The Shemwell Family

McClure White “Dink” DavisAge: 78 years18841963

Name
McClure White “Dink” Davis
Given names
McClure White
Surname
Davis
Nickname
Dink
Birth May 2, 1884 30 29
Birth of a brotherElijah Sanford Davis
December 4, 1886 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherMarion L Davis
December 1887 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a sisterKittie C Davis
February 1891 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a sisterMary Davis
February 1891 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a brotherErnest James Davis
September 4, 1892 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a sisterBessie Cornelia Davis
November 12, 1895 (Age 11 years)
Birth of a brotherWinter Carl Davis
November 30, 1897 (Age 13 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 13 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
Death of a sisterMary Davis
before 1900 (Age 15 years)

Death of a brotherMarion L Davis
about 1906 (Age 21 years)

Death of a maternal grandfatherJohn Monroe Beaty Walker
December 20, 1910 (Age 26 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMary Adaline Frost
January 2, 1911 (Age 26 years)
Death of a motherAmelia Ann “Millie” Walker
June 22, 1915 (Age 31 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 31 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death of a fatherJames Owen Davis
April 26, 1917 (Age 32 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 32 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 33 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 45 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 sisterKittie C Davis
before 1930 (Age 45 years)

Death of a brotherErnest James Davis
August 30, 1930 (Age 46 years)
Burial of a brotherErnest James Davis
August 31, 1930 (Age 46 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Frost Family Cemetery
Death of a brotherElijah Sanford Davis
November 19, 1934 (Age 50 years)
Burial of a brotherElijah Sanford Davis
November 21, 1934 (Age 50 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Bridgeport Cemetery
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 57 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 65 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 brotherJohn William Davis
June 13, 1955 (Age 71 years)
Burial of a brotherJohn William Davis
June 15, 1955 (Age 71 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Frost Family Cemetery
Death of a brotherWinter Carl Davis
June 30, 1959 (Age 75 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 61 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 March 3, 1963 (Age 78 years)
Burial March 5, 1963 (2 days after death)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Frost Family Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: about 1882
9 months
elder brother
John William Davis
Birth: October 14, 1882 28 27Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 13, 1955Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
19 months
himself
McClure White “Dink” Davis
Birth: May 2, 1884 30 29Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 3, 1963Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
3 years
younger brother
Elijah Sanford Davis
Birth: December 4, 1886 32 32Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 19, 1934Wenatchee, Chelan, Washington, United States
13 months
younger brother
Marion L Davis
Birth: December 1887 33 33Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: about 1906
3 years
younger sister
Kittie C Davis
Birth: February 1891 36 36Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: before 1930
1 month
younger sister
Mary Davis
Birth: February 1891 36 36Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: before 1900
19 months
younger brother
Ernest James Davis
Birth: September 4, 1892 38 37Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 30, 1930Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
3 years
younger sister
Bessie Cornelia Davis
Birth: November 12, 1895 41 40Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 19, 1972
2 years
younger brother
Winter Carl Davis
Birth: November 30, 1897 43 43Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 30, 1959Monroe, Kentucky, United States

McClure White “Dink” Davis has 36 first cousins recorded