The Shemwell Family

William Thomas PageAge: 84 years18751959

Name
William Thomas Page
Given names
William Thomas
Surname
Page
Birth April 19, 1875 37 31
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 2 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
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Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 22 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 motherMary Elizabeth Page
1899 (Age 23 years)
MarriageMary Lillie PettyView this family
February 11, 1900 (Age 24 years)
Death of a fatherThomas Burwell Page
1904 (Age 28 years)
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Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 40 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
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World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 41 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
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Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 42 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 54 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 brotherMelvin Whitehead Page
March 9, 1941 (Age 65 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 66 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 74 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 70 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 November 21, 1959 (Age 84 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Bevil Cemetery
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elder brother
Melvin Whitehead Page
Birth: January 22, 1874 35 30Weakley, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 9, 1941Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States
15 months
himself
William Thomas Page
Birth: April 19, 1875 37 31Weakley, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 21, 1959Henry, Tennessee, United States
Family with Mary Lillie Petty - View this family
himself
William Thomas Page
Birth: April 19, 1875 37 31Weakley, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 21, 1959Henry, Tennessee, United States
wife
Mary Lillie Petty
Birth: February 18, 1880 31 29Henry, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 18, 1961Henry, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: February 11, 1900Weakley, Tennessee, United States

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