The Shemwell Family

Name
John Harley Earl Cherry
Given names
John Harley Earl
Surname
Cherry
Birth May 22, 1900 25 18
Census July 3, 1900 (Age 42 days)
Birth of a brotherHubert Cherry
August 7, 1902 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a sisterMinnie Pauline Cherry
April 5, 1909 (Age 8 years)
Census April 29, 1910 (Age 9 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherMary Jane Sikes
January 21, 1916 (Age 15 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 15 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Military
WW1 Draft
September 12, 1918 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a brotherGuy Norris “Texas Tiny” Cherry
November 14, 1918 (Age 18 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 16 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 17 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/
Census March 16, 1920 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Earline Cherry
November 24, 1927 (Age 27 years)
Death of a daughterEarline Cherry
November 27, 1927 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Dorothy Jean Cherry
January 19, 1929 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 29 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 paternal grandfatherJohn Randolph Cherry
September 3, 1932 (Age 32 years)
Death of a motherViola Samatha Deering
August 15, 1941 (Age 41 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 41 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 49 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 fatherZalmon Alfons “Jack” Cherry
June 29, 1954 (Age 54 years)
Death of a brotherGuy Norris “Texas Tiny” Cherry
March 22, 1971 (Age 70 years)
Death of a brotherHubert Cherry
November 24, 1971 (Age 71 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 45 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 March 21, 1983 (Age 82 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mount Olivet Cemetery
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