The Shemwell Family

Velon Irene TabbAge: 91 years19102001

Name
Velon Irene Tabb
Given names
Velon Irene
Surname
Tabb
Married name
Velon Irene Hall
Married name
Velon Irene Merritt
Married name
Velon Irene Caffey
Birth February 1910 22 18
Census April 27, 1910 (Age 2 months)
Birth of a brotherVernon Eldridge Tabb
September 9, 1912 (Age 2 years)
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
Historical Event
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
Historical Event
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/
Census January 2, 1920 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a brotherLawrence Orba Tabb
December 29, 1920 (Age 10 years)
Birth of a brotherLilburn Ford Tabb
August 3, 1928 (Age 18 years)
Historical Event
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 son
#1
Dailey Curtis Hall Jr
April 11, 1934 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a brotherBobby Earl Tabb
July 14, 1936 (Age 26 years)
MarriageJessie F MerrittView this family
about 1939 (Age 28 years)

Census April 3, 1940 (Age 30 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherHenrietta Harris
December 4, 1941 (Age 31 years)
Cause: Tuberculosis
MarriageCarl Stephen CaffeyView this family
after 1941 (Age 30 years)

Historical Event
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
Death of a fatherLawrence Guy Tabb
June 19, 1951 (Age 41 years)
Cause: Motorcycle/auto accident
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
Death of a husbandCarl Stephen Caffey
May 3, 1974 (Age 64 years)
Death of a motherCora Lee Wilson
May 1974 (Age 64 years)
Historical Event
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
Death of a brotherVernon Eldridge Tabb
April 11, 1978 (Age 68 years)
Death of a brotherLawrence Orba Tabb
February 1983 (Age 73 years)
Death of a husbandJessie F Merritt
August 5, 1989 (Age 79 years)
Death February 21, 2001 (Age 91 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: about 1909
14 months
herself
3 years
younger brother
Vernon Eldridge Tabb
Birth: September 9, 1912 24 20Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: April 11, 1978Joelton, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
8 years
younger brother
Lawrence Orba Tabb
Birth: December 29, 1920 33 29Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 1983Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
8 years
younger brother
Lilburn Ford Tabb
Birth: August 3, 1928 40 36Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 30, 2019Hendersonville, Sumner, Tennessee, United States
8 years
younger brother
Bobby Earl Tabb
Birth: July 14, 1936 48 44Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 9, 2007Madison, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
Family with Private - View this family
husband
Private
herself
son
Dailey Curtis Hall Jr
Birth: April 11, 1934 24Tennessee, United States
Death: January 12, 2008Stockton, Cedar, Missouri, United States
Family with Jessie F Merritt - View this family
husband
Jessie F Merritt
Birth: October 10, 1911Rutherford, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 5, 1989Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
herself
Marriage: about 1939
Family with Carl Stephen Caffey - View this family
husband
Carl Stephen Caffey
Birth: December 8, 1906Murfreesboro, Rutherford, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 3, 1974Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
herself
Marriage: after 1941

Velon Irene Tabb has 15 first cousins recorded

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Lawrence Guy Tabb - Household

Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Tabb, Lawrence GheadMW22M1KYKYKYFarmerGeneral Farming
Tabb, CorawifeFW18M111KYKYKY
Tabb, VelondaughterFW2mSKYKYKY

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Lawrence Guy Tabb - Household

Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Tabb, GuyheadMW32MKYKYKYFarmerGeneral Farm
Tabb, CorawifeFW28MKYKYKY
Tabb, VelondaughterFW9SKYKYKY
Tabb, HenriettamotherFW64WdKYKYKY
Tabb, VernondaughterFW7SKYKYKY

Vernon says daughter -b

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Lawrence Guy Tabb - Household

1208 N. First St. Davidson, Tennessee

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Tabb, L GuyheadMW52MKYsame placeLaborerTanning extract factory
Tabb, Cora WXwifeFW48MKYsame place
Tabb, Lawrence OsonMW19SKYsame place
Tabb, Lilburn FsonMW11SKYsame place
Tabb, Bobby EarlsonMW3STN
Merritt, Jessie Fson in lawMW28MTNsame placeTruck driverSteel construction
Merritt, Velon IrenedaughterFW30MKYsame placeLaundry sorterLaundry
Hall, Dailey Cgrand sonMW5STNsame place