The Shemwell Family

Jennie Leigh MorrisAge: 84 years19061991

Name
Jennie Leigh Morris
Given names
Jennie Leigh
Surname
Morris
Married name
Jennie Leigh Davis
Birth November 9, 1906
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 9 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 10 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 11 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/
MarriageCarlie Harris DavisView this family
calculated 1928 (Age 21 years)

Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 22 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 son
#1
William Victor “Bill” Davis
April 4, 1931 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 35 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 43 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 husbandCarlie Harris Davis
February 25, 1964 (Age 57 years)
Cause: Gun shot wound
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 39 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 10, 1991 (Age 84 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: First Baptist Church Cemetery
Family with Carlie Harris Davis - View this family
husband
Carlie Harris Davis
Birth: April 1, 1903 28 24Denton, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: February 25, 1964Asheboro, Randolph, North Carolina, United States
herself
Jennie Leigh Morris
Birth: November 9, 1906Randolph, North Carolina, United States
Death: March 10, 1991Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Marriage: calculated 1928
3 years
son
William Victor “Bill” Davis
Birth: April 4, 1931 28 24Denton, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: November 4, 2002Greenville, Pitt, North Carolina, United States

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