The Shemwell Family

Walter “Hob” DavisAge: 77 years1899–1977

Name
Walter “Hob” Davis
Given names
Walter
Surname
Davis
Nickname
Hob
Birth December 18, 1899

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 16 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 17 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 18 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 29 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 41 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 50 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
MarriageMinnie Lee Bryant — View this family
after 1974 (Age 74 years)

Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 46 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 May 23, 1977 (Age 77 years)
Family with Minnie Lee Bryant - View this family
himself
Walter “Hob” Davis
Birth: December 18, 1899
Death: May 23, 1977
wife
Minnie Lee Bryant
Birth: January 10, 1921 — Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 4, 2005 — Madisonville, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States
Marriage: after 1974 —
Raymond Woodson Randolph + Minnie Lee Bryant - View this family
wife’s husband
Raymond Woodson Randolph
Adoption:
Birth: September 20, 1918 21 11 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: October 7, 1974 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
wife
Minnie Lee Bryant
Birth: January 10, 1921 — Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 4, 2005 — Madisonville, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States
step-son
Raymond Garland Penrod
Birth: April 29, 1942 23 21 — Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 12, 1992 — Santa Clara, California, United States
step-son
Private
step-daughter
Private

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