The Shemwell Family

James Williford AdamsAge: 90 years19081999

Name
James Williford Adams
Given names
James Williford
Surname
Adams
Birth October 14, 1908 23 20
Death of a maternal grandfatherWilson Pitt Duncan
September 13, 1910 (Age 22 months)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 7 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 8 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 9 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 20 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 33 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 April 6, 1950 (Age 41 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherSusan Cordelia Christian
September 29, 1953 (Age 44 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 41 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 Quincy Adams
February 9, 1974 (Age 65 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 37 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 motherRosa Claudine Duncan
January 18, 1981 (Age 72 years)
Death February 13, 1999 (Age 90 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Memorial Park Cemetery
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father
James Quincy Adams
Birth: April 27, 1885Tennessee, United States
Death: February 9, 1974Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
mother
Rosa Claudine Duncan
Birth: April 4, 1888 22 20Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 18, 1981Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: about 1907
21 months
himself
James Williford Adams
Birth: October 14, 1908 23 20Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 13, 1999Bartlesville, Washington, Oklahoma, United States
Family with Thelma Marie Miner - View this family
himself
James Williford Adams
Birth: October 14, 1908 23 20Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 13, 1999Bartlesville, Washington, Oklahoma, United States
wife
Thelma Marie Miner
Birth: July 29, 1910Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 9, 2000Bartlesville, Washington, Oklahoma, United States
daughter
Private
son
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