Zella Gray BaconAge: 95 years1906–2002
- Name
- Zella Gray Bacon
- Given names
- Zella Gray
- Surname
- Bacon
- Married name
- Zella Gray Shemwell
 Birth | September 20, 1906 42 32 Address: Rockwood, Roane, TN |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 9 years)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 paternal grandmother | Jane Haggard 1917 (Age 10 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 10 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 11 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 23 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 |
 Census | April 1, 1930 (Age 23 years) |
| Death of a father | Gray Haggard Bacon July 12, 1931 (Age 24 years) |
| Census | April 1, 1940 (Age 33 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 35 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 |
| Census | April 29, 1950 (Age 43 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 43 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 husband | Robert Lee Shemwell Jr. February 18, 1963 (Age 56 years) |
| Death of a mother | Frances Catherine Burns 1963 (Age 56 years) |
| Burial of a husband | Robert Lee Shemwell Jr. February 22, 1963 (Age 56 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Fort Lincoln Cemetery |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 39 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 2, 2002 (Age 95 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Gray Haggard Bacon Birth: January 6, 1864 33 23 — Rockwood, Roane, Tennessee, United States Death: July 12, 1931 — Rockwood, Roane, Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Frances Catherine Burns Birth: 1874 Death: 1963 |
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Marriage: — |
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| herself |
Zella Gray Bacon Birth: September 20, 1906 42 32 — Tennessee, United States Death: March 2, 2002 — Prince George's, Maryland, United States |
| Family with Robert Lee Shemwell Jr. |
| husband |
Robert Lee Shemwell Jr. Birth: December 27, 1906 41 32 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: February 18, 1963 — Riverdale, Prince George's, Maryland, United States |
| herself |
Zella Gray Bacon Birth: September 20, 1906 42 32 — Tennessee, United States Death: March 2, 2002 — Prince George's, Maryland, United States |
| daughter |
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - John Anderson Horton - Household
Washington DC
Notes: Tunlaw Rd. |