The Shemwell Family

William Monroe SharpAge: 70 years19101980

Name
William Monroe Sharp
Given names
William Monroe
Surname
Sharp
Birth August 28, 1910 34 27
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 5 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 6 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 7 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/
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The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 19 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
Birth of a daughter
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Helen Joyce Sharp
June 13, 1938 (Age 27 years)
Census April 4, 1940 (Age 29 years)
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World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 31 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 6, 1950 (Age 39 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 39 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
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Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 35 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
Marriage of a childFrank John AndrojnaHelen Joyce SharpView this family
about 1975 (Age 64 years)

Death of a wifeDorothy Lucile Harris
April 29, 1976 (Age 65 years)
Death October 15, 1980 (Age 70 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Lincoln Memory Gardens
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William Monroe Sharp
Birth: August 28, 1910 34 27Illinois, United States
Death: October 15, 1980Danville, Hendricks, Indiana, United States
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himself
William Monroe Sharp
Birth: August 28, 1910 34 27Illinois, United States
Death: October 15, 1980Danville, Hendricks, Indiana, United States
wife
Dorothy Lucile Harris
Birth: February 11, 1909 26 22Kentucky, United States
Death: April 29, 1976Danville, Hendricks, Indiana, United States
daughter
Helen Joyce Sharp
Birth: June 13, 1938 27 29Hendricks, Indiana, United States
Death: October 18, 2008Danville, Hendricks, Indiana, United States
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