The Shemwell Family

Laura Louellen GantAge: 71 years18741945

Name
Laura Louellen Gant
Given names
Laura Louellen
Surname
Gant
Married name
Laura Louellen Gorrell
Birth February 8, 1874
MarriageJohn VanMeter GorrellView this family
unknown

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
Birth of a son
#1
John Hinton Gorrell
July 4, 1910 (Age 36 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
Death May 11, 1945 (Age 71 years)
Family with John VanMeter Gorrell - View this family
husband
John VanMeter Gorrell
Birth: April 19, 1872Kentucky, United States
Death: October 28, 1948Todd, Kentucky, United States
herself
Laura Louellen Gant
Birth: February 8, 1874Kentucky, United States
Death: May 11, 1945Todd, Kentucky, United States
Marriage:
son
John Hinton Gorrell
Birth: July 4, 1910 38 36Kentucky, United States
Death: September 12, 1996Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States

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