The Shemwell Family

Name
Morgan Columbus Henderson
Given names
Morgan Columbus
Surname
Henderson
Birth June 19, 1895 36 28
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 2 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
Birth of a sisterWillie Mae Henderson
October 10, 1898 (Age 3 years)
Census June 21, 1900 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a brotherHerchel T Henderson
February 11, 1901 (Age 5 years)
Death of a fatherDaniel Allen Henderson
August 14, 1902 (Age 7 years)
Marriage of a parentJohn McHenry HarrelAllie M AllenView this family
March 25, 1905 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a half-brotherWilliam Roosevelt Harrel
September 3, 1908 (Age 13 years)
Death of a half-brotherWilliam Roosevelt Harrel
October 24, 1908 (Age 13 years)
Birth of a half-brotherIsaac McHenry Harrel
August 13, 1909 (Age 14 years)
Census April 26, 1910 (Age 14 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 20 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 21 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 22 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/
MarriageCallie L PylesView this family
February 12, 1919 (Age 23 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherCaroline Sarah Coleman
February 1928 (Age 32 years)
Death of a brotherClarence Newel Henderson
August 13, 1928 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 34 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 24, 1940 (Age 44 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 46 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 motherAllie M Allen
February 17, 1946 (Age 50 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 54 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 brotherJoseph Franklin Henderson
January 30, 1963 (Age 67 years)
Death of a sisterLula Henderson
June 14, 1963 (Age 67 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 50 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 November 20, 1967 (Age 72 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Foster Cemetery
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