The Shemwell Family

James Whitley Knox1900

Name
James Whitley Knox
Given names
James Whitley
Surname
Knox
Birth about 1900

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 16 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 17 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
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Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 18 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 29 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
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World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 41 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
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 50 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
MarriageEva Beatrice KemmerView this family
October 27, 1961 (Age 61 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 46 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
Deathunknown

Family with Eva Beatrice Kemmer - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: October 27, 1961Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Earl Clifford Winningham + Eva Beatrice Kemmer - View this family
wife’s husband
wife
step-son
Cosby Edward Winningham
Birth: November 16, 1936 23 20Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 17, 2009North Ridgeville, Lorain, Ohio, United States
4 years
step-daughter
Lillie Earlene Winningham
Birth: March 29, 1941 28 24Tennessee, United States
Death: December 12, 2007
3 years
step-daughter
Nettie Laverne Winningham
Birth: May 25, 1944 31 27Elyria, Lorain, Ohio, United States
Death: July 22, 2006Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
step-daughter
Private

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