The Shemwell Family

Ewing E CannonAge: 72 years19151988

Name
Ewing E Cannon
Given names
Ewing E
Surname
Cannon
Birth July 31, 1915 24 16
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 5 months)

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 17 months)

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 2 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/
Birth of a brotherJames N “Jim” Cannon
May 30, 1919 (Age 3 years)
Census February 6, 1920 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a brotherJohn Thomas Cannon
August 1, 1924 (Age 9 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherWilliam Thomas “Bud” Glass
January 3, 1929 (Age 13 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 14 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
Birth of a son
#1
Jerry Ewing Cannon
December 26, 1941 (Age 26 years)
Death of a brotherJohn Thomas Cannon
December 8, 1944 (Age 29 years)

Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 26 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
Census April 3, 1950 (Age 34 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 34 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 fatherIrvin Cannon
December 1, 1973 (Age 58 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 30 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 of a wifeMarjorie Christine Nanney
February 7, 1979 (Age 63 years)
Death of a motherMary LaRue Glass
October 13, 1984 (Age 69 years)
Death January 31, 1988 (Age 72 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: October 10, 1914Henry, Tennessee, United States
10 months
himself
Ewing E Cannon
Birth: July 31, 1915 24 16Tennessee, United States
Death: January 31, 1988Humboldt, Gibson, Tennessee, United States
4 years
younger brother
James N “Jim” Cannon
Birth: May 30, 1919 28 20Henry, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 5, 2003Burnsville, Tishomingo, Mississippi, United States
5 years
younger brother
John Thomas Cannon
Birth: August 1, 1924 33 25Henry, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 8, 1944
Family with Marjorie Christine Nanney - View this family
himself
Ewing E Cannon
Birth: July 31, 1915 24 16Tennessee, United States
Death: January 31, 1988Humboldt, Gibson, Tennessee, United States
wife
Marjorie Christine Nanney
Birth: August 6, 1915Carroll, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 7, 1979Madison, Tennessee, United States
son
Jerry Ewing Cannon
Birth: December 26, 1941 26 26Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 8, 1994Jackson, Madison, Tennessee, United States
daughter
Private

Ewing E Cannon has 5 first cousins recorded

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Irvin Cannon - Household

Huntington Road Henry, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Cannon, IrvinheadMW29MTNTNTNLaborerRailroad
Cannon, LaruewifeFW20MTNTNTN
Cannon, EwinsonMW4STNTNTN
Cannon, JamessonMW8mSTNTNTN