The Shemwell Family

Name
Cuba Jean Harris
Given names
Cuba Jean
Surname
Harris
Married name
Cuba Jean Gassaway
Birth November 19, 1925 32 31
Birth of a brotherJack Edward Harris
September 12, 1927 (Age 21 months)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 3 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 sisterPeggy Sue Harris
August 2, 1934 (Age 8 years)
Census April 2, 1940 (Age 14 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 16 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 24 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 motherClauda “Claudie” Tanner
December 25, 1965 (Age 40 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 20 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 fatherCuba Edward Harris
April 7, 1976 (Age 50 years)
Death of a brotherJack Edward Harris
January 8, 1996 (Age 70 years)
Death of a husbandGilbert Gordon Gassaway
January 12, 1998 (Age 72 years)
Death January 4, 2009 (Age 83 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Dement Cemetery
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