The Shemwell Family

Launa Beatrice HincheyAge: 87 years18721960

Name
Launa Beatrice Hinchey
Given names
Launa Beatrice
Surname
Hinchey
Married name
Launa Beatrice Dowdy
Birth October 7, 1872 48 43
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 5 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Census June 7, 1880 (Age 7 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherJames Bartlett Hinchey
December 17, 1883 (Age 11 years)
MarriageDavid Lee DowdyView this family
April 8, 1895 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 25 years)
Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War
Death of a fatherJohn Burton Hinchey
October 1901 (Age 28 years)
Death of a sisterMary Catherine Hinchey
September 23, 1906 (Age 33 years)
Census May 10, 1910 (Age 37 years)
Death of a motherRebecca Jane Rice
April 8, 1915 (Age 42 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 43 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 44 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 45 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 56 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
Death of a sisterSarah Elizabeth Hinchey
September 3, 1937 (Age 64 years)
Death of a husbandDavid Lee Dowdy
December 7, 1941 (Age 69 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 69 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 77 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 sisterRebecca Jennie Hinchey
March 17, 1959 (Age 86 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 73 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 March 19, 1960 (Age 87 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Bevil Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: July 24, 1849Henry, Tennessee, United States
11 months
elder sister
2 years
elder sister
Sarah Elizabeth Hinchey
Birth: June 11, 1852 27 22Tennessee, United States
Death: September 3, 1937Davis, Murray, Oklahoma, United States
5 years
elder brother
D J T Hinchey
Birth: about 1856 31 26Henry, Tennessee, United States
Death:
5 years
elder sister
Rebecca Jennie Hinchey
Birth: November 9, 1860 36 31Henry, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 17, 1959Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States
12 years
herself
Launa Beatrice Hinchey
Birth: October 7, 1872 48 43Henry, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 19, 1960Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States
Family with David Lee Dowdy - View this family
husband
David Lee Dowdy
Birth: September 22, 1871Henry, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 7, 1941Henry, Tennessee, United States
herself
Launa Beatrice Hinchey
Birth: October 7, 1872 48 43Henry, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 19, 1960Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: April 8, 1895Henry, Tennessee, United States

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - John Burton Hinchey - Household

Henry, Tennessee

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Hinchey, JohnWM58headMFarmerNCNCNC
Hinchey, RebeccaWF50wifeMHouse keeperTNNCNC
Hinchey, Rebecca JWF19daughterSTNNCTN
Hinchey, Launa BWF7daughterSTNNCTN

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - David Lee Dowdy - Household

Henry, Tennessee

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Dowdy, David LeeheadMW36M115TNTNTNFarmerGeneral Farm
Dowdy, LaunawifeFW37M11500TNTNTNFarm LaborerHome Farm
Hinchey, Rebeccamother in lawFW81Wd63TNNCNC