The Shemwell Family

Walter Patterson UnderwoodAge: 72 years19101982

Name
Walter Patterson Underwood
Given names
Walter Patterson
Surname
Underwood
Birth July 4, 1910 41 34
Birth of a sisterOpal Rebecca Underwood
September 6, 1913 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 5 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 6 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 7 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 February 3, 1920 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 19 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 5, 1930 (Age 19 years)
MarriageAudrey Modine WardView this family
about 1931 (Age 20 years)

Birth of a daughter
#1
Dorothy Imogene Underwood
May 30, 1933 (Age 22 years)
Death of a sisterAnnie Laura Underwood
January 31, 1935 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Richard Gordon Underwood
June 29, 1935 (Age 24 years)
Death of a fatherQuincie Monroe Underwood
February 15, 1940 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 31 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 24, 1950 (Age 39 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 39 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 brotherDavid Hackney Underwood
November 21, 1959 (Age 49 years)
Death of a motherMaggie Thomas Petty
February 1, 1962 (Age 51 years)
Death of a brotherMalcolm Guy “Mike” Underwood
June 17, 1971 (Age 60 years)
Death of a brotherEulen Arthur Underwood
February 7, 1972 (Age 61 years)
Death of a sisterEula M Underwood
February 8, 1973 (Age 62 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 35 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 July 6, 1982 (Age 72 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Maple Lawn Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: November 7, 1892Henry, Tennessee, United States
3 years
elder sister
Eula M Underwood
Birth: February 11, 1896 27 20Henry, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 8, 1973Henry, Henry, Tennessee, United States
3 years
elder brother
Eulen Arthur Underwood
Birth: May 30, 1899 30 23Henry, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 7, 1972Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States
3 years
elder brother
2 years
elder brother
3 years
elder sister
4 years
himself
3 years
younger sister
Family with Audrey Modine Ward - View this family
himself
wife
Audrey Modine Ward
Birth: January 22, 1916 32 33Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 1, 2002Camden, Benton, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: about 1931
2 years
daughter
Dorothy Imogene Underwood
Birth: May 30, 1933 22 17Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 22, 2007
2 years
son
Richard Gordon Underwood
Birth: June 29, 1935 24 19Henry, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 23, 2006Union City, Obion, Tennessee, United States
Family with Helen Mae Maulden - View this family
himself
wife
Helen Mae Maulden
Birth: March 18, 1916Gideon, New Madrid, Missouri, United States
Death: August 7, 1996New Port Richey, Pasco, Florida, United States
son
Private
daughter
Private

Walter Patterson Underwood has 16 first cousins recorded

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Quincie Monroe Underwood - Household

Henry, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Underwood, QuincieheadMW50MTNALALFarmerGeneral Farm
Underwood, MaggiewifeFW45MTNTNTN
Underwood, UlansonMW20STNTNTNFarmerGeneral Farm
Underwood, HackneysonMW17STNTNTN
Underwood, MalcolmsonMW15STNTNTN
Underwood, AnniedaughterFW13STNTNTN
Underwood, WaltersonMW9STNTNTN
Underwood, OpaldaughterFW5STNTNTN

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Quincie Monroe Underwood - Household

Christmasville Road Henry, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Underwood, QuincieheadMW61M21TNTNTNFarmerGeneral Farm
Underwood, MaggiewifeFW55M16TNTNTN
Underwood, WaltersonMW19STNTNTN