The Shemwell Family

Carrie Eunice BoleyAge: 94 years19011995

Name
Carrie Eunice Boley
Given names
Carrie Eunice
Surname
Boley
Married name
Carrie Eunice Harris
Birth June 22, 1901
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
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
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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 28 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 8, 1930 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Wilford Milberdene Harris
November 10, 1932 (Age 31 years)
Census April 18, 1940 (Age 38 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 40 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 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
Death of a husbandEmmett Ross Harris
March 27, 1963 (Age 61 years)
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 July 3, 1995 (Age 94 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Gant Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage:
herself
Carrie Eunice Boley
Birth: June 22, 1901Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 3, 1995Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Family with Emmett Ross Harris - View this family
husband
Emmett Ross Harris
Birth: March 6, 1896 28 24Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: March 27, 1963Todd, Kentucky, United States
herself
Carrie Eunice Boley
Birth: June 22, 1901Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 3, 1995Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States
daughter
Private
son
Wilford Milberdene Harris
Birth: November 10, 1932 36 31Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 25, 2001Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States