The Shemwell Family

Harmon Frank ConnellAge: 65 years19111976

Name
Harmon Frank Connell
Given names
Harmon Frank
Surname
Connell
Birth January 30, 1911 26 25
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 4 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 5 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
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Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 6 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 paternal grandfatherGeorge Franklin Connell
August 14, 1925 (Age 14 years)

Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 18 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 30 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
Death of a paternal grandmotherNancy Ann Shemwell
November 19, 1951 (Age 40 years)
Death of a motherMaude Reynolds
January 4, 1953 (Age 41 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 38 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 fatherThomas Frederick Connell
October 31, 1958 (Age 47 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 34 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 September 19, 1976 (Age 65 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Erin Oak Hill Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
Thomas Frederick Connell
Birth: July 16, 1884 35 33Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 31, 1958Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
mother
Maude Reynolds
Birth: August 11, 1885Albany, Dougherty, Georgia, United States
Death: January 4, 1953Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: January 3, 1910Houston, Tennessee, United States
13 months
himself
Harmon Frank Connell
Birth: January 30, 1911 26 25Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 19, 1976Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
Family with Christine Genevive Cook - View this family
himself
Harmon Frank Connell
Birth: January 30, 1911 26 25Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 19, 1976Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
wife
Christine Genevive Cook
Birth: May 29, 1913Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 26, 1992Tennessee, United States
daughter
Private
son
Private

Harmon Frank Connell has 12 first cousins recorded