The Shemwell Family

Vernon Eldridge TabbAge: 65 years19121978

Name
Vernon Eldridge Tabb
Given names
Vernon Eldridge
Surname
Tabb
Birth September 9, 1912 24 20
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 3 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 4 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 5 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 7 years)
Birth of a brotherLawrence Orba Tabb
December 29, 1920 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a brotherLilburn Ford Tabb
August 3, 1928 (Age 15 years)
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
Birth of a brotherBobby Earl Tabb
July 14, 1936 (Age 23 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherHenrietta Harris
December 4, 1941 (Age 29 years)
Cause: Tuberculosis
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 29 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
Birth of a daughter
#1
Nancy Sue Tabb
July 11, 1948 (Age 35 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Charles Vernon Tabb
January 7, 1950 (Age 37 years)
Census April 3, 1950 (Age 37 years)
Death of a fatherLawrence Guy Tabb
June 19, 1951 (Age 38 years)
Cause: Motorcycle/auto accident
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 37 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
Birth of a daughter
#3
Alice Faye Tabb
October 11, 1954 (Age 42 years)
Birth of a son
#4
Billy Guy Tabb
January 2, 1957 (Age 44 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Edwin Norris “Eddie” Hudgens II
August 21, 1972 (Age 59 years)
Death of a motherCora Lee Wilson
May 1974 (Age 61 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 33 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 April 11, 1978 (Age 65 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Tabb Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: about 1909
14 months
elder sister
3 years
himself
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 Billie Sue Boyd - View this family
himself
Vernon Eldridge Tabb
Birth: September 9, 1912 24 20Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: April 11, 1978Joelton, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
wife
daughter
Nancy Sue Tabb
Birth: July 11, 1948 35 19Davidson, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 14, 2022
18 months
son
Charles Vernon Tabb
Birth: January 7, 1950 37 20Tennessee, United States
Death: October 1, 2003Joelton, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
daughter
Private
daughter
Private
daughter
Alice Faye Tabb
Birth: October 11, 1954 42 25Tennessee, United States
Death: July 14, 1979Chapmansboro, Cheatham, Tennessee, United States
2 years
son
Billy Guy Tabb
Birth: January 2, 1957 44 27Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 6, 2023Joelton, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
daughter
Private
daughter
Private

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

Census1950 United States - Census transcript - Vernon Eldridge Tabb - Household

2609 Brick Church Davidson, Tennessee

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Tabb, Vernon BheadMW37MarKYTaxi Cab Driver
Tabb, Billie SuewifeFW21MarTN
Tabb, Nancy SuedaughterFW1NevTN
Tabb, Charles VernonsonMWJanNevTN