The Shemwell Family

Pollie TurnerAge: 75 years18781953

Name
Pollie Turner
Given names
Pollie
Surname
Turner
Married name
Pollie Frost
Married name
Pollie Harrison
Married name
Pollie Wright
Married name
Pollie DeLay
Birth June 26, 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
MarriageWilliam Sanders “Willie” HarrisonView this family
May 2, 1892 (Age 13 years)

Birth of a daughter
#1
Laura Jewel Harrison
March 31, 1893 (Age 14 years)
Birth of a son
#2
John Thomas Harrison
August 11, 1895 (Age 17 years)
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
MarriageEugene Eli FrostView this family
August 4, 1901 (Age 23 years)

MarriageRobert B WrightView this family
October 26, 1912 (Age 34 years)
Death of a husbandRobert B Wright
March 1, 1913 (Age 34 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/
MarriageJames Alfred DeLayView this family
November 19, 1924 (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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 63 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 71 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 67 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 September 20, 1953 (Age 75 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Oaklawn Cemetery
Family with Eugene Eli Frost - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: August 4, 1901
Family with William Sanders “Willie” Harrison - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: May 2, 1892
11 months
daughter
Laura Jewel Harrison
Birth: March 31, 1893 18 14Stringtown, Atoka, Choctaw Nation
Death: October 18, 1985Sulphur, Murray, Oklahoma, United States
2 years
son
John Thomas Harrison
Birth: August 11, 1895 21 17Dougherty, Pickens, Chicksaw Nation
Death: February 6, 1962Murray, Oklahoma, United States
Family with Robert B Wright - View this family
husband
Robert B Wright
Birth: April 10, 1867Kentucky, United States
Death: March 1, 1913Dougherty, Murray, Oklahoma, United States
herself
Marriage: October 26, 1912Gainesville, Cooke, Texas, United States
Family with James Alfred DeLay - View this family
husband
James Alfred DeLay
Birth: November 28, 1886Farmersville, Collin, Texas, United States
Death: January 24, 1961Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States
herself
Marriage: November 19, 1924Garvin, Oklahoma, United States
Eugene Eli Frost + Nannie Margaret “Maggie” Nye - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage: before 1930

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