The Shemwell Family

Ora Bell OffittAge: 78 years19121991

Name
Ora Bell Offitt
Given names
Ora Bell
Surname
Offitt
Married name
Ora Bell Gorrell
Birth November 14, 1912

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 3 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
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World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 4 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 5 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/
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The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 16 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
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World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 29 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 37 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 33 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
MarriageJohn Hinton GorrellView this family
February 28, 1976 (Age 63 years)
Death 1991 (Age 78 years)

Family with John Hinton Gorrell - View this family
husband
John Hinton Gorrell
Birth: July 4, 1910 38 36Kentucky, United States
Death: September 12, 1996Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States
herself
Marriage: February 28, 1976Robertson, Tennessee, United States
John Hinton Gorrell + Zelpha Adaline Phillips - View this family
husband
John Hinton Gorrell
Birth: July 4, 1910 38 36Kentucky, United States
Death: September 12, 1996Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States
husband’s wife
Zelpha Adaline Phillips
Birth: June 7, 1915 40 32Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 18, 1974Logan, Kentucky, United States
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step-son
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