The Shemwell Family

Porter Comer WebbAge: 61 years19001962

Name
Porter Comer Webb
Given names
Porter Comer
Surname
Webb
Birth June 15, 1900 26 22
Birth of a sisterHelen Webb
December 21, 1903 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherWilliam Woodson Webb
July 9, 1905 (Age 5 years)
Census April 26, 1910 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a brotherMarshall Webb
November 9, 1910 (Age 10 years)
Birth of a sisterHazel Webb
1914 (Age 13 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 15 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 16 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 17 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 February 27, 1920 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 29 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
Death of a fatherWalter Woodson Webb
January 4, 1942 (Age 41 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 41 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 49 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 45 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 April 8, 1962 (Age 61 years)
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Porter Comer Webb
Birth: June 15, 1900 26 22Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: April 8, 1962Gary, Lake, Indiana, United States
4 years
younger sister
Helen Webb
Birth: December 21, 1903 29 26Missouri, United States
Death:
19 months
younger brother
William Woodson Webb
Birth: July 9, 1905 31 27Marshall, Saline, Missouri, United States
Death:
5 years
younger brother
Marshall Webb
Birth: November 9, 1910 36 33Marshall, Saline, Missouri, United States
Death: December 10, 1971Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States
4 years
younger sister
sister
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Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Walter Woodson Webb - Household

Marshall, Saline, Missouri, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Webb, Walter WheadMW34MMOMOMOfeed yard
Webb, Cora wifeFW32M44MO
Webb, Pensie daughterFW12SMOMOMO
Webb, Porter sonMW9SMOMOMO
Webb, HelendaughterFW7SMOMOMO
Webb, WoodsonsonMW4SMOMOMO