The Shemwell Family

Lewis Grady ByrdAge: 82 years19011984

Name
Lewis Grady Byrd
Given names
Lewis Grady
Surname
Byrd
Birth August 7, 1901
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 14 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 15 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 16 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 daughter
#1
Virginia Lea Byrd
May 31, 1922 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Lewis Grady Byrd Jr
November 11, 1924 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Max Lancaster Byrd
April 8, 1928 (Age 26 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 28 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 18, 1930 (Age 28 years)
Census April 30, 1940 (Age 38 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 40 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
Birth of a grandson
#1
Donald L Chance
January 4, 1949 (Age 47 years)

Birth of a grandson
#2
Sammie Lee Chance Sr.
March 10, 1951 (Age 49 years)
Marriage of a childLewis Grady Byrd JrSara Frances SmithView this family
June 2, 1951 (Age 49 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 48 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 44 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 of a wifeMary Lea Lancaster
December 12, 1983 (Age 82 years)
Death April 14, 1984 (Age 82 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Hillcrest Cemetery
Family with Mary Lea Lancaster - View this family
himself
wife
Mary Lea Lancaster
Birth: March 31, 1904 37 28Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 12, 1983Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
daughter
Virginia Lea Byrd
Birth: May 31, 1922 20 18Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 11, 2000Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
2 years
son
Lewis Grady Byrd Jr
Birth: November 11, 1924 23 20Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 5, 1986Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
3 years
son
daughter
Private

No family available

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Lewis Grady Byrd - Household

Stewart, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Byrd, GradyheadMW29M20TNTNTNSalesmanGarage
Byrd, Mary LeawifeFW26M19TNTNTN
Byrd, VirginiadaughterFW7STNTNTN
Byrd, Lewis Jr.sonMW5STNTNTN
Byrd, MaxsonMW1STNTNTN