The Shemwell Family

Orlie Lafayette MeyersAge: 61 years18851947

Name
Orlie Lafayette Meyers
Given names
Orlie Lafayette
Surname
Meyers
Birth September 24, 1885
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 12 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
Cletus Keiffer Meyers
December 18, 1905 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Ila Theopal Meyers
August 13, 1907 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Arlie Woodrow Meyers
September 1, 1914 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 30 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 31 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 32 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/
Death of a wifeIla Belle Eddinger
June 21, 1924 (Age 38 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Theodore Lee “Ted” Davis Jr.
April 23, 1927 (Age 41 years)
Marriage of a childTheodore Lee DavisIla Theopal MeyersView this family
about 1927 (Age 41 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 44 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
Census April 12, 1930 (Age 44 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Maribelle Ann Davis
March 18, 1932 (Age 46 years)
Census April 4, 1940 (Age 54 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 56 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
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 60 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 January 27, 1947 (Age 61 years)
Family with Vera Odessa Younts - View this family
himself
wife
Vera Odessa Younts
Birth: August 8, 1905Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: September 27, 1997Randolph, North Carolina, United States
son
Private
son
Private
Family with Ila Belle Eddinger - View this family
himself
wife
Ila Belle Eddinger
Birth: June 13, 1886Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: June 21, 1924High Point, Guilford, North Carolina, United States
son
Cletus Keiffer Meyers
Birth: December 18, 1905 20 19Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: June 7, 1978Thomasville, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
20 months
daughter
Ila Theopal Meyers
Birth: August 13, 1907 21 21Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: May 21, 1990Thomasville, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
7 years
son
Arlie Woodrow Meyers
Birth: September 1, 1914 28 28Thomasville, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: November 3, 1956Cocoa, Brevard, Florida, United States
son
Private

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