The Shemwell Family

Alonzo Young TurnerAge: 74 years18771951

Name
Alonzo Young Turner
Given names
Alonzo Young
Surname
Turner
Birth April 29, 1877
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 8 months)

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 20 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
MarriageJessie Pearl FrostView this family
December 25, 1900 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Clarence Washington Turner
February 22, 1902 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Alma Turner
April 23, 1904 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Herbert Alonzo Turner
September 9, 1906 (Age 29 years)
Birth of a son
#4
August Frost Turner
October 4, 1911 (Age 34 years)
Birth of a daughter
#5
Corine Hazel Turner
June 19, 1913 (Age 36 years)
Death of a wifeJessie Pearl Frost
June 28, 1914 (Age 37 years)
MarriageOra Anna DoughitView this family
January 14, 1916 (Age 38 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 38 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 39 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 40 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 52 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 64 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 72 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 68 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 5, 1951 (Age 74 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: East Mount Cemetery
Family with Jessie Pearl Frost - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: December 25, 1900Granby, Newton, Missouri, United States
14 months
son
Clarence Washington Turner
Birth: February 22, 1902 24 19Hunt, Texas, United States
Death: November 30, 1955Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States
2 years
daughter
Alma Turner
Birth: April 23, 1904 26 22Hunt, Texas, United States
Death: August 15, 1966Tyler, Smith, Texas, United States
2 years
son
Herbert Alonzo Turner
Birth: September 9, 1906 29 24Hunt, Texas, United States
Death: August 22, 1980Garland, Dallas, Texas, United States
5 years
son
August Frost Turner
Birth: October 4, 1911 34 29Hunt, Texas, United States
Death: January 8, 1968Garland, Dallas, Texas, United States
Family with Ora Anna Doughit - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: January 14, 1916Hunt, Texas, United States
-3 years
daughter
Corine Hazel Turner
Birth: June 19, 1913Hunt, Texas, United States
Death: August 17, 1982Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States
Jefferson Cornude “Jeff” Creel + Ora Anna Doughit - View this family
wife’s husband
Jefferson Cornude “Jeff” Creel
Birth: August 1, 1894Texas, United States
Death: October 14, 1961McKinney, Collin, Texas, United States
wife
Marriage: August 27, 1911Hunt, Texas, United States
22 months
daughter
Corine Hazel Turner
Birth: June 19, 1913Hunt, Texas, United States
Death: August 17, 1982Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States

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