The Shemwell Family

Jessie F MerrittAge: 77 years19111989

Name
Jessie F Merritt
Given names
Jessie F
Surname
Merritt
Birth October 10, 1911
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 4 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 5 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 6 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 17 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
MarriageVelon Irene TabbView this family
about 1939 (Age 27 years)

Census April 3, 1940 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 30 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 38 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 34 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 August 5, 1989 (Age 77 years)
Family with Velon Irene Tabb - View this family
himself
Jessie F Merritt
Birth: October 10, 1911Rutherford, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 5, 1989Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
wife
Marriage: about 1939
Private + Velon Irene Tabb - View this family
wife’s husband
Private
wife
step-son
Dailey Curtis Hall Jr
Birth: April 11, 1934 24Tennessee, United States
Death: January 12, 2008Stockton, Cedar, Missouri, United States
Carl Stephen Caffey + Velon Irene Tabb - View this family
wife’s husband
Carl Stephen Caffey
Birth: December 8, 1906Murfreesboro, Rutherford, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 3, 1974Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
wife
Marriage: after 1941

No family available

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