The Shemwell Family

James Jake SmithAge: 72 years18761948

Name
James Jake Smith
Given names
James Jake
Surname
Smith
Birth January 14, 1876
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 23 months)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 22 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 39 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
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World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 40 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 41 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 53 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
MarriageLillie Pearl AgeeView this family
after 1930 (Age 53 years)
Death of a wifeLillie Pearl Agee
March 26, 1937 (Age 61 years)
Note: Lilly death informant W M Parham, husband Jake
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 65 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 69 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 March 23, 1948 (Age 72 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Collier Cemetery
Family with Lillie Pearl Agee - View this family
himself
James Jake Smith
Birth: January 14, 1876Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 23, 1948Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
wife
Marriage: after 1930Tennessee, United States
John Curtis Parham + Lillie Pearl Agee - View this family
wife’s husband
wife
Marriage: March 21, 1897Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
19 months
step-daughter
20 months
step-son
Wilburn Miles Parham
Birth: July 2, 1900 23 18Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 15, 1964Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
3 years
step-daughter
3 years
step-son
3 years
step-daughter

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