The Shemwell Family

Elizabeth “Lizzie” MayesAge: 90 years18871977

Name
Elizabeth “Lizzie” Mayes
Given names
Elizabeth
Surname
Mayes
Nickname
Lizzie
Married name
Elizabeth McClure
Birth March 15, 1887
MarriageJames Rufus McClureView this family
unknown

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 11 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
Guy Franklin McClure
February 26, 1913 (Age 25 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Harvie “Tip” McClure
January 12, 1915 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 28 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a son
#3
Lee Whit McClure
April 7, 1917 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 29 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 30 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 42 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 granddaughter
#1
Lenice Jean McClure
January 10, 1935 (Age 47 years)
Census April 16, 1940 (Age 53 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 54 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 62 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 husbandJames Rufus McClure
June 29, 1962 (Age 75 years)

Death of a sonHarvie “Tip” McClure
January 23, 1975 (Age 87 years)

Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 58 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 29, 1977 (Age 90 years)

Family with James Rufus McClure - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage:
son
Guy Franklin McClure
Birth: February 26, 1913 24 25Tennessee, United States
Death: March 13, 1995Huntsville, Madison, Alabama, United States
23 months
son
Harvie “Tip” McClure
Birth: January 12, 1915 26 27Tennessee, United States
Death: January 23, 1975
2 years
son
Lee Whit McClure
Birth: April 7, 1917 29 30Tennessee, United States
Death: April 20, 2004

No family available

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - James Rufus McClure - Household

Wheelerton Rd Lincoln, Tennessee

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
McClure, J RheadMW52MTNRFranklinTNFarmerFarm
McClure, LizziewifeFW53MTNRFranklinTN
McClure, HarveysonMW25STNRFranklinTNFarmerFarm
McClure, WhitsonMW23STNRFranklinTNFarmerFarm
McClure, GuysonMW29MTNRFranklinTNFarmerFarm
McClure, Lucilledaughter in lawFW25MOKRFranklinTN
McClure, Lenice Janegrand daughterFW5STNRFranklinTN