The Shemwell Family

Dr. Lenox Dial BakerAge: 92 years19021995

Name
Dr. Lenox Dial Baker
Name prefix
Dr.
Given names
Lenox Dial
Surname
Baker
Birth November 10, 1902 27 24
Birth of a brotherJames Daniel “Little Jim” Baker Jr
August 16, 1908 (Age 5 years)
Census May 3, 1910 (Age 7 years)
Death of a brotherJames Daniel “Little Jim” Baker Jr
November 16, 1910 (Age 8 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 13 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 14 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 15 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 17 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 26 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
Census April 2, 1940 (Age 37 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherMartha Elizabeth “Mattie” Dial
September 3, 1944 (Age 41 years)
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
Census May 24, 1950 (Age 47 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 47 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 fatherJames Daniel “Jim” Baker
April 6, 1955 (Age 52 years)
Death of a motherDorothea Hamilton “Doda” Lenox
November 6, 1959 (Age 56 years)
Death of a wifeVirginia Flowers
April 14, 1966 (Age 63 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 43 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 of a sisterHenry Boyce Baker
October 2, 1978 (Age 75 years)
Death June 2, 1995 (Age 92 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Maplewood Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: January 1, 1900Bowie, Texas, United States
9 months
elder sister
Henry Boyce Baker
Birth: October 3, 1900 25 22Bowie, Texas, United States
Death: October 2, 1978Monterey Park, Los Angeles, California, United States
2 years
himself
Dr. Lenox Dial Baker
Birth: November 10, 1902 27 24Texas, United States
Death: June 2, 1995Durham, Durham, North Carolina, United States
6 years
younger brother
James Daniel “Little Jim” Baker Jr
Birth: August 16, 1908 33 30Texas, United States
Death: November 16, 1910Texas, United States
Family with Virginia Flowers - View this family
himself
Dr. Lenox Dial Baker
Birth: November 10, 1902 27 24Texas, United States
Death: June 2, 1995Durham, Durham, North Carolina, United States
wife
Virginia Flowers
Birth: December 19, 1906North Carolina, United States
Death: April 14, 1966Durham, Durham, North Carolina, United States
son
Private
son
Private

Dr. Lenox Dial Baker has 1 first cousin recorded

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Census1910 United States - Census transcript - James Daniel “Jim” Baker - Household

Bowie, Texas

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Baker, JamesheadMW35M110TXALALCommercial TravelerGrocery
Baker, Doda LwifeFW32M11033TXMOTN
Baker, Henry BoycedaughterFW9STXTXTX
Baker, Lenox DsonMW7STXTXTX
Baker, James DsonMW1-8mSTXTXTX

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - James Daniel “Jim” Baker - Household

905 State Texarkana, Bowie, Texas

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Baker, James DheadMW44MTXTXTXAgentInsurance
Baker, DorothywifeFW41MTXTXTX
Baker, Lenox DsonMW17STXTXTX
Baker, Henry BoycedaughterFW19STXTXTX
Lennox. Mary Smother in lawFW83WdTNTNTN