The Shemwell Family

Bessie Lee HargisAge: 89 years18931983

Name
Bessie Lee Hargis
Given names
Bessie Lee
Surname
Hargis
Married name
Bessie Lee Brame
Birth September 26, 1893 23 18
Birth of a sisterRosa Evans “Rosie” Hargis
November 9, 1895 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a sisterSallie Cora Hargis
March 31, 1898 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 4 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
Birth of a sisterLyda Hill Hargis
April 12, 1900 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a sisterEula Adeline Hargis
September 30, 1902 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a brotherFranklin Forrest Hargis
December 5, 1905 (Age 12 years)
Death of a motherAnna Forest Pugh
December 22, 1905 (Age 12 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 22 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 23 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 24 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/
Marriage of a parentDesmond Franklin HargisFlorence Lillie StagnerView this family
July 6, 1929 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 36 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 48 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 56 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 fatherDesmond Franklin Hargis
November 10, 1960 (Age 67 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 52 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 brotherFranklin Forrest Hargis
May 15, 1980 (Age 86 years)
Death of a sisterMary May “Mollie” Hargis
April 17, 1983 (Age 89 years)
Death May 23, 1983 (Age 89 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: January 14, 1890Stewart, Tennessee, United States
9 months
elder sister
Mary May “Mollie” Hargis
Birth: October 9, 1890 21 15Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 17, 1983Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
3 years
herself
Bessie Lee Hargis
Birth: September 26, 1893 23 18Tennessee, United States
Death: May 23, 1983Gracey, Christian, Kentucky, United States
2 years
younger sister
Rosa Evans “Rosie” Hargis
Birth: November 9, 1895 26 20Bumpus Mills, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 23, 1992Madison, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
2 years
younger sister
Sallie Cora Hargis
Birth: March 31, 1898 28 22Big Rock, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 29, 1995Christian, Kentucky, United States
2 years
younger sister
Lyda Hill Hargis
Birth: April 12, 1900 30 24Big Rock, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 14, 1988Christian, Kentucky, United States
3 years
younger sister
Eula Adeline Hargis
Birth: September 30, 1902 32 27Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 12, 1992White Bluff, Dickson, Tennessee, United States
3 years
younger brother
Franklin Forrest Hargis
Birth: December 5, 1905 36 30Bumpus Mills, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 15, 1980McEwen, Humphreys, Tennessee, United States
Father’s family with Florence Lillie Stagner - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: July 6, 1929Stewart, Tennessee, United States

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