The Shemwell Family

Daisy SkurlockAge: 89 years18861975

Name
Daisy Skurlock
Given names
Daisy
Surname
Skurlock
Married name
Daisy Stacy
Birth April 2, 1886 31 25
Birth of a brotherFrancis Marion Skurlock Jr.
October 1, 1889 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 11 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 maternal grandfatherJohn Monroe Beaty Walker
December 20, 1910 (Age 24 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMary Adaline Frost
January 2, 1911 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 29 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 fatherFrancis Marion Skurlock Sr.
November 21, 1917 (Age 31 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 30 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 31 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 43 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 motherRhoda Emily Walker
November 29, 1942 (Age 56 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 55 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
Death of a brotherFrancis Marion Skurlock Jr.
May 25, 1946 (Age 60 years)
Burial of a brotherFrancis Marion Skurlock Jr.
May 26, 1946 (Age 60 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Skurlock Cemetery
Death of a sisterBessie Skurlock
September 28, 1950 (Age 64 years)
Burial of a sisterBessie Skurlock
October 1, 1950 (Age 64 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Greenwood Cemetery
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 63 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 59 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 August 25, 1975 (Age 89 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mount Gilead Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: about 1880
20 months
elder sister
Bessie Skurlock
Birth: August 25, 1881 26 20White, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 28, 1950Murfreesboro, Rutherford, Tennessee, United States
21 months
elder sister
Mary Eliza Skurlock
Birth: May 26, 1883 28 22White, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 28, 1981Catoosa, Georgia, United States
3 years
herself
Daisy Skurlock
Birth: April 2, 1886 31 25White, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 25, 1975Catoosa, Georgia, United States
4 years
younger brother
Francis Marion Skurlock Jr.
Birth: October 1, 1889 35 28Doyle, White, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 25, 1946Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States