The Shemwell Family

Charles Evans JonesAge: 48 years18871935

Name
Charles Evans Jones
Given names
Charles Evans
Surname
Jones
Birth September 19, 1887
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 10 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
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 28 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 29 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 30 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/
MarriageEthel Lura UnderwoodView this family
September 7, 1920 (Age 32 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 42 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
Death December 4, 1935 (Age 48 years)
Family with Ethel Lura Underwood - View this family
himself
Charles Evans Jones
Birth: September 19, 1887Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 4, 1935Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
wife
Ethel Lura Underwood
Birth: March 6, 1891 39 28Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 24, 1976Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: September 7, 1920Davidson, Tennessee, United States