The Shemwell Family

Name
Earl D Durham
Given names
Earl D
Surname
Durham
Birth about 1902 30 31
Note: Birth date based on Ohio Death Index
Birth of a sisterThelma Durham
July 13, 1902
Birth of a sisterNaomi Durham
October 27, 1909 (Age 7 years)
Death of a brotherJackson Durham
before 1910 (Age 8 years)
Note: Was one of the deceased children referred to in the 1910 Census
Census April 15, 1910 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a brotherBurley Durham
June 5, 1912 (Age 10 years)
Birth of a brotherCharles S Durham
August 28, 1916 (Age 14 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
Birth of a brotherEugene Thomas Durham
October 3, 1917 (Age 15 years)
Death of a brotherEugene Thomas Durham
May 2, 1918 (Age 16 years)
Death of a fatherSavannah Commodore “SC” Durham
September 13, 1918 (Age 16 years)
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
Death of a paternal grandmotherTennessee McGehee
December 1, 1918 (Age 16 years)
Note: Death Certificate states she died on Dec 1, 1918. Not sure why the tombstone shows a different date.
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/
Census January 10, 1920 (Age 18 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 27 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 39 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
Death of a motherNellie A Rainwater
August 17, 1952 (Age 50 years)
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
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 January 9, 1975 (Age 73 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Christ Church Cemetery
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