randolph, North Carolina, United States
Death: February 28, 1954Burlington, Alamance, North Carolina, United States
Marriage: December 20, 1900Randolph, North Carolina, United States
19 months
daughter
Elizabeth Harris Lowe
Birth: August 1, 1902 28 21North Carolina, United States
Death:
17 months
daughter
Dorothy Lowe
Birth: January 8, 1904 29 23North Carolina, United States
Death:
8 years
son
Wilkes Estes Lowe Jr
Birth: August 17, 1911 37 30North Carolina, United States
Death: February 26, 1990Elon College, Alamance, North Carolina, United States

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