The Shemwell Family

Jewell Ettie HicksAge: 92 years19061998

Name
Jewell Ettie Hicks
Given names
Jewell Ettie
Surname
Hicks
Married name
Jewell Ettie Underwood
Birth October 18, 1906 24 25
Birth of a sisterRuby Lorene Hicks
about 1909 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 9 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 10 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 11 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/
MarriageWilburn Dewey UnderwoodView this family
October 28, 1920 (Age 14 years)

Birth of a daughter
#1
Willodean Underwood
January 8, 1929 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 22 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 8, 1930 (Age 23 years)
Death of a fatherThomas M “Jube” Hicks
February 12, 1936 (Age 29 years)
Census April 11, 1940 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 35 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
Census April 12, 1950 (Age 43 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 43 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 motherMinnie Lee Wright
October 31, 1963 (Age 57 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 39 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 husbandWilburn Dewey Underwood
August 28, 1982 (Age 75 years)
Death December 10, 1998 (Age 92 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Bevil Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Minnie Lee Wright
Birth: October 13, 1881Henry, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 31, 1963Henry, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: 1903
4 years
herself
Jewell Ettie Hicks
Birth: October 18, 1906 24 25Henry, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 10, 1998Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States
3 years
younger sister
Family with Wilburn Dewey Underwood - View this family
husband
Wilburn Dewey Underwood
Birth: May 10, 1899 33 30Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 28, 1982Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States
herself
Jewell Ettie Hicks
Birth: October 18, 1906 24 25Henry, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 10, 1998Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: October 28, 1920
8 years
daughter
Willodean Underwood
Birth: January 8, 1929 29 22Tennessee, United States
Death: March 30, 2005Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, United States

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Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Wilburn Dewey Underwood - Household

Austin Peay Highway Henry, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Underwood, WilburnheadMW30M21TNTNTNLaborerGeneral Farm
Underwood, JewellwifeFW23M14TNTNTN
Underwood, WillodeandaughterFW1-1mMTNTNTN

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Minnie Lee Wright - Household

Vandyke & Paris Road Henry, Tennessee

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Wright, Minnie LheadFW58WdTNsame house
Underwood, Wilburn DXson in lawMW40MTNRHenryTNLaborer WPARoad Construction Project
Underwood, Jewelldaughter in lawFW34MTNRHenryTN
Underwood, Willodeangrand daughterFW11MTNRHenryTN

Census1950 United States - Census transcript - Ruby Lorene Hicks - Household

White Street Paris, Henry, Tennessee

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Allen, Ruby LheadFW41WdTNWaitressCafe
Underwood, Wilburnbrother in lawMW50MarTNPlumberPlumbing Shop
Underwood, Jewellelder sisterFW43MarTN
Hicks, Minnie LmotherFW68WdTN