The Shemwell Family

Faught, Lamar, Texas, United States

Historical Event

Polio Epidemic

1916 (Age 13 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 14 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

Marriage

James Riley “Jim” Holley — View this family
about 1918 (Age 15 years)

Historical Event

Spanish Influenza Epidemic

1918 (Age 15 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/

Birth of a son
#1

Alvie L “Buck” Holley
January 23, 1919 (Age 16 years)

Census

February 18, 1920 (Age 17 years)

Lamar, Texas, United States

Shared note: 1920 United States - Census transcript - James R Holley - Household

Birth of a son
#2

Alfred B “Pat” Holley
April 4, 1920 (Age 17 years)

Birth of a daughter
#3

Edora Holley
February 6, 1923 (Age 20 years)

Death of a daughter

Edora Holley
February 21, 1923 (Age 20 years)

Birth of a daughter
#4

Elsia Irene Holley
April 25, 1924 (Age 21 years)

Parker, Texas, United States

Marriage

Burrell “Burl” Barton — View this family
about 1928 (Age 25 years)

Birth of a daughter
#5

Clara Virginia Barton
November 3, 1928 (Age 25 years)

Historical Event

The Great Depression

October 1929 (Age 26 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 11, 1930 (Age 27 years)

Parker, Texas, United States

Shared note: 1930 United States - Census transcript - Burrell “Burl” Barton - Household

Marriage of a child

Morris Nathan Vick — Elsia Irene Holley — View this family
about 1939 (Age 36 years)

Birth of a grandson
#1

Charles Morris Vick
November 27, 1940 (Age 37 years)

Marriage of a child

Alvie L “Buck” Holley — Rosa Lee Sanders — View this family
about 1941 (Age 38 years)

Note: Marriage information taken off of Rosa's Death Certificate

Birth of a grandson
#2

Bobby Wayne Vick
July 30, 1943 (Age 40 years)

Historical Event

World War II

between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 38 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

Marriage of a child

Richard M Chamberlain — Clara Virginia Barton — View this family
about 1946 (Age 43 years)

Birth of a grandson
#3

Billy Ray Chamberlain
June 26, 1947 (Age 44 years)

Death of a husband

James Riley “Jim” Holley
October 29, 1953 (Age 50 years)

Historical Event

Korean War

between 1950 and 1953 (Age 47 years)

South Korea

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 43 years)

Vietnam

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

August 4, 1965 (Age 62 years)