The Shemwell Family

William Herman UnderwoodAge: 82 years19151998

Name
William Herman Underwood
Given names
William Herman
Surname
Underwood
Birth May 29, 1915 30 30
Birth of a brotherJames Thurman Underwood
July 20, 1916 (Age 13 months)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 7 months)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death of a brotherJames Thurman Underwood
October 16, 1918 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 19 months)

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 2 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/
Birth of a sisterMargaret Virginia Underwood
April 11, 1919 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherInfant Underwood
October 16, 1920 (Age 5 years)
Death of a brotherInfant Underwood
October 16, 1920 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a sisterIla Jewell Underwood
September 25, 1921 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a sisterBeulah Ruth Underwood
September 24, 1924 (Age 9 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherJames Henry Thompson Underwood
July 12, 1925 (Age 10 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherMartha Ellen West
February 12, 1927 (Age 11 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 14 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
MarriageAnna Faye HallmanView this family
June 7, 1936 (Age 21 years)

Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 26 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 sisterThelma Mae Underwood
January 21, 1947 (Age 31 years)
Death of a motherMargaret Virginia King
September 16, 1950 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 34 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 fatherWilliam Franklin Underwood
February 23, 1973 (Age 57 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 30 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 sisterCarmen Lorell Underwood
October 29, 1995 (Age 80 years)
Death of a wifeAnna Faye Hallman
March 6, 1996 (Age 80 years)
Death March 26, 1998 (Age 82 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: March 19, 1906Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
17 months
elder sister
Carmen Lorell Underwood
Birth: August 20, 1907 22 23Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: October 29, 1995Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States
21 months
elder sister
Ruby Lillian Underwood
Birth: May 15, 1909 24 24Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 25, 1998Newcastle, Placer, California, United States
20 months
elder sister
Thelma Mae Underwood
Birth: January 18, 1911 25 26Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 21, 1947Columbia, Maury, Tennessee, United States
4 years
himself
William Herman Underwood
Birth: May 29, 1915 30 30Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: March 26, 1998Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho, United States
14 months
younger brother
James Thurman Underwood
Birth: July 20, 1916 31 32Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: October 16, 1918Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
3 years
younger sister
Margaret Virginia Underwood
Birth: April 11, 1919 33 34Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 3, 1999Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho, United States
18 months
younger brother
Infant Underwood
Birth: October 16, 1920 35 36Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: October 16, 1920Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
11 months
younger sister
Ila Jewell Underwood
Birth: September 25, 1921 36 37Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina, United States
Death: April 10, 2006Orangeburg, Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States
3 years
younger sister
Beulah Ruth Underwood
Birth: September 24, 1924 39 40Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina, United States
Death: February 7, 2015Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho, United States
Family with Anna Faye Hallman - View this family
himself
William Herman Underwood
Birth: May 29, 1915 30 30Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: March 26, 1998Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho, United States
wife
Anna Faye Hallman
Birth: June 5, 1915Attalla, Etowah, Alabama, United States
Death: March 6, 1996Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho, United States
Marriage: June 7, 1936

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