The Shemwell Family

Curtis Lothaine CampbellAge: 78 years19161994

Name
Curtis Lothaine Campbell
Given names
Curtis Lothaine
Surname
Campbell
Birth January 7, 1916
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916

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 11 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 23 months)

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 13 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
Birth of a daughter
#1
Mary Elizabeth Campbell
August 31, 1934 (Age 18 years)
Census May 3, 1940 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 25 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 33 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 29 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 November 20, 1994 (Age 78 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Moore Memorial Gardens Cemetery
Family with Mary Lorie “Myrt” Fitzhugh - View this family
himself
Curtis Lothaine Campbell
Birth: January 7, 1916Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States
Death: November 20, 1994Tarrant, Texas, United States
wife
Mary Lorie “Myrt” Fitzhugh
Birth: September 3, 1915 39 34Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States
Death: November 8, 2008Tarrant, Texas, United States
daughter
Mary Elizabeth Campbell
Birth: August 31, 1934 18 18Hood, Texas, United States
Death: May 17, 2016Tarrant, Texas, United States
daughter
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