The Shemwell Family

Roscoe Hooper HinchAge: 80 years19111991

Name
Roscoe Hooper Hinch
Given names
Roscoe Hooper
Surname
Hinch
Birth January 8, 1911 30 25
Birth of a sisterLois E Hinch
November 25, 1913 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 4 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 5 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 6 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/
Death of a paternal grandfatherJames Nathan Hinch
January 6, 1929 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 18 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 paternal grandmotherEmily Harris
September 29, 1932 (Age 21 years)
MarriageDorothy Mae HarleyView this family
1943 (Age 31 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 30 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 38 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 fatherSteward Hinch
March 7, 1960 (Age 49 years)
Death of a motherRebecca Oxler Sherrill
June 23, 1967 (Age 56 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 34 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 May 28, 1991 (Age 80 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: First Congregational Church Memorial Garden
Family with parents - View this family
father
Steward Hinch
Birth: February 24, 1880 31 32Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 7, 1960Rockwood, Roane, Tennessee, United States
mother
Rebecca Oxler Sherrill
Birth: July 25, 1885Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 23, 1967Spring City, Rhea, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: December 14, 1904
8 months
elder brother
Roy Onis Hinch
Birth: August 19, 1905 25 20Tennessee, United States
Death: December 4, 1993Hendersonville, Henderson, North Carolina, United States
5 years
himself
Roscoe Hooper Hinch
Birth: January 8, 1911 30 25Tennessee, United States
Death: May 28, 1991Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States
3 years
younger sister
Lois E Hinch
Birth: November 25, 1913 33 28Tennessee, United States
Death: April 19, 2003Tennessee, United States
Family with Dorothy Mae Harley - View this family
himself
Roscoe Hooper Hinch
Birth: January 8, 1911 30 25Tennessee, United States
Death: May 28, 1991Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States
wife
Dorothy Mae Harley
Birth: May 1, 1918Pennsylvania, United States
Death: October 2, 2017Hendersonville, Henderson, North Carolina, United States
Marriage: 1943New Jersey, United States