The Shemwell Family

Melvin McClellan GregoryAge: 48 years18911939

Name
Melvin McClellan Gregory
Given names
Melvin McClellan
Surname
Gregory
Birth June 15, 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
MarriageGrace M BrownView this family
June 30, 1909 (Age 18 years)
Census April 15, 1910 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a son
#1
John Rodney Gregory
June 4, 1910 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Alma Brown Gregory
May 5, 1914 (Age 22 years)
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
Marriage of a childCharles Richard RaleyAlma Brown GregoryView this family
August 1932 (Age 41 years)

Death September 21, 1939 (Age 48 years)
Family with Grace M Brown - View this family
himself
Melvin McClellan Gregory
Birth: June 15, 1891Kentucky, United States
Death: September 21, 1939Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
wife
Marriage: June 30, 1909Kentucky, United States
11 months
son
John Rodney Gregory
Birth: June 4, 1910 18 16Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death:
4 years
daughter
Alma Brown Gregory
Birth: May 5, 1914 22 20Cleaton, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: October 13, 2002Atlanta, DeKalb, Georgia, United States

No family available

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Sylvester M Brown - Household

Bevier, Muhlenberg, Kentucky

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Brown, S MheadMW57M218KYKYKYCarpenterHouse
Brown, D FwifeFW56M11811KYKYKY
Gregory, GracedaughterFW16M1000KYKYKY
Gregory, Melvinson in lawMW18M10KYKYKYLaborerCoal Mine