The Shemwell Family

Sara Idessa DavisAge: 79 years18911971

Name
Sara Idessa Davis
Given names
Sara Idessa
Surname
Davis
Married name
Sara Idessa Daugherty
Birth April 14, 1891
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 6 years)
Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 24 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 25 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 26 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 38 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 50 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
MarriageGuy A DaughertyView this family
June 15, 1948 (Age 57 years)
Census April 14, 1950 (Age 59 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 58 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 husbandGuy A Daugherty
February 25, 1958 (Age 66 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 54 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 5, 1971 (Age 79 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery
Family with Guy A Daugherty - View this family
husband
herself
Sara Idessa Davis
Birth: April 14, 1891Lee, South Carolina, United States
Death: January 5, 1971Kershaw, South Carolina, United States
Marriage: June 15, 1948Camden, Kershaw, South Carolina, United States
Guy A Daugherty + Neitha Kincaid - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage: about 1921Texas, United States
10 months
step-son
Guy Daugherty
Birth: October 29, 1921 43 32Denton, Denton, Texas, United States
Death: May 1, 2002Glendale, Maricopa, Arizona, United States
2 years
step-daughter
Ellen Louise Daugherty
Birth: December 6, 1923 45 34Denton, Denton, Texas, United States
Death: April 3, 2004Denton, Denton, Texas, United States
3 years
step-son
William James Daugherty
Birth: July 22, 1926 47 37Denton, Denton, Texas, United States
Death: July 14, 1992Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
1 year
step-daughter
Mary Neitha Daugherty
Birth: July 11, 1927 48 38Texas, United States
Death: May 1968Texas, United States

No family available

Census1950 United States - Census transcript - Guy A Daugherty - Household

Bethune, Kershaw, South Carolina, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Daugherty, Guy AheadMW72MarTXWK60Making PotteryPottery ShopO
Daugherty, Sarah IwifeFW59MarSCH