The Shemwell Family

Hugh Elliott BighamAge: 44 years19221967

Name
Hugh Elliott Bigham
Given names
Hugh Elliott
Surname
Bigham
Birth August 7, 1922
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 7 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
MarriageMeta Fletcher HutchinsonView this family
September 25, 1943 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 19 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 27 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 23 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 April 29, 1967 (Age 44 years)
Family with Meta Fletcher Hutchinson - View this family
himself
Hugh Elliott Bigham
Birth: August 7, 1922South Carolina, United States
Death: April 29, 1967Morganton, Burke, North Carolina, United States
wife
Meta Fletcher Hutchinson
Birth: March 17, 1914 30 35Hickory, Catawba, North Carolina, United States
Death: November 18, 2000Morganton, Burke, North Carolina, United States
Marriage: September 25, 1943Forsyth, North Carolina, United States

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