The Shemwell Family

Mary Griselda SmithAge: 71 years19121983

Name
Mary Griselda Smith
Given names
Mary Griselda
Surname
Smith
Married name
Mary Griselda Grice
Birth August 5, 1912 23 28
Birth of a brotherJohn Clark Smith
June 5, 1914 (Age 22 months)
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
Birth of a sisterLiller May Smith
February 5, 1918 (Age 5 years)
Death of a sisterLiller May Smith
March 5, 1918 (Age 5 years)
Historical Event
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
Historical Event
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/
Census January 21, 1920 (Age 7 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 17 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 9, 1930 (Age 17 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJohn Thomas Nooe
July 30, 1930 (Age 17 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherNancy Rebecca Bean
July 5, 1933 (Age 20 years)
Death of a motherMiranda Candis Nooe
January 26, 1939 (Age 26 years)
Death of a fatherHilry Davidson “H D” Smith
February 28, 1939 (Age 26 years)
Census April 2, 1940 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
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
Death of a brotherJohn Clark Smith
February 13, 1964 (Age 51 years)
Death of a husbandBuren Wade Grice
December 21, 1970 (Age 58 years)
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
Death September 11, 1983 (Age 71 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: First Baptist Church Cemetery
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father
Hilry Davidson “H D” Smith
Birth: November 7, 1888North Carolina, United States
Death: February 28, 1939Jackson Hill, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
mother
Miranda Candis Nooe
Birth: April 28, 1884 23 29North Carolina, United States
Death: January 26, 1939Jackson Hill, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
herself
Mary Griselda Smith
Birth: August 5, 1912 23 28Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: September 11, 1983Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
22 months
younger brother
John Clark Smith
Birth: June 5, 1914 25 30North Carolina, United States
Death: February 13, 1964Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, United States
sister
Private
younger sister
Liller May Smith
Birth: February 5, 1918 29 33Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: March 5, 1918Healing Springs, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Family with Buren Wade Grice - View this family
husband
Buren Wade Grice
Birth: May 22, 1909North Carolina, United States
Death: December 21, 1970Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, United States
herself
Mary Griselda Smith
Birth: August 5, 1912 23 28Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: September 11, 1983Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
son
Private
son
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Mary Griselda Smith has 10 first cousins recorded

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Mother's family (10)

Parents Walter Jay Nooe + Roberta “Bertie” Callicutt
2Guy G Nooe19141964
3Mattie Bruce Nooe19161989
4Lottie Belle Nooe19172007
5Zeola Bessie Nooe19202003
7Howard Eston Nooe19302014
8Donnie Eugene Nooe19332015
Parents Walter Jay Nooe + Dora Overton
1Private
2Private