The Shemwell Family

Ida WashamAge: 53 years19031956

Name
Ida Washam
Given names
Ida
Surname
Washam
Married name
Ida Bohannon
Birth January 11, 1903
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 12 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
MarriageJames Carl BohannonView this family
January 11, 1917 (Age 14 years)

Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 13 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 14 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 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
Birth of a son
#1
Bobbie Wayne Bohannon
September 10, 1933 (Age 30 years)
Census April 8, 1940 (Age 37 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 38 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 7, 1950 (Age 47 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 46 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 42 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 February 17, 1956 (Age 53 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Pleasant Grove Cemetery
Family with James Carl Bohannon - View this family
husband
James Carl Bohannon
Birth: October 7, 1901 29 34Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 21, 1989Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States
herself
Ida Washam
Birth: January 11, 1903Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 17, 1956Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Marriage: January 11, 1917
17 years
son
Bobbie Wayne Bohannon
Birth: September 10, 1933 31 30Harvey, Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death: March 21, 2007Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States
James Carl Bohannon + Private - View this family
husband
James Carl Bohannon
Birth: October 7, 1901 29 34Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 21, 1989Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States
husband’s wife
Private

No family available

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - James Carl Bohannon - Household

Kerksey Oakland Road Marshall, Kentucky

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Bohannon, CarlheadMW38MKYSame placeClerkDept Store
Bohannon, IdawifeFW37MKYSame place
Bohannon, Bobbie WaynesonMW7SKYSame place

Census1950 United States - Census transcript - James Carl Bohannon - Household

Marshall, Kentucky

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Bohannon, J CarlheadMW48MarKYStock ManRailroad Co.
Bohannon, IdawifeFW47MarKY
Bohannon, Bobbie WsonMW17NevKY