The Shemwell Family

Odus Belle DickenAge: 88 years19021991

Name
Odus Belle Dicken
Given names
Odus Belle
Surname
Dicken
Married name
Odus Belle Hawkins
Birth July 1, 1902 17 17
Marriage of a parentDewitt E DickenBessie Elizabeth JenkinsView this family
1906 (Age 3 years)

Birth of a half-brotherLawrence H Dicken
August 28, 1907 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a half-brotherLoren Virgil Dicken
January 17, 1910 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a half-sisterChristeen C Dicken
about 1914 (Age 11 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 13 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a half-sisterVada Lorene Dicken
April 25, 1918 (Age 15 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 14 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 15 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/
Death of a fatherDewitt E Dicken
February 15, 1920 (Age 17 years)
MarriageRoy Gilbert HawkinsView this family
November 12, 1921 (Age 19 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherHardy Clemon Dicken
June 10, 1928 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 27 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 39 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
Death of a motherPhoebe House
May 31, 1947 (Age 44 years)
Death of a half-brotherLoren Virgil Dicken
October 27, 1948 (Age 46 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 47 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 half-sisterVada Lorene Dicken
February 5, 1969 (Age 66 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 43 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 husbandRoy Gilbert Hawkins
August 20, 1980 (Age 78 years)
Death June 20, 1991 (Age 88 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Phoebe House
Birth: May 15, 1885Illinois, United States
Death: May 31, 1947Rector, Clay, Arkansas, United States
Marriage: June 22, 1901
1 year
herself
Odus Belle Dicken
Birth: July 1, 1902 17 17Sikeston, New Madrid, Missouri, United States
Death: June 20, 1991Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
Father’s family with Bessie Elizabeth Jenkins - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: 1906
9 years
half-sister
Christeen C Dicken
Birth: about 1914 28 24Nelson, Clay, Arkansas, United States
Death:
-6 years
half-brother
Lawrence H Dicken
Birth: August 28, 1907 22 18Arkansas, United States
Death: March 8, 1994Clarkston, Oakland, Michigan, United States
2 years
half-brother
Loren Virgil Dicken
Birth: January 17, 1910 24 20Datto, Clay, Arkansas, United States
Death: October 27, 1948Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
8 years
half-sister
Vada Lorene Dicken
Birth: April 25, 1918 32 29Datto, Clay, Arkansas, United States
Death: February 5, 1969Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
Family with Roy Gilbert Hawkins - View this family
husband
Roy Gilbert Hawkins
Birth: June 14, 1895Oxford, Lafayette, Mississippi, United States
Death: August 20, 1980Hayti, Pemiscot, Missouri, United States
herself
Odus Belle Dicken
Birth: July 1, 1902 17 17Sikeston, New Madrid, Missouri, United States
Death: June 20, 1991Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: November 12, 1921Hayti, Pemiscot, Missouri, United States

Odus Belle Dicken has 4 first cousins recorded

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