The Shemwell Family

Charles Colvie DennyAge: 72 years19151988

Name
Charles Colvie Denny
Given names
Charles Colvie
Surname
Denny
Birth August 18, 1915 28 24
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 4 months)

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 16 months)

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 2 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 9, 1920 (Age 4 years)
Death of a fatherCharlie Freeman Denny
September 8, 1928 (Age 13 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 14 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
Census April 9, 1930 (Age 14 years)
MarriageEva Odessa RoeView this family
about 1939 (Age 23 years)

Marriage of a parentCharles Emmet ShemwellEtta B TabbView this family
about 1941 (Age 25 years)

Note: Says 1931 in FAG.. I can't find any sources they ever married. -b
Death of a maternal grandmotherHenrietta Harris
December 4, 1941 (Age 26 years)
Cause: Tuberculosis
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 26 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 34 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 son
#1
Colvie Freeman Denny
April 24, 1954 (Age 38 years)
Death of a motherEtta B Tabb
December 15, 1969 (Age 54 years)
Death of a sonColvie Freeman Denny
December 18, 1970 (Age 55 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 30 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 sisterLutie Hilda Denny
May 1981 (Age 65 years)
Death July 21, 1988 (Age 72 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: about 1913
11 months
elder sister
20 months
himself
Charles Colvie Denny
Birth: August 18, 1915 28 24Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 21, 1988Largo, Pinellas, Florida, United States
Mother’s family with Charles Emmet Shemwell - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage: about 1941
Family with Eva Odessa Roe - View this family
himself
Charles Colvie Denny
Birth: August 18, 1915 28 24Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 21, 1988Largo, Pinellas, Florida, United States
wife
Eva Odessa Roe
Birth: March 16, 1917Ohio, Kentucky, United States
Death: November 16, 1992Christian, Kentucky, United States
Marriage: about 1939
15 years
son
Colvie Freeman Denny
Birth: April 24, 1954 38 37Fayette, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 18, 1970Todd, Kentucky, United States

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Charlie Freeman Denny - Household

Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Denny, CharlieheadMW33MKYKYKYFarmerGeneral Farm
Denny, EttawifeFW29MKYKYKY
Denny, LutiedaughterFW6SKYKYKY
Denny, ColviesonMW5SKYKYKY

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Etta B Tabb - Household

Coal Bank Road Sharon and Clifty, Todd, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Denny, Etta BheadFW39Wd21KYKYKYFarmingGeneral Farm
Denny, Lutie HdaughterFW16SKYKYKY
Denny, Charles CsonMW14SKYKYKY