The Shemwell Family

Pearl Grace Inez QuickAge: 80 years18861967

Name
Pearl Grace Inez Quick
Given names
Pearl Grace Inez
Surname
Quick
Married name
Pearl Grace Inez Hedges
Birth March 18, 1886
MarriageCarl Wesley HedgesView this family
unknown

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
Birth of a son
#1
Lester Laverne Hedges
April 22, 1915 (Age 29 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Kathryn A Hedges
December 5, 1916 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 29 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a son
#3
Carl Frederick Hedges Sr.
August 17, 1918 (Age 32 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 30 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 31 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
#4
Concordia Cecelia “Connie” Hedges
March 12, 1921 (Age 34 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 43 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
Marriage of a childLester Laverne HedgesEleanor Allene RileyView this family
December 3, 1933 (Age 47 years)

Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 55 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 childMaurice Denton ApplingConcordia Cecelia “Connie” HedgesView this family
September 30, 1945 (Age 59 years)

Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Teresa Lenora Appling
April 24, 1949 (Age 63 years)
Death of a husbandCarl Wesley Hedges
September 30, 1953 (Age 67 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 63 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 59 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 January 4, 1967 (Age 80 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Kilgore City Cemetery
Family with Carl Wesley Hedges - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage:
son
Lester Laverne Hedges
Birth: April 22, 1915 37 29Burkburnett, Wichita, Texas, United States
Death: September 28, 1996Gregg, Texas, United States
19 months
daughter
Kathryn A Hedges
Birth: December 5, 1916 39 30Burkburnett, Wichita, Texas, United States
Death: March 13, 2013Clarksville, Red River, Texas, United States
20 months
son
Carl Frederick Hedges Sr.
Birth: August 17, 1918 41 32Burkburnett, Wichita, Texas, United States
Death: July 8, 2003Texas City, Galveston, Texas, United States
3 years
daughter
Concordia Cecelia “Connie” Hedges
Birth: March 12, 1921 43 34Wichita Falls, Wichita, Texas, United States
Death: March 17, 2007Kilgore, Gregg, Texas, United States