The Shemwell Family

Dicie Camilla CarltonAge: 94 years18961990

Name
Dicie Camilla Carlton
Given names
Dicie Camilla
Surname
Carlton
Married name
Dicie Camilla Amy
Birth April 9, 1896 34 33
Birth of a sisterMary C Carlton
August 14, 1898 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 23 months)
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
Birth of a sisterMartha E Carlton
May 5, 1900 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a brotherJohn Raymond Carlton
May 10, 1902 (Age 6 years)
Death of a sisterMary C Carlton
December 8, 1903 (Age 7 years)
Death of a sisterMartha E Carlton
December 10, 1903 (Age 7 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMabel Malinda “Linda” Watson
August 10, 1909 (Age 13 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJohn Riley Greene
January 13, 1915 (Age 18 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 19 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 20 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 21 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 33 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 fatherJohn Lundy Carlton
August 10, 1940 (Age 44 years)

Death of a motherCamilla Greene
August 2, 1944 (Age 48 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 45 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 brotherGeorge Solomon Carlton
January 31, 1946 (Age 49 years)
Death of a brotherIsaac Benjamin Carlton
May 3, 1952 (Age 56 years)

Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 53 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 brotherWilliam Elihu Carlton
February 4, 1960 (Age 63 years)
Death of a sisterNancy Adona Carlton
February 24, 1974 (Age 77 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 49 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 of a sisterCelia E Carlton
July 4, 1976 (Age 80 years)
Death of a sisterSarah Melinda Carlton
January 28, 1977 (Age 80 years)
Death of a sisterLucy Belle Carlton
February 19, 1978 (Age 81 years)

Death of a brotherByron Commodore Carlton
May 25, 1978 (Age 82 years)
Death of a brotherJohn Raymond Carlton
April 13, 1983 (Age 87 years)
Death July 6, 1990 (Age 94 years)
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father
mother
Marriage: January 19, 1881Watauga, North Carolina, United States
9 months
elder brother
William Elihu Carlton
Birth: October 25, 1881 19 18Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: February 4, 1960Harford, Maryland, United States
15 months
elder brother
George Solomon Carlton
Birth: February 5, 1883 21 20Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: January 31, 1946Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
2 years
elder sister
Nancy Adona Carlton
Birth: February 22, 1885 23 22Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: February 24, 1974Verona, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
20 months
elder sister
Sarah Melinda Carlton
Birth: October 11, 1886 24 23Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: January 28, 1977Pitcairn, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
23 months
elder sister
Celia E Carlton
Birth: September 14, 1888 26 25Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: July 4, 1976Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
22 months
elder brother
Byron Commodore Carlton
Birth: July 29, 1890 28 27Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: May 25, 1978Santa Clara, California, United States
21 months
elder sister
Lucy Belle Carlton
Birth: May 11, 1892 30 29Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: February 19, 1978
2 years
elder brother
Isaac Benjamin Carlton
Birth: May 7, 1894 32 31Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: May 3, 1952
23 months
herself
Dicie Camilla Carlton
Birth: April 9, 1896 34 33Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: July 6, 1990Sparks, Washoe, Nevada, United States
2 years
younger sister
Mary C Carlton
Birth: August 14, 1898 36 35Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: December 8, 1903Watauga, North Carolina, United States
21 months
younger sister
Martha E Carlton
Birth: May 5, 1900 38 37Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: December 10, 1903Watauga, North Carolina, United States
2 years
younger brother
John Raymond Carlton
Birth: May 10, 1902 40 39Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: April 13, 1983Washoe, Nevada, United States