The Shemwell Family

George F WinecoffAge: 62 years18781941

Name
George F Winecoff
Given names
George F
Surname
Winecoff
Birth May 19, 1878
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 19 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
MarriageGertrude C CogginsView this family
July 4, 1903 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 37 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 38 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 39 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/
Death of a wifeGertrude C Coggins
February 3, 1925 (Age 46 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 51 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 April 15, 1941 (Age 62 years)
Family with Gertrude C Coggins - View this family
himself
George F Winecoff
Birth: May 19, 1878Rowan, North Carolina, United States
Death: April 15, 1941Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, United States
wife
Gertrude C Coggins
Birth: July 31, 1881 33 25North Carolina, United States
Death: February 3, 1925Mocksville, Davie, North Carolina, United States
Marriage: July 4, 1903Rowan, North Carolina, United States

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