The Shemwell Family

Birth of a brother

Marshall Bryant Nichols
April 8, 1913 (Age 2 years)

Birth of a brother

Woodrow Wilson “Row” Nichols
July 1916 (Age 5 years)

Historical Event

Polio Epidemic

1916 (Age 5 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 6 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 7 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 15, 1920 (Age 9 years)

Shared note: 1920 United States - Census transcript - Charles Wade “Charley” Nichols - Household

Death of a father

Charles Wade “Charley” Nichols
August 30, 1924 (Age 14 years)

Death of a brother

William Francis Nichols
April 18, 1925 (Age 14 years)

Cause: Shot by City Marshall

Historical Event

The Great Depression

October 1929 (Age 19 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 21, 1930 (Age 19 years)

Shared note: 1930 United States - Census transcript - Sallie Jane McMillan - Household

Death of a mother

Sallie Jane McMillan
January 10, 1945 (Age 34 years)

Historical Event

World War II

between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 31 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

Death of a sister

Mary Evelyn “Maymie” Nichols
December 21, 1951 (Age 41 years)

Historical Event

Korean War

between 1950 and 1953 (Age 39 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

Death of a brother

Charles Carlisle Nichols
April 2, 1960 (Age 49 years)

Death of a brother

Marshall Bryant Nichols
December 4, 1964 (Age 54 years)

Historical Event

Vietnam War

between 1946 and 1975 (Age 35 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 of a brother

Ira Guy Nichols
March 3, 1980 (Age 69 years)

Livingston, Overton, Tennessee, United States

Death of a brother

Woodrow Wilson “Row” Nichols
November 24, 1983 (Age 73 years)

Death of a brother

Gilbert Vernon Nichols
October 21, 1988 (Age 78 years)

Death of a sister

Sallie Ida Nichols
January 15, 1995 (Age 84 years)