The Shemwell Family

David Lee DowdyAge: 70 years18711941

Name
David Lee Dowdy
Given names
David Lee
Surname
Dowdy
Birth September 22, 1871
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 6 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageLauna Beatrice HincheyView this family
April 8, 1895 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 26 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
Census May 10, 1910 (Age 38 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 44 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 45 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 46 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 58 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 70 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 December 7, 1941 (Age 70 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Bevil Cemetery
Family with Launa Beatrice Hinchey - View this family
himself
David Lee Dowdy
Birth: September 22, 1871Henry, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 7, 1941Henry, Tennessee, United States
wife
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

No family available

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

Henry, Tennessee

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