The Shemwell Family

Leonora Dudley BakerAge: 78 years18871966

Name
Leonora Dudley Baker
Given names
Leonora Dudley
Surname
Baker
Married name
Leonora Dudley Appling
Birth November 16, 1887
MarriageJames Richard ApplingView this family
unknown

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 10 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
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 28 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 29 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 30 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 son
#1
Maurice Denton Appling
December 30, 1919 (Age 32 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 41 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 54 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 57 years)

Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Teresa Lenora Appling
April 24, 1949 (Age 61 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 62 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 husbandJames Richard Appling
June 20, 1955 (Age 67 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 58 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 28, 1966 (Age 78 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Highsmith Cemetery
Family with James Richard Appling - View this family
husband
James Richard Appling
Birth: December 4, 1881Texas, United States
Death: June 20, 1955Luling, Caldwell, Texas, United States
herself
Leonora Dudley Baker
Birth: November 16, 1887Guadalupe, Texas, United States
Death: January 28, 1966Luling, Caldwell, Texas, United States
Marriage:
son
Maurice Denton Appling
Birth: December 30, 1919 38 32Kingsbury, Guadalupe, Texas, United States
Death: August 1, 2000Longview, Gregg, Texas, United States

Note
1. 1930 census - Guadalupe Co., TX: Pct. #7, E.D. 22, p. 12B, 233/253 [age 42; b. TX] [parents b. TX]. 2. Texas Death Index, 1903-2000. 3. SSDI [452-86-6613 TX].