The Shemwell Family

Marcus Eugene C GrayAge: 78 years18741953

Name
Marcus Eugene C Gray
Given names
Marcus Eugene C
Surname
Gray
Birth July 19, 1874
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 3 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
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Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 23 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
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Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 41 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
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World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 42 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
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Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 43 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/
MarriageNannie Biggs HillView this family
April 28, 1928 (Age 53 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 55 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
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World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 67 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 75 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 71 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 15, 1953 (Age 78 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Restland Memorial Park
Family with Nannie Biggs Hill - View this family
himself
Marcus Eugene C Gray
Birth: July 19, 1874Texas, United States
Death: March 15, 1953Glen Rose, Somervell, Texas, United States
wife
Marriage: April 28, 1928Washita, Oklahoma, United States
August Snow Frost + Nannie Biggs Hill - View this family
wife’s husband
August Snow Frost
Birth: August 10, 1878 39 38Granby City, Newton, Missouri, United States
Death: December 2, 1917Neosho, Newton, Missouri, United States
wife
Marriage: about 1903
William Riley + Nannie Biggs Hill - View this family
wife’s husband
wife
Marriage: September 8, 1889Johnson, Texas, United States
Walter L Bennett + Nannie Biggs Hill - View this family
wife’s husband
wife
Marriage: June 14, 1896Johnson, Texas, United States

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