The Shemwell Family

Rebecca Oxler SherrillAge: 81 years18851967

Name
Rebecca Oxler Sherrill
Given names
Rebecca Oxler
Surname
Sherrill
Married name
Rebecca Oxler Hinch
Birth July 25, 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
MarriageSteward HinchView this family
December 14, 1904 (Age 19 years)

Birth of a son
#1
Roy Onis Hinch
August 19, 1905 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Roscoe Hooper Hinch
January 8, 1911 (Age 25 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Lois E Hinch
November 25, 1913 (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/
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
Birth of a grandson
#1
Lawrence Elden Long
October 8, 1934 (Age 49 years)
Marriage of a childRoy Onis HinchLarue Mack ScottView this family
between 1930 and 1940 (Age 44 years)

Death of a grandsonLawrence Elden Long
August 24, 1940 (Age 55 years)
Marriage of a childRoscoe Hooper HinchDorothy Mae HarleyView this family
1943 (Age 57 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
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 64 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 husbandSteward Hinch
March 7, 1960 (Age 74 years)
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 June 23, 1967 (Age 81 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Spring City Cemetery
Family with Steward Hinch - View this family
husband
Steward Hinch
Birth: February 24, 1880 31 32Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 7, 1960Rockwood, Roane, Tennessee, United States
herself
Rebecca Oxler Sherrill
Birth: July 25, 1885Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 23, 1967Spring City, Rhea, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: December 14, 1904
8 months
son
Roy Onis Hinch
Birth: August 19, 1905 25 20Tennessee, United States
Death: December 4, 1993Hendersonville, Henderson, North Carolina, United States
5 years
son
Roscoe Hooper Hinch
Birth: January 8, 1911 30 25Tennessee, United States
Death: May 28, 1991Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States
3 years
daughter
Lois E Hinch
Birth: November 25, 1913 33 28Tennessee, United States
Death: April 19, 2003Tennessee, United States

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