The Shemwell Family

Lucien Odell “Shorty” SowellAge: 64 years19171982

Name
Lucien Odell “Shorty” Sowell
Given names
Lucien Odell
Surname
Sowell
Nickname
Shorty
Birth October 12, 1917
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918

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 months)

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 11 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
MarriageJulia Louie StackView this family
before 1940 (Age 22 years)

Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 24 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 32 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 28 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 March 2, 1982 (Age 64 years)
Burial March 4, 1982 (2 days after death)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Pugh Flat Cemetery
Family with Julia Louie Stack - View this family
himself
Lucien Odell “Shorty” Sowell
Birth: October 12, 1917Trigg, Kentucky, United States
Death: March 2, 1982Bumpus Mills, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
wife
Marriage: before 1940
Marshall Remas Brooks + Julia Louie Stack - View this family
wife’s husband
Marshall Remas Brooks
Birth: May 26, 1909Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 27, 1994Bumpus Mills, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
wife
Marriage: after 1982

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