The Shemwell Family

Oscar Lee HincheyAge: 64 years19011965

Name
Oscar Lee Hinchey
Given names
Oscar Lee
Surname
Hinchey
Birth May 4, 1901 40 29
Birth of a sisterOcie Ola Hinchey
June 14, 1905 (Age 4 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherJoshua Crudup “Crude” Hinchey
March 18, 1907 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a brotherJames William “J W” Hinchey
December 3, 1911 (Age 10 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherMary Jane Waller
May 26, 1912 (Age 11 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 14 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 15 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 16 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 motherNancy Ella Barnett
June 26, 1922 (Age 21 years)
MarriageEthie Moody ClarkView this family
October 14, 1923 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 28 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 half-brotherShellie Ottis “Shurley” Hinchey
July 7, 1937 (Age 36 years)
Death of a fatherWilliam Frank Hinchey
February 8, 1945 (Age 43 years)
Address: 2469 Harvard St.
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 40 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 48 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 half-brotherArthur James Hinchey
February 9, 1958 (Age 56 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 44 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 24, 1965 (Age 64 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: March 21, 1893Henry, Tennessee, United States
1 year
elder sister
Maggie Jane Hinchey
Birth: March 8, 1894 32 22Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 15, 1983Caruthersville, Pemiscot, Missouri, United States
3 years
elder sister
Ida Mae “Idie” Hinchey
Birth: October 28, 1896 35 24Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 28, 1983Hazelwood, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
5 years
himself
Oscar Lee Hinchey
Birth: May 4, 1901 40 29Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 24, 1965Micola, Pemiscot, Missouri, United States
4 years
younger sister
Ocie Ola Hinchey
Birth: June 14, 1905 44 33Steele, Pemiscot, Missouri, United States
Death: May 17, 1994Hayti, Pemiscot, Missouri, United States
7 years
younger brother
James William “J W” Hinchey
Birth: December 3, 1911 50 40Henderson, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 14, 1989Hillsboro, Jefferson, Missouri, United States
Father’s family with Icedore Kennon - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: December 17, 1879Henry, Tennessee, United States
22 months
half-brother
Arthur James Hinchey
Birth: October 5, 1881 20 19Tennessee, United States
Death: February 9, 1958Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
2 years
half-brother
Shellie Ottis “Shurley” Hinchey
Birth: November 10, 1883 22 21Humphreys, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 7, 1937Caruthersville, Pemiscot, Missouri, United States
23 months
half-brother
William Otto Hinchey
Birth: October 10, 1885 24 23Arkansas, United States
Death: March 17, 1971Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
2 years
half-sister
2 years
half-sister
Family with Ethie Moody Clark - View this family
himself
Oscar Lee Hinchey
Birth: May 4, 1901 40 29Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 24, 1965Micola, Pemiscot, Missouri, United States
wife
Ethie Moody Clark
Birth: September 29, 1909Finley, Dyer, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 1, 1967Effingham, Effingham, Illinois, United States
Marriage: October 14, 1923Caruthersville, Pemiscot, Missouri, United States